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1
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large, multicellular marine algae

A

seaweeds

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2
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symbiotic relationships between fungal hyphae and plant roots

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mycorrhizae

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3
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A fungus that forms a ___ within the outer layers of human skin is the cause of athlete’s foot.

A

myclium

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4
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What does balantidium coli cause?

A

dysentery

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5
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Humans use fungi as

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flavoring in certain foods, a source of antibiotics, ingredients in baking and brewing

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6
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What is the function of the fruiting body of the mushroom?

A

producing spores

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7
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What is the function of the mycelium?

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feeding structure of the fungi

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8
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Name five organisms in kingdom Protista that are pathogenic.

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entamoeba, trypanosoma, balantidium coli, plasmodium, toxoplasma

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9
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What does plasmodium cause?

A

malaria

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10
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Based on nutrition, slime molds belong to which group of protists?

A

fungus-like

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11
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plant-like protists

A

algae

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12
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threadlike structures making up the bodies of most fungi

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hyphae

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13
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animal-like protists

A

protozoans

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14
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a mutualistic pairing of a fungus and an alga

A

lichen

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15
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Identify the organism

A

paramecium

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16
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What does toxoplasma cause?

A

toxoplasmosis

17
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What does entamoeba cause?

A

dysentery

18
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Identify Structure B

A

mycelium

19
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Identify Structure A

A

fruiting body of the mushroom

20
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What are mushrooms?

A

fungal fruiting bodies

21
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Name some maladies caused by pathogenic fungi

A

crop damage from rusts or smuts, chestnut blight, dutch elm diseas, ergot of rye, potato wart, Athlete’s foot, ringworm, funcal infections caused by Candida yeast, Cordyceps infections in insects

22
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interwoven mat of hyphae that functions as a feeding structure of a fungus

A

mycelium

23
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mostly microscopic photosynthetic organisms that drift or swim near the surface of ponds, lakes, and oceans

A

phytophankton

24
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What is a dark fuzz that grows very rapidly on bread an example of?

A

mold

25
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eukaryotes that are not animals, plants, or fungi

A

protists

26
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What group of animal-like protists captures its food using pseudopods?

A

sarcodines

27
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What is a type of unicellular plant-like protist with beautiful glass-like cell walls?

A

diatom

28
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single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by simple cell division or by pinching of small “buds” from a parent cell

A

yeast

29
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What does trypanosoma cause?

A

African sleeping sickness

30
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What is the contractile vacuole used to do?

A

maintain water balance

31
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What group of protists does the paramecium belong to?

A

animal-like protists or protozoans