Module #4

Question 1

Extracellular digestion

Answer 1

Digestion that takes place outside of the cell.

Question 2

Mycelium

Answer 2

The part of the fungus responsible for extracellular digestion and absorption of the digested food.

Question 3

Hypha

Answer 3

A filament of fungal cells.

Question 4

Rhizoid hypha

Answer 4

A hypha that is imbedded in the material on which the fungus grows.

Question 5

Aerial hypha

Answer 5

A hypha that is not imbedded in the material upon which the fungus grows.

Question 6

Sporophore

Answer 6

Specialized aerial hypha that produces spores.

Question 7

Stolon

Answer 7

An aerial hypha that asexually reproduces to make more filaments.

Question 8

Haustorium

Answer 8

A hypha of a parasitic fungus that enters the host’s cells, absorbing nutrition directly from the cytoplasm.

Question 9

Chitin

Answer 9

A chemical that provides both toughness and flexibility.

Question 10

Membrane

Answer 10

A thin covering of tissue.

Question 11

Fermentation

Answer 11

The anaerobic breakdown of sugars into smaller molecules.

Question 12

Zygospore

Answer 12

A zygote surrounded by a hard, protective covering.

Question 13

Antibiotic

Answer 13

A chemical secreted by a living organism that kills or reduces the reproduction rate of other organisms.

Question 14

Zygote

Answer 14

The result of sexual reproduction when each parent contributes half of the DNA necessary for the offspring