7th Science Key Terms Fungi

Question 1

The study of fungi.

Answer 1

Mycology

Question 2

A scientist who studies fungi.

Answer 2

Mycologist

Question 3

Organisms that do not make their own food.

Answer 3

Heterotrophs

Question 4

Underground filaments of fungi.

Answer 4

Hyphae

Question 5

Underground network of hyphae

Answer 5

Mycelium

Question 6

A chemical that destroys fungus.

Answer 6

Fungicides

Question 7

Reproductive structure of club fungi.

Answer 7

Basidia

Question 8

Reproductive system of sac fungi.

Answer 8

Ascus

Question 9

Reproductive system of zygote fungi.

Answer 9

Zygosporangia

Question 10

A sac fungus and a photosynthetic green alga or bacterium growing together.

Answer 10

Lichens

Question 11

Structure formed by plant roots and hyphae woven together.

Answer 11

Mycorrhizae

Question 12

An association between organisms in which both organisms benefit.

Answer 12

Symbiotic

Question 13

Stalk of a mushroom

Answer 13

Stipe

Question 14

Above ground portion of a club fungi.

Answer 14

Mushroom

Question 15

What is the study of Fungi?

Answer 15

Mycology

Question 16

What is a scientist who studies fungi?

Answer 16

Mycologist

Question 17

All fungi are ____________ in the Kingdom of Fungi.

Answer 17

Eukaryotes

Question 18

All fungi are _________ which means that they do not make their own food.

Answer 18

Heterotrophs

Question 19

Fungi are mostly ________ organisms.

Answer 19

Multicellular

Question 20

Fungi are important _________.

Answer 20

Decomposers

Question 21

Are ALL fungi edible?

Answer 21

No, only some are.

Question 22

How do most fungi reproduce?

Answer 22

Asexually and sexually

Question 23

What causes fungi to reproduce sexually?

Answer 23

Only when environmental conditions are unfavorable.

Question 24

How fungi classified?

Answer 24

By their reproductive structures

Question 25

What are chemicals used to kill fungi?

Answer 25

Fungicides

Question 26

Fungi cannot make their own food?

Answer 26

Heterotroph

Question 27

What are the underground filaments of the fungi that contain cytoplasm and nuclei?

Answer 27

Hyphae

Question 28

What is the network of hyphae?

Answer 28

Mycelium

Question 29

List the parts of Fungi.

Answer 29

1. Hyphae 2. Mycelium 3. Cap or fruit body 4. Stipe or stem 5. Gills 6. Ring 7. Volva

Question 30

Name the four Phyla of Fungi.

Answer 30

1. Basidiomycota - Club Fungi 2. Ascomycota - Sac Fungi 3. Zygomycota - Zygote Fungi 4. Deuteromycota - Imperfect Fungi

Question 31

Mushroom is the part growing aboveground which consists of the stalk (stipe) and a flattened cap with gills on the underside of the cap?

Answer 31

Basidiocarp

Question 32

What is the reproductive structure that produces spores?

Answer 32

Basidia or basidium

Question 33

Which phyla of fungi are used for food like portobello or shiitake or oyster mushrooms?

Answer 33

Club Fungi

Question 34

Name some examples of Club Fungi.

Answer 34

1. Mushrooms 2. Toadstools 3. Puffballs 4. Bracket fungi 5. Shelf fungi 6. Stinkhorns 7. Rusts and Smuts

Question 35

Are the reproductive structures that is a sac that forms spores?

Answer 35

Ascus

Question 36

The antibiotic Penicillin come from the sac fungi _________.

Answer 36

Penicillium mold

Question 37

What reproduces by budding and is important for making bread?

Answer 37

Yeast

Question 38

Powdery mildew on shrubs and roses to what?

Answer 38

Can cause damage to plants

Question 39

What disease has killed many elm trees?

Answer 39

Dutch Elm Disease

Question 40

Name some examples of Sac Fungi

Answer 40

1. Yeast 2. Cup Fungi 3. Truffles 4. Powdery mildew 5. Morels

Question 41

What is the reproductive structures that is a tiny stalk?

Answer 41

Zygosporangia

Question 42

What does the Zygosporangia produce?

Answer 42

Zygospores

Question 43

What is Rhizomes stolonifer?

Answer 43

Bread mold

Question 44

Name some examples of Zygote Fungi.

Answer 44

1. Molds | 2. Blights

Question 45

What is used to make soy sauce?

Answer 45

Aspergillus Mold

Question 46

How do Deuteromycota or Imperfect Fungi reproduce?

Answer 46

Asexually

Question 47

In the Imperfect Fungi the _______ cycle is not always observed.

Answer 47

"Perfect"

Question 48

Name an example of an Imperfect Fungi.

Answer 48

Athlete's Foot Fungus

Question 49

Name two ways Fungi interact with other organisms.

Answer 49

1. Lichens - is a structure formed when fungi and certain other photosynthetic organisms grow together 2. Mycotthizae - is a structure formed by plant roots and hyphae woven together.

Question 50

What is the importance of fungi as decomposers?

Answer 50

Fungi are important part of the environment because they break down dead plant and animal matter. Without dead fungi plant and animal would pile up year after year. Fungi also help break down pollution in soil. Without fungi to destroy it, pollution would build up in the environment.