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Fungi Review - Biology and Intensified Biology
True or Make it True
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false. If false, please make necessary corrections.
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1. All fungi are heterotrophic.
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2. The cell walls of fungi are made up of cellulose.
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3. All fungi except yeasts have bodies composed of filaments.
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4. Some fungi are parasites.
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5. Fungi obtain nutrients through photosynthesis.
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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.
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7. The classification of organisms in the three phyla of the kingdom Fungi is based on sexual reproductive
structure.
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8. Commercial uses for fungi include antibiotics, wine-making, and cheese-making.
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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
ascomycetes
Ascomycota
ascus
asexually
Basidiomycota
chloroplasts
decomposing
hyphae
infections
mitosis
mycelium
mycorrhizae
nitrogen
photosynthesizer
pollutants
spore
yeasts
Fungi Review - Biology and Intensified Biology
Answer Section
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chloroplasts
hyphae
mycelium
decomposing
infections
asexually
mitosis
Ascomycota
Basidiomycota
ascomycetes
yeasts
ascus
spore
photosynthesizer
mycorrhizae
nitrogen
pollutants
alga
alga
ascomycetes
Ascomycota
ascus
asexually
Basidiomycota
chloroplasts
decomposing
hyphae
infections
mitosis
mycelium
mycorrhizae
nitrogen
photosynthesizer
pollutants
spore
yeasts