Fungi Kingdom

Question 1

Give an example of a multicellular fungus

Answer 1

Mucor

Question 2

Give an example of a unicellular fungus

Answer 2

Yeast

Question 3

Explain the structure of mucor

Answer 3

Made up of hyphae and sporangium

Question 4

Explain feeding of mucor

Answer 4

Enzymes from hyphae tips release digestive enzymes which digest food externally. Soluble food is absorbed into the cytoplasm through hyphae walls

Question 5

Explain reproduction of mucor

Answer 5

Spores form in the sporangium which breaks once they ripen. Spores which land on suitable environment grow into fungus

Question 6

Explain reproduction in yeast

Answer 6

Budding

Question 7

Explain the structure of yeast

Answer 7

Cell wall made of chitin

Question 8

What are hyphae made of (4 organelles)

Answer 8

Multicellular tubes made of; cell walls made of chitin, cytoplasm, vacuole, multiple nuclei

Question 9

Benefits of fungi (give 3)

Answer 9

1. Production of wine/beer
2. Medicine
3. Decomposition of dead matter
4. Food source

Question 10

Harms of fungi (give 2)

Answer 10

1. Spoilage of food

2. Parasitic fungi; Disease athlete’s foot