Protists and fungi

      I.            Vocabulary

1.      ____________ an organism that belongs to the kingdom protista

2.      ____________  tiny hairlike structure

3.      ____________ whiplike structure

4.      ____________  cell with nucleus

5.      ____________ an organism that feeds on an organism of another species

6.      ____________ process by which 2 organisms join and exchange genetic material

7.      ____________ single cell divides into 2 cells

8.      ____________organelles that help in photosynthesis

9.      ____________an organism from which a parasite takes food or shelter

10.  ____________process used to make more cells

11.  ____________an organism that gets its food by eating other organisms

12.  ____________glasslike substance

13.  ____________eukaryotic organism that converts the sun’s energy into food

14.  ____________one organism lives closely to other organisms

15.  ____________false feet

16.  ____________group of organisms

17.  ____________small nucleus

18.  ____________big nucleus

19.  ____________mobile protists

20.  ____________the microscopic photosynthetic organism

21.  ____________are protists that wave flagella back and forth to move

22.  ____________eukaryotic heterotrophy that have a rigid cell

23.  ____________relatinships of a plant and a fungus

24.  ____________the mass of a fungus

25.  ____________a non reproductive filament of a fungus

26.  ____________a fungus that look like wool or cotton

   II.            Answer the questions

1.      An euglenoid have:

a)      A micronucleus

b)      Pseudopodia

c)      Two flagella

d)      Cilia

2.      Which statement about fungi is true?

a)      Fungi are producers

b)      Fungi cannot eat or engulf food

c)      Fungi are found only in the soil

d)      Fungi are primarily single celled

3.      A lichen is made up of:

a)      A fungus and a funguslike protest that live together

b)      An alga and a fungus that live together

c)      2 kinds of fungus that live together

d)      An alga and a funguslike protest that live together

III.            Complete the charts

1.      Complete the concept map with the words behind:

Basidia          mushrooms          yeasts          fungi          ascus          bread mold          threadlike fungi                                                                                  club fungi

 


 

  

2.      Complete the chart with examples

Protist
Fungi

Producers	H. that can move	H. that can’t move

Protist	Characteristics	Environment
Dinoflagellates
Green algae
Amoeba
Ciliates
Slime mold
Euglenoid

5.  

Group	Characteristics	Reproduction	Examples
Threadlike fungi
Sac fungi
Club fungi

IV.            Answer the questions (Critical Thinking)

1.      How are bacteria helpful to humans?

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2.      What is the function of cilia in a paramecium?

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3.      Why do you think bread turns moldy less quickly when it is kept in a refrigerator that when it is kept at room temperature?

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4.      Some protozoans such as radiolarians and fonamirifeans have shells around their bodies. How might these shells be helpful to the protists that live in them?

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5.      Suppose a forest where many threadlike fungi live goes through a very dry summer and fall and then a very cold winter. How could this extreme weather affect the reproductive patterns of these fungi?

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   V.            Answer the questions (scientific comprehension)

1.      What are the common characteristics of protists?

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2.      What do parasites cause to hosts? Why?

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3.      What happens with the reproduction?

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4.      What is the name of the parasite that causes malaria?

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5.      What do all algae have?

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6.      What do phytoplankton provides to organisms in water?

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7.      Where must fungi live?

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8.      How is sexual reproduction in fungi?

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9.      Where are lichens found?

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10.  What do lichens need to live and grow?

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11.  How can lichens affect rocks?

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12.  What do heterotrophs protists eat?

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