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Bacteria,Archae, Protista and Fungi Flashcards

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What is a group of prokaryotic cells that are unicellular and microscopic?

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Bacteria

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What is Bacteria?

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a group of prokaryotic cells that are unicellular and microscopic

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What lacks a nucleus and membrane bound organelles found in Eukaryotic cells?

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Bacteria

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What have cell walls for protection and regulation?

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Bacteria

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What lives in soil, salt, marshes, lakes, rivers, and in the ocean?

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Bacteria

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What lives on plants and animals and certain species live in the bodies of animals, including humans?

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Bacteria

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What bacteria is photosynthesis?

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Cyanobacteria

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Which bacteria contains green pigment called chlorophyll?

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Cyanobacteria

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Which bacteria can be found in rivers, lakes and oceans?

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Cyanobacteria

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Which bacteria can coat stones long rivers or aquarium glass?

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Cyanobacteria

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What bacteria use to be called “blue-green algae” but isn’t algae?

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Cyanobacteria

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Which bacteria is a producer? by producing oxygen and food for others?

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Cyanobacteria

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What are prokaryotic and unicellular like bacteria?

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Archaea

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What has a different DNA from bacteria?

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Archaea

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15
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What has closer DNA to Eukaryotes?

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Archaea

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What is found in a variety of habitats, some of which are very extreme?

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Archaea

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17
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Which kingdom is known as the junk drawer kingdom?

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The Protista Kingdom

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What cell is unicellur, microscopic AND multicellular and macroscopic?

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Protista

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Which cell is some plant-like AND animal-like?

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Protista

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Which cell is autotrophic AND heterotrophic?

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Protista

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What cell type do Protista have?

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Eukaryotic cell

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What cell is animal-like, motile, heterotrophic, unicellular, microscopic and found in wet environments?

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Protista

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What cell is plant-like, can photosynthesize, are unicellular and/or multicellular and many are plankton?

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Algae

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Why are algae called producers?

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They produce oxygen and food.

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What is chlorophyll?

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A green pigment

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In algae this is a root-like structure that attaches itself to sand, rock, shells ,a pier or some other surface, what is a it?

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A holdfast

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What protozoa is unicellular, microscopic and lives in wet environments like rivers, lakes, and the ocean?

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Amoeba

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What protozoa is irregular cell shape? You can also see the circular nucleus in each cell.

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Amoeba

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Which protozoa engulf food to survive?

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Amoeba

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Which protozoa extend their cytoplasm in a structures called pseudopodia?

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Amoeba

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What does pseudopodia mean?

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False feet

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Which protozoa are harmless, but some species cause disease if you ingest them?

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Amoeba

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What unicellular, microscopic protozoa live in wet habitats including rivers, lakes, and the ocean?

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Ciliates

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Which protozoa are oval in shape, and you can often see the nucleus and other organelles?

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Ciliates

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35
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Why are Ciliates considered protozoa?

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Because they engulf food to survive

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36
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What protozoa they beat tiny hair-like structures called cilia to move around?

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Ciliates

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Cilia cover the outer cell membrane, but they are very thin and small of which protozoa?

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Ciliates

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38
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What are microscopic unicellular algae that live in wet environments like rivers, lakes, and the ocean?

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Diatoms

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Which unicellular algae are considered “algae” because they photosynthesize using chloroplasts (which are golden in color due to brown/golden pigments)?

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Diatoms

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Which unicellular algae cell has an outer cell wall (shell) made of silica, which is basically “glass.”?

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Diatoms

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41
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Which unicellular algae store their excess food as oil droplets, which also help them stay afloat?

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Diatoms

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What is another type of microscopic, unicellular algae that live in wet environments like lakes and the ocean?

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Dinoflagellates

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What unicellular algae are considered “algae” because they photosynthesize (although some species can be heterotrophic)?

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Dinoflagellates

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What unicellular algae has a cell wall (shell) made ofcellulose, and come in a variety of shapes depending on the species?

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Dinoflagellates

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Which unicellular algae cell has 2 flagella, which are long hair-like projections that they whip around in order to swim?

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Dinoflagellates

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46
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Which unicellular algae when disturbed emit light, which is called bioluminescence?

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Dinoflagellates

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Which unicellular algae stains the coastal water reddish-brown in a phenomenon known as a red-tide?

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Dinoflagellates

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48
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What multicellular freshwater algae lives in rivers and lakes?

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Spirogyra

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49
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Which multicellular algae is a green algae species because the green chlorophyll pigment dominates?

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Spirogyra

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50
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Which multicellular algae has its chloroplasts spiral in shape?

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Spirogyra

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51
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Which multicellular algae have long thin filaments?

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Spirogyra

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Which multicellular algae is a species of green algae that is found in the ocean (thus it is a type of “seaweed”)?

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Sea Lettuce

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53
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What multicellular algae has green chlorophyll that dominates its color?

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Sea Lettuce

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54
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Which multicellular algae grows flat and “leafy” and is typically found in shallow water habitats along the coast?

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Sea Lettuce

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Which multicellular algae is an important food for many grazing marine fish and invertebrates?

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Sea Lettuce

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What multicellular algae is typically found in shallow intertidal habitats along the coast including bays and mudflats?

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Green Ribbon Algae

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Which multicellular algae is related to Sea Lettuce and is also an important food source for many marine animals?

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Green Ribbon Algae

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Which multicellular algae looks thin, green, and stringy?

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Green Ribbon Algae

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True or False: For the Green Ribbon Algae each green “string” is actually a hollow tube?

60
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What is a type of marine red algae?

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Erect Coralline Red Algae

61
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What multicellular algae has green chlorophyll but its reddish-pink pigment dominates?

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Erect Coralline Red Algae

62
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Which multicellular algae deposits hard calcium carbonate in its tissues so it feels hard like “coral.”?

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Erect Coralline Red Algae

63
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Which multicellular algae grows erect (upright) and its branches are jointed so it flexes with waves and currents instead of breaking?

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Erect Coralline Red Algae

64
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Which multicellular algae can typically be found along the coastline on rocky shores and in tide pools?

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Erect Coralline Red Algae

65
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What other multicellular algae also deposits hard calcium carbonate in its tissues?

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Encrusting Coralline Red Algae

66
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Which multicellular algae grows as a flat pinkish crust on rocks, shells, and other structures?

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Encrusting Coralline Red Algae

67
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Which multicellular algae is a marine species of brown algae?

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Giant Kelp

68
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Which multicellular uses its strong holdfast to attach to rocky bottoms along our coast and can grow up to 24 inches per day if the conditions are right?

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Giant Kelp

69
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What is a Stipe in plant terms?

70
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What are gas filled that keep the kelp off the sea floor?

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pneumatocysts

71
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What are the leaf-like structures where the photosynthesis takes place on kelp called?

72
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Which multicellular algae dominant species that make up California’s kelp forests?

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Giant Kelp

73
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What multicellular algae is another common marine species of brown algae?

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Feather Boa Kelp

74
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Which multicellular algae attaches to rocky bottoms with it’s holdfast and typically grows in shallow water close to shore?

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Feather Boa Kelp

75
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Which multicellular can be identified by its overall shape, flat stipe, and numerous short blades?

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Feather Boa Kelp

76
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What multicellular algae is another species of marine brown algae. It grows attached to rocks but can also survive by floating freely in the water?

77
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What multicellular algae is not native to California. It was originally introduced from Japan, but has reproduced rapidly and can be seen almost anywhere along our coast?

78
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What multicellular algae can be identified by its overall shape, and the small size of its stipe, pneumatocysts, and blades?`

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`Sargassum

79
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What is the scientific study of fungus?

80
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What part of the fungus forms the tightly compacted body of a mushroom?

81
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What is the the loosely branching structure in the soil of the fungus?

82
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What is used to secrete digestive enzymes and then absorb nutrients?

83
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Fungi have ridged cell walls, which are made of a material called?

84
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How do fungi reproduce?

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by releasing single-celled structures called spores

85
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What is the ecological role of fungi?

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Some are decomposers and some are parasites

86
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Which fungus form relationships with plants?

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Mycorhizzal

87
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What fungi form symbiotic relationships with either algae or cyanobacteria?

88
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Why are lichen said that they are composite organisms?

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Because they are made up of two or more independent organisms.

89
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What kind of symbiosis does Lichens represent?

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Mutual symbiosis

90
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What does lichen give the algae or cyanobacteria that live among the fungal hyphae?

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nutrients, moisture, and protection.

91
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What does the lichen get from the photosynthetic action of the algae/cyanobacteria?

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Carbohydrates

92
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How fast lichens grow?

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1/25 to 1/2 inch per year.

93
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What are the three growth forms of lichens?

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Fruticose. Foliose. Crustose.

94
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What are often seen growing out of a fallen log or tree trunk?

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Bracket mushrooms

95
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What are two types of bracket fungi?

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Artist’s fungus and Sulphur shelf

96
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What are often seen growing out of the forest floor like a ball?

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Puffball fungi

97
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What fungus has its spores “puff” out of top when it ruptures or is impacted?

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puffball fungi

98
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Which fungi curl up into a ball when it is dry?

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Earthstar fungi

99
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When there is moisture (rain, fog, etc.) which fungi peels open like a flower? Spores “puff” out of top when rain hits center.

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Earthstar fungi

100
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Which lichen grow somewhat upright and erect like small “bushes.”?

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Fruticose lichens

101
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Which lichens grow flat and “leafy.”? They sometimes look like peeling paint.

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Foliose lichens

102
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Which lichens grow flat and they sometimes look like spattered paint? They are seen in a variety of colors and are common on rocks and old concrete structures.

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Crustose lichens

103
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What protozoa is this?

104
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What unicellular algae is this?

105
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What bacteria is this?

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Cyanobacteria

106
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What unicellular algae is this?

107
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What unicellular algae is this?

108
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What unicellular algae is this?

109
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What unicellular algae is this?

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Dinoflagellates

110
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What unicellular bacteria is this?

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Dinoflagellates

111
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what unicellular algae is this?

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Dinoflagellates

112
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An Amoeba is what type of cell?

113
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What are these called?

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Pseudopodia

114
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What multicellular algae is this?

115
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What multicellular algae is this?

116
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What type of multicellular algae is this?

117
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Where is the cap?

118
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Where are the spores?

119
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Where is the stalk?

120
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Where is the mycelium?

121
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Where is the hyphae?

122
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Where are the gills?

123
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What lichen is this?

124
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What lichen is this?

125
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What lichen is this?

126
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What lichen is this?

127
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What lichen is this?

128
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What lichen is this?

129
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What algae is this?

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Encrusting Coralline Red Algae

130
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What multicellular algae is this?

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Feather Boa Kelp

131
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What multicellular algae is this?

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Feather Boa Kelp

132
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What multicellular Algae is this?

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Feather Boa Kelp

133
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What multicellular algae is this?

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Giant Kelp

134
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What multicellular algae is this?

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Green Ribbon Algae

135
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Which multicellular algae is this?

136
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What is #1?

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What is #2?

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What is #3`

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What is #4?

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What is #5?

141
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What is #6?

142
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What is #7

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pollen tube

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What is #8?

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What is #9?

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What is #10?

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What is #11?

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What is #12?

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