Protist + Fungi — Review

Question 1

How is a protists similar and different to a bacteria

Answer 1

Similar:
Unicellular
First groups of living things
Microscopic
Cause disease
Parasites

Difference:
Has nucleus
Watery environment
Live as individual cell
Protists vary in appearance

Question 3

3 categories of a protist

Answer 3

Animal like
Plant like
Fungus like

Question 4

What are the characteristics of a animal like protists

Answer 4

Has a nucleus
Lack cell wall
Heterotrophs
Can move on own

Question 5

Define pseudopods

Answer 5

Pseudopodia are cytoplasmic projections that are found on the cell membranes. They are primarily involved in feeding and moving.

Question 6

What is contractile vacuoles

Answer 6

It controls the amount of water inside a cell

Question 7

What is a food vacuole

Answer 7

It is where food is digested

Question 8

What is binary fission

Answer 8

Asexual reproductive, sorta like mitosis

Question 9

What is cilia

Answer 9

Hair like projections that are used for movement, and to gather food and feelers

Question 10

What is a Pellicle

Answer 10

A tough outer wall

Question 11

Conjugation

Answer 11

Sexual reproduction between 2 cells using a sex pilas

Question 12

What is a flagellum

Answer 12

It’s a long while structure that is used for movement

Question 13

Symbiosis

Answer 13

A close relationship where at least one part benefits

Question 14

Mutualism

Answer 14

When both parties benefit

Question 15

What is a spore

Answer 15

A tiny reproductive cell, allowing fungi to be reproduced

Question 16

What are the characteristics of a plant like protist

Answer 16

Unicellular and multicellular
Colonies
Can move on own
Autotrophs
Pigments

Question 17

What are the fungus like protists characteristics

Answer 17

Heterotrophs
Have cell walls
Flagella
Can move
3 types: slime molds, water and downy molds
Reproduce with spore

Question 18

Examples of fungi

Answer 18

Mushrooms, yeast, molds, morels, bracket fungi, puff balls

Question 19

Key concepts of fungi

Answer 19

Heterotrophs
Decomposers
Extracellular digestion
Multicellular
Spores develop by hyphae
Symbionts

Question 20

Characteristics of fungi multicellular vs single cell

Answer 20

Multicellular:
plant looking
Mushrooms and molds

Single cell:
Yeast
Found in soil, plants, humans

Question 21

Compare plants, fungi and what they have in common

Answer 21

Plants:
Autotrophic
Roots
1 nucleus
Cell wall made of cellulose

Both:
Eukaryotic
Non motile
Organelles
Cell wall

Fungi:
Hetrotrophic
Hyphae
1+ nuclei
Cell wall of chitin

Question 22

What are the 3 major features of fungi?

Answer 22

Cell wall made of chitin
Hyphae, thread like chains of cells
Cross walls, divides cells

Question 23

What’s a mycelium

Answer 23

A mass of hyphae that makes new fungi

Question 24

Draw a fungi, what are the main components?

Answer 24

Hyphae
Mycelium
Fruiting body
Soil

Question 25

What is a stolons and rhizoids

Answer 25

Stolons is horizontal hyphae, rhizoids is vertical hyphae

Question 26

What are the 3 basic fungi reproduction

Answer 26

Budding - a parent fungi has a baby grows off it Fragmentation- breaks it up Spore production- makes spores

Question 27

How do fungi reproduce

Answer 27

Both sexually and asexually

Question 28

What are fungi?

Answer 28

Decomposers, pathogens, and mutalists

Question 29

What is lichen?

Answer 29

Lichen forms between fungi and algae

Question 30

Define a bio indicators

Answer 30

They show wether an environment is unsuitable

Question 31

How does fungi work with humans? Examples?

Answer 31

Molds; penicillin, cheese, soy sauce, pop Yeast; bread, beer, infections