Fungi Review - Biology and Intensified Biology

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True or Make it True Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false. If false, please make necessary corrections.

____ 1. All fungi are heterotrophic. ____ 2. The cell walls of fungi are made up of cellulose. ____ 3. All fungi except yeasts have bodies composed of filaments. ____ 4. Some fungi are parasites. ____ 5. Fungi obtain nutrients through photosynthesis. ____ 6. Hyphae are slender filaments that increase the surface-area-to-volume ratio of a fungus, enabling the fungus to absorb nutrients efficiently from the environment. ____ 7. The classification of organisms in the three phyla of the kingdom Fungi is based on sexual reproductive structure. ____ 8. Commercial uses for fungi include antibiotics, wine-making, and cheese-making. ____ 9. Some yeasts can cause diseases in humans. ____ 10. Sporangia are reproductive structures in which spores form. ____ 11. The recognizable part of Amanita muscaria is the mushroom. ____ 12. The basidium is a club-shaped nutrient-collecting structure. ____ 13. Fungi usually form symbiotic associations with animals. ____ 14. Some fungi aid in the transfer of minerals from the soil to the roots of plants.

Completion Complete each sentence or statement.

15. Unlike plants, fungi lack ______and cannot carry out photosynthesis. 16. The typical fungus is a eukaryotic heterotroph that has a body consisting of many slender filaments called ______. 17. When hyphae grow, they form a mass called a(n) ______. 18. Fungi obtain food by ______organic matter. 19. Fungi that absorb nutrients in a person’s body can cause life-threatening ______. 20. Fungi reproduce sexually and ______. 21. Most fungal spores are formed by ______. 22. Chestnut blight is caused by fungi belonging to the phylum called ______. 23. The familiar mushroom belongs to the phyla ______. 24. Mildews and yeasts are examples of ______. 25. The common name given to unicellular ascomycetes is ______. 26. A(n) ______is a saclike structure in ascomycetes in which haploid spores are formed. 27. A fungal ______is a haploid reproductive cell that is capable of developing into a new organism. 28. Fungi form symbiotic relationships with a(n) ______, such as a plant or an alga. 29. Certain fungi play important roles in the nutrition of vascular plants by forming symbiotic associations with their roots, called ______. 30. Lichens are able to carry out ______fixation. 31. Lichens are sensitive to ______such as sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere. 32. A lichen consists of a fungus and a(n) ______living together in a symbiotic relationship.

Word Bank

alga chloroplasts mycorrhizae ascomycetes decomposing nitrogen Ascomycota hyphae photosynthesizer ascus infections pollutants asexually mitosis spore Basidiomycota mycelium yeasts Fungi Review - Biology and Intensified Biology Answer Section

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1. T 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. F 6. T 7. T 8. T 9. T 10. T 11. T 12. F 13. F 14. T

COMPLETION

15. chloroplasts 16. hyphae 17. mycelium 18. decomposing 19. infections 20. asexually 21. mitosis 22. Ascomycota 23. Basidiomycota 24. ascomycetes 25. yeasts 26. ascus 27. spore 28. photosynthesizer 29. mycorrhizae 30. nitrogen 31. pollutants 32. alga alga ascomycetes Ascomycota ascus asexually Basidiomycota chloroplasts decomposing hyphae infections mitosis mycelium mycorrhizae nitrogen photosynthesizer pollutants spore yeasts