Science Chapter 8

Question 1

protist:

Answer 1

a one or many celled organism living in wet or moist environments

Question 2

algae:

Answer 2

plantlike protists

Question 3

flagellum:

Answer 3

long, thin whiplike structure used for movement

Question 4

protozoans:

Answer 4

one celled, animal like protists

Question 5

cilia:

Answer 5

short threadlike structures that extend from the cell membrane

Question 6

pseudopods:

Answer 6

temporary extensions of the cytoplasm; means ‘false foot’

Question 7

hyphae:

Answer 7

the body of a fungus and a root network

Question 8

saprophytes:

Answer 8

organisms that obtain food from dead organisms

Question 9

spore:

Answer 9

waterproof reproductive cell that can grow into a new organism

Question 10

basidium:

Answer 10

spores produced in a club-like structure

Question 11

ascus:

Answer 11

the spores of a fungi in a sacklike structure

Question 12

budding:

Answer 12

asexual reproduction where a new organism grows off one

Question 13

sporangium:

Answer 13

a round spore case

Question 14

lichen:

Answer 14

an organism made from a fungus

Question 15

mycorrhizae:

Answer 15

a network of hyphae

Question 16

Dinoflagellates:

Answer 16

use flagella to move in their salty environment

Question 17

When there’s no light to make food how do Euglenoids eat?

Answer 17

from other bacteria or protists

Question 18

what is a nickname for algae?

Answer 18

grasses of the ocean

Question 19

How do algae produce oxygen?

Answer 19

photosynthesis

Question 20

some algae is _______

Answer 20

eaten

Question 21

what affect does algal bloom have on us?

Answer 21

it can cause environmental problems

Question 22

where do many flagellates live?

Answer 22

in freshwater

Question 23

how do proterospongia grow in?

Answer 23

cell colonies

Question 24

an ______ traps its food with pseudopods

Answer 24

amoeba

Question 25

where are slime molds often found?

Answer 25

often found on decaying vegetation in cool/moist areas

Question 26

where are water molds found?

Answer 26

in wet places

Question 27

protozoans are _____ for many bacteria

Answer 27

food

Question 28

______ can be food sources or ingredients; also can grow on spoiling food or in warm and damp places like a shower curtain

Answer 28

fungi

Question 29

what are most fungi?

Answer 29

saprophytes

Question 30

how do fungi reproduce?

Answer 30

asexually or sexually

Question 31

in sexual reproduction, the hyphae of 2 _______ of fungi of the same species produce spores that differ genetically

Answer 31

organisms

Question 32

in asexual reproduction cell division produces...

Answer 32

identical spores

Question 33

3 classifications of fungi:

Answer 33

club (basidium) sac (ascus) zygote (sporangium)

Question 34

what helps scientists monitor pollution?

Answer 34

lichens

Question 35

Lichens help rocks _____, or break down

Answer 35

weather

Question 36

What fungi is bread mold?

Answer 36

a zygospore

Question 37

many fungi cause animal and plant diseases, but some produce ________, like penicillin

Answer 37

antibiotics

Question 38

antibiotics only do what to bacteria?

Answer 38

fight it

Question 39

dinoflegellates are aka?

Answer 39

golden algae

Question 40

what type of protists are euglenoids?

Answer 40

algae

Question 41

how are protozoans classified?

Answer 41

by how they move

Question 42

what do ciliates usually eat?

Answer 42

bacteria

Question 43

how does an amoeba trap its food?

Answer 43

with pseudopods

Question 44

some _____ protozoans can push a pseudopods through a hole?

Answer 44

shelled

Question 45

shelled protozoans become a part of ________ layers; geologists use them as indicators to locate _________

Answer 45

sediment; petroleum

Question 46

how do proterospongia grow?

Answer 46

in cell colonies

Question 47

funguslike protists produce ______ and must take in food from outside their body

Answer 47

spores

Question 48

how do amoebas move?

Answer 48

with pseudopods

Question 49

how does paramecium move?

Answer 49

with ciliates

Question 50

how do euglenas move?

Answer 50

with flagellum