Fungus !

Question 0

Prokaryote or eukaryote ?

Answer 0

Eukaryotes

Question 1

4 roles of fungi

Answer 1

Environmental decomposers
Provide food
Cause disease
Fight disease (penicillin)

Question 2

Heterotroph or Autotroph

Answer 2

Heterotrophs

Question 3

Sex organ , what they use to reproduce ?

Answer 3

Spores

Question 4

Cell wall made of ?

Answer 4

Chitin

Question 5

Motile or non-motile ?

Answer 5

Non motile

Question 6

What environment do fungi prefer ?

Answer 6

Warm dark & moist

Question 7

How do they get their food ?

Answer 7

Through the structure called hyphae

Question 8

How does the hyphae work ?

Answer 8

It grows into food
Then secretes digestive chemicals into food
Then it absorbs nutrients

Question 9

How do fungi reproduce when conditions are poor ?

Answer 9

Reproduce sexually making new spores that are different from both parents

Question 10

How do fungi reproduce in moist conditions ?

Answer 10

Reproduce asexually releasing spores

Question 11

Is a yeast unicellular or multicellular ?

Answer 11

Unicellular

Question 12

How does a yeast reproduce ?

Answer 12

By budding - cell grows from mothers body and breaks off

Question 13

4 classification of fungi

Answer 13

Threadlike
Sac
Club
Imperfect

Question 14

Example of a classification and what it is

Answer 14

Threadlike - produces spores in their threadlike hyphae

Ex. Bread mold

Question 15

Example of a classification and what it is

Answer 15

Sac- produce spores in structure that look like sacs

Ex yeast, lichen

Question 16

Example of a classification and what it is

Answer 16

Club - produce spores in structures that look like clubs

Ex. Mushrooms

Question 17

Example of a classification and what it is

Answer 17

Imperfect - those that cannot reproduce sexually, cause the most fungal diseases
Ex. Ringworm, penicillin, athletes foot

Question 18

Examples of fungi

Answer 18

Yeast, molds, mushrooms

Question 19

What is penicillin ?

Answer 19

Antibiotic

Question 20

Louie pastear

Who was he and what did he do?

Answer 20

Began studying the fungi yeast and discovered it was a living organism

Question 21

Fermentation

Anaerobic or aerobic respiration ?

Answer 21

Anaerobic, breaks down sugar without Oxygen

Question 22

What does fungi feed on ?

Answer 22

Organic matter- one point living (carbon&hydrogen)

Question 23

Based on how fungi interact with each other, what are the groups ?

Answer 23

Decomposer
Mutualist - small group that absorbs nutrients
Predators - capture prey
Parasites - feed without killing

Question 24

Asexual reproduction ? | Sexual ?

Answer 24

Asexual - cell division or mitosis | Sexual - each parent contributes (meiosis)

Question 25

2 ecological roles of fungi

Answer 25

Provide drugs | Break down dead ORGANIC material through ecosystem

Question 26

2 fungi food sources

Answer 26

``` Mushrooms Beer Champagne Truffles Morels ```

Question 27

2 fungal diseases

Answer 27

Ringworm | Athletes foot

Question 28

What can fungus cause disease in ?

Answer 28

Plants & animals !

Question 29

What is a plant disease ?

Answer 29

Stem rots

Question 30

Why is it hard to find fossils in layers of rock

Answer 30

Microscopic and they don't have bones !

Question 31

How long have fossils been around ?

Answer 31

For a long time

Question 32

Hyphae vs mycellium

Answer 32

Hyphae- individual | Mycellium- group of hyphae

Question 33

Good environment with no hyphae = ?

Answer 33

Asexual

Question 34

Good environment = ?

Answer 34

Sexual

Question 35

Why are some fungi imperfect ?

Answer 35

Because they have lost the capacity for sexual reproduction and reproduce by asexual spores or vegetive growth

Question 36

What two organisms make up MYCORRHIZAE ? how to each benefit ?

Answer 36

Plants - provide energy rich sugars to fungus | Fungi- allow plants to acquire water and nutrients from soil

Question 37

What relationship is mycorrhizae ?

Answer 37

Mutualist

Question 38

Coenocytic vs septate

Answer 38

No segments vs segments

Question 39

What is chitin classified as, as an organic compound ?

Answer 39

Carbohydrate (polymer)

Question 40

Lichen

Answer 40

Fungi that has algae inside (not plants) Attacks a bare rock, creates soil ONE OF THE FIRST ON EARTH

Question 41

summary of lichen

Answer 41

Combination of fungus and algae | 2 organisms living together

Question 42

Septum

Answer 42

Cross sections that the cells made up of hyphae are divided by

Question 43

Fragmentation

Answer 43

Asexual reproduction, where a separate hypha dries and shelters, releasing individual cells that act as spores