Kingdom Fungi Flashcards

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_____ are heterotrophs, which means that they cannot make their own food.

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Fungi

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2
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What release chemicals that digest the substance on which they grow and then absorb the nutrients from the digested food?

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Fungi

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What are the fungi that obtain their food from the remains of dead organisms?

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Decomposers

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These grow in moist and, warm places such as moist food, damp tree barks, lawns coated dew, damp forest floors, and even wet bathroom tiles. What is this?

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Fungi

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Most _____ are _____________ or made up of many cells.

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Fungi; multicellular

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Multicellular fungi are made up of long threadlike structures called ______.

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Hyphae

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What branches and twists together in many ways, making fungi appear in various shapes?

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Hyphae

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What are the continuous threads of fungal hyphae?

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Cyptoplasm

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What is the living material inside a cell that contains many nuclei?

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Cytoplasm

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10
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What are so small and light that they can be carried by winds to great distances?

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Spores

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What is the stemlike umbrella structure that a mushroom has?

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Stalk

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What is the structure that resembles a short skirt?

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Ring

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13
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What is on the top of the stalk?

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Cap

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14
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Where are the spores often located?

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Gills

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15
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What extends from the stalk to the outer edge of the cap?

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Gills

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16
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What is a fungus consisting of a single cell?

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Yeast

17
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What are useful in the production of bread, vitamins, and even vaccines like the vaccine for hepatitis B?

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Yeast

18
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What makes the dough soft and fluffy?

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Yeast

19
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How does yeasts reproduce?

A

Budding

20
Q

What are used in food processing?

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Molds

21
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What are the processed food that use mold?

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Tofu or bean curd, soy beans, and cheese

22
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Who was the Scottish scientist that discovered the mold Penicillium?

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Alexander Fleming

23
Q

What can kill a certain infection-causing bacteria?

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Penicilium

24
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What can kill a certain infection-causing bacteria?

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Penicillium