Biology: Protists and Fungi

Question 1

are protists eukaryotes or prokaryotes

Answer 1

eukaryotes

Question 2

do they live in dry or moist surroundings

Answer 2

moist

Question 3

Are they autotrophs or heterotrophs

Answer 3

both or one or the other

Question 4

can they move?

Answer 4

some can some can’t

Question 5

What are 3 categories of protists

Answer 5

animal-like
fungus-like
plant-like

Question 6

animla-like

Answer 6

unicellular
heterotrophs
divided up based on way of movement:flagella, cilia, pseuodopods, or other

Question 7

pseudopods

Answer 7

cell membrane pushes in one direction, cytoplasm flows

dragging

Question 8

how do pseudopods get food

Answer 8

grow to arm like things and then entrap food closing around it

Question 9

how do pseudopods reproduce

Answer 9

binary fission

Question 10

cilia

Answer 10

hair like structures help organism move, get food, and sense environment

Question 11

are cilia unicellular

Answer 11

multi, with 2 nuceli

Question 12

what are the two nuclei in cilia protzoans for

Answer 12

one for everyday functions

other for reproduction: binary fission or conjugation

Question 13

whats an example of an cilia protazoan

Answer 13

paramecium

Question 14

how do cilia get food

Answer 14

oral groove gets water containing food into vacuole and vacuole breaks it down

Question 15

how do flagellas move

Answer 15

with long whip like tail

Question 16

sporozoans

Answer 16

parasites, feed on cells and body fluids of hosts

Question 17

example of sporozoans

Answer 17

plasmodium(causes malaria)

Question 18

fungus like protsist

Answer 18

heterotrophs
have cell walls
reproduce by spores

Question 19

plant like protsists

Answer 19

algae
autotrophs
unicellular to very large

Question 20

fungi kingdom

Answer 20

eukarayotes
use spores to reproduce
heterotrophs
warm moist place

Question 21

how fungi obtain food

Answer 21

hyphae: threadlike tubes that break down food it grows on so fungi can absorb

Question 22

how does fungi reproduce

Answer 22

spores

unless conditions are bad the sexually

Question 23

how does yeast reproduce

Answer 23

budding

Question 24

what are 4 classifications of fungi

Answer 24

threadlike-spores, bread mold
sac-spores, yeast
club-spores, mushrooms
imperfect-sexually, penicillin