Unit 8

Question 1

Supergroup

Answer 1

The classification category that is lower than domain and higher than kingdom

Question 2

Cytolysis

Answer 2

The bursting of a cell due to a rupture in its plasma membrane

Question 3

Plasmolysis

Answer 3

The shrinking of a cells cytoplasm due to water loss

Question 4

Diatoms

Answer 4

Unicellular stramenopiles with a cell wall made of silica

Question 5

Dinoflagellates

Answer 5

Unicellular alveolates with a cell wall made of cellulose

Question 6

Pseudopod

Answer 6

An extension of cytoplasm used by some cells to move or feed

Question 7

Alternation of generations

Answer 7

Reproduction involving two phases (generations) where haploid spores grow into gametophyte that produce gametes. The gametes combine to form a diploid sporophyte, which produces haploid spores to compete the cycle

Question 8

Plasmodium

Answer 8

An aggregate of diploid cells that have multiple nuclei

Question 9

Mycology

Answer 9

The study of fungi

Question 10

Fruiting body

Answer 10

The portion of fungus that produces sexual spores

Question 11

Vegetative structures

Answer 11

Groups that are involved in metabolic activity and growth

Question 12

Mold

Answer 12

Multicellular fungal structure that contains hyphae that extends away from the mycelium

Question 13

Fleshy fungus

Answer 13

Multicellular fungal structure made of many hyphae that are compact and form a thallus

Question 14

Saprotrophs

Answer 14

Organisms that obtain nutrients from dead or decaying organic matter

Question 15

Ascocarp

Answer 15

A bowl shaped fruiting body that contains sexual spores via meiosis

Question 16

Pasteurization

Answer 16

A heating process that reduces the level of microbes in a liquid to a safe level for consumption and storage

Question 17

Basidocarp

Answer 17

The fruiting body of club fungi that appears as a mushroom

Question 18

Hallucinogen

Answer 18

A chemical that causes alteration in the precipitation of reality, making someone sense that what they are seeing or feeling is real when it is not

Question 19

Mutualism

Answer 19

Two or more organisms living together in a relationship where they all benefit

Question 20

Parasitism

Answer 20

An organism living on or in another that serves as a host and harming the host

Question 21

Commensalism

Answer 21

Two organisms living in a relationship where one benefits and the host is neither helped nor harmed

Question 22

Phylogenetic

Answer 22

The study of evolutionary relatedness among various groups of organisms