Modern Biology Flashcards - L2_ Protozoans and Fungi

Question 1

it means “false feet”

Answer 1

pseudopodia

Question 2

Amoeba belongs to phylum ___

Answer 2

Sarcodina

Question 3

When conditions such as dryness, coldness, or lack of food arise, amoebas become inactive and withdraw into a round mass called a __

Answer 3

Cyst

Question 4

How do amoebas reproduce?

Answer 4

Binary Fission

Question 5

These are complex protozoans

Answer 5

Paramecium

Question 6

Paramecium belongs to the phylum ___

Answer 6

Ciliophora

Question 7

Species of Paramecium live mainly in ____

Answer 7

quiet or stagnant ponds

Question 8

The paramecium cell is shaped like a ___

Answer 8

slipper

Question 9

How does a paramecium move?

Answer 9

by means of hairlike threads of cytoplasm called cilia.

Question 10

Trial and error response in the Amoeba

Answer 10

Avoiding Reaction

Question 11

Euglena belongs to the phylum ___

Answer 11

mastigophora

Question 12

Several species of Euglena live in ___

Answer 12

ponds and streams

Question 13

Shape of Euglenas

Answer 13

oval or pear

Question 14

Euglena swims by means of what?

Answer 14

flagellum

Question 15

Euglena’s contraction and stretching are caused by specialized ___ in the cell.

Answer 15

contractile fibers

Question 16

most striking feature of the euglena

Answer 16

presence of many oval chloroplasts spread through the cell

Question 17

Plasmodium belong to the phylum ___

Answer 17

Sporozoa

Question 18

This is the organism that causes malaria in human beings and other warm-blooded animals.

Answer 18

Plasmodium

Question 19

All fungi are alike in one important way:

Answer 19

lack of chlorophyll

Question 20

This phylum includes the slime molds, which lack cell walls.

Answer 20

phylum myxomycophyta

Question 21

phylum of fungi that have cell walls

Answer 21

phylum eumycophyta

Question 22

the alga-like fungi.

Answer 22

Phycomycetes

Question 23

the sac fungi.

Answer 23

Ascomycetes

Question 24

the club fungi

Answer 24

Basidiomycetes

Question 25

the imperfect fungi.

Answer 25

deuteromycetes

Question 26

All true fungi that cannot be placed in one of these classes are grouped in this class

Answer 26

deuteromycetes

Question 27

These include such types as molds, mildews, blights, yeasts, mushrooms, and others.

Answer 27

eumycophyta

Question 28

The bodies of most true fungi are made up of branching filaments called ___

Answer 28

hyphae.

Question 29

The whole mass of hyphae formed by a fungus

Answer 29

mycelium

Question 30

These Phycomycetes, like bread mold, have tube-like hyphae without cross walls.

Answer 30

water molds (under Saprolegnia)

Question 31

Blue-green molds and powdery mildews.

Answer 31

Ascomycetes

Question 32

In Ascomycetes, molds of the genus ___ often form blue- green growths on oranges, lemons, and other fruits. They also appear on bread, meat, leather, and cloth.

Answer 32

Penicillium

Question 33

In Ascomycetes, molds of the genus ____ are common on foods, too, forming yellow or black rings.

Answer 33

Aspergillus

Question 34

Surface hyphae form branches known as

Answer 34

conidiophores.

Question 35

They get their name from the club-shaped basidium found at the end of certain hyphae.

Answer 35

Basidiomycetes

Question 36

Enumerate the groups of fungi that make up the class Basidiomycetes.

Answer 36

Rust fungi, smut fungi, mushrooms, and bracket fungi, and puffballs.

Question 37

They are like giant masses of amoebas and thus, might be classified as animals

Answer 37

Slime Molds (Phylum Myxomycophyta)

Question 38

they also form sporangia and spores, like fungi.

Answer 38

Slime Molds (Phylum Myxomycophyta)

Question 39

Slime molds have also been referred to as _____

Answer 39

slime fungi or fungus animals

Question 40

The body of a slime mold

Answer 40

plasmodium

Question 41

It is a mass of protoplasm with many nuclei but no cell walls.

Answer 41

plasmodium

Question 42

It often appears as a slimy network of living matter.

Answer 42

plasmodium