Fungi Kingdom

Question 1

What is the kingdom of fungi?

Answer 1

Fungi

Question 2

What type of cells are fungi?

Answer 2

Eukaryotes

Question 3

Are most fungi multicellular or unicellular?

Answer 3

Most are multicellular (Some are unicellular, such as yeast)

Question 4

Can fungi perform photosynthesis?

Answer 4

No, they do not have chlorophyll

Question 5

How do fungi obtain food?

Answer 5

Heterotrophic

Question 6

What type of fungi obtain food by absorbing dead matter?

Answer 6

Saprophytes

Question 7

What material do fungal cell walls contain?

Answer 7

Chitin

Question 8

Are most fungi motile or non-motile?

Answer 8

Non-motile

Question 9

To whom are fungi more closely related, plants or animals?

Answer 9

Animals

Question 10

What enzymes do fungi use for digestion?

Answer 10

Hydrolytic enzymes

Question 11

What is the purpose of hyphae?

Answer 11

To absorb food

Question 12

What is a mycelium?

Answer 12

A widely distributed, interwoven mass of hyphae

Question 13

What is the largest known fungus?

Answer 13

Honey Mushroom (Armillaria solidipes) in Oregon

Question 14

What do mycorrhizae represent?

Answer 14

A symbiotic relationship between plant roots and fungi

Question 15

What is a dikaryotic hypha?

Answer 15

Hyphae with two nuclei per cell from each parent

Question 16

What is the reproductive structure of a fungus called?

Answer 16

Fruiting body

Question 17

Why is the fruiting body found above ground?

Answer 17

To produce and disperse spores

Question 18

What are fairy rings?

Answer 18

Circular patterns of mushrooms that enlarge over time

Question 19

What is the difference between haploid and diploid?

Answer 19

Haploid: One set of chromosomes (n); Diploid: Pairs of chromosomes (2n)

Question 20

How many chromosomes are in a haploid human cell?

Answer 20

23 chromosomes

Question 21

How many chromosomes are in a diploid human cell?

Answer 21

46 chromosomes

Question 22

What is fragmentation in fungal reproduction?

Answer 22

Mycelia break off to grow into new colonies

Question 23

What occurs during budding in fungi?

Answer 23

A bulge forms on the side of a cell and separates

Question 24

What are spores?

Answer 24

Reproductive units with a tough outer coating

Question 25

What is the role of sporangia?

Answer 25

Where spores develop

Question 26

What are the two mating types of hyphae in sexual reproduction?

Answer 26

+ and -

Question 27

What is plasmogamy?

Answer 27

Fusion of two haploid cells where two nuclei coexist

Question 28

What is karyogamy?

Answer 28

Fusion of haploid nuclei to form a diploid zygote

Question 29

What happens during meiosis in fungi?

Answer 29

Spores are formed

Question 30

Name a phylum of fungi that is mostly unicellular and aquatic.

Answer 30

Chytridiomycota

Question 31

What type of spores do zygomycota produce?

Answer 31

Zygospores

Question 32

What do ascomycota develop during sexual reproduction?

Answer 32

Sacs

Question 33

What do basidiomycetes produce?

Answer 33

Basidiospores from basidia

Question 34

What is the pronunciation of Chytridiomycota?

Answer 34

Kai-truhd

Question 35

What is the pronunciation of Zygomycota?

Answer 35

Zai-go-my-kow-tuh

Question 36

What is the pronunciation of Ascomycota?

Answer 36

A·skuh·my·kow·tuh

Question 37

What is the pronunciation of Basidiomycota?

Answer 37

Bah-sid-io-my-kow-tuh