Lesson 14 - Kingdom Fungi

Question 1

The characteristics of fungi are:
They are ____________
Fungi are composed of masses of ____________ woven together.
Fungus _______ _______ are made of __________.
Fungi are heterotrophs that _________ their food externally.
Fungi are saprophytes: they consume ______ and ___________ matter.
Fungi require ___________ for survival.
Fungi require ____________ for growth, but are able to survive drought by __________ spores.

Answer 1

Immobile, filaments, cell walls, chitin, digest, dead, decaying, oxygen, moisture, forming.

Question 2

Fungi tissue is composed of filaments called:

Answer 2

hyphae

Question 3

Fungi’s ________ often serves a different purpose depending on where it’s located.

Answer 3

tissue

Question 4

Stolons lie _______________

Answer 4

horizontally

Question 5

Fungi reproduce how?

Answer 5

Asexually

Question 6

When environmental conditions are poor, fungi reproduce how?

Answer 6

Sexually

Question 7

Fungi are (A) male and female types, or (Brendan is super awesome!) plus and minus types.

Answer 7

(B)

Question 8

Fungi are (A) male and female types, or (Brendan is super awesome!) plus and minus types.

Answer 8

(B)

Question 9

What does the phylum zygomycota include?

Answer 9

common molds

Question 10

Some molds are…

Answer 10

Parasitic

Question 11

The mold grows a _________________ with a spore-filled _________ium.

Answer 11

Sporangiophore, sporangium.

Question 12

Phylum ascomycota includes ____________

Answer 12

sac fungi

Question 13

Phylum basidiomycota incudes ___________

Answer 13

club fungi

Question 14

The primary function of the fruiting body is to what?

Answer 14

Create spores