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Biology: Concepts and Applications

Cecie Starr, Christine A. Evers, Lisa Starr

Chapter 22

Fungi - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

01:43

Problem 1

All fungi _________.
a. are multicelled
b. form flagellated spores
c. are heterotrophs
d. all of the above

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01:24

Problem 2

Saprobic fungi obtain nutrients from ____________.
a. nonliving organic matter
b. living plants
c. living animals
d. both b and c

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01:15

Problem 3

In ________ a hypha has few or no cross-walls.
a. zygomcyetes
b. sac fungi
c. club fungi
d. all of the above

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01:30

Problem 4

The yeasts whose fermentation reactions produce carbon dioxide that makes bread rise are a type of __________.
a. chytrid
b. zygote fungus
c. sac fungus
d. club fungus

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02:24

Problem 5

In many _________ an extensive dikaryotic mycelium is the most conspicuous phase of the life cycle.
a. chytrids
b. zygote fungi
c. sac fungi
d. club fungi

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01:21

Problem 6

The mycelium of a multicelled fungus is a mesh of filaments, each called a ________.

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02:08

Problem 7

A mushroom is ___________.
a. the digestive organ of a club fungus
b. the only part of the fungal body made of hyphae
c. a reproductive structure that releases sexual spores
d. the only diploid phase in the club fungus life cycle

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01:28

Problem 8

Spores released from a mushroom's gills are _____________.
a. diploid
b. haploid
c. dikaryotic

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02:13

Problem 9

____________ are fungi that produce flagellated spores.
a. Chytrids
b. Sac fungi
c. Zygote fungi
d. Club fungi

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01:50

Problem 10

Nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria often interact with a fungus as a ____________.
a. mycelium
b. lichen
c. mycorrhiza
d. mycosis

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02:30

Problem 11

_____________ are mycorrhizal fungi with hyphae that grow into a root cell and branch inside it.
a. Glomeromycetes
b. Chytrids
c. Zygote fungi
d. Club fungi

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01:39

Problem 12

Histoplasmosis is an example of a _____________.
a. mycelium
b. lichen
c. mycorrhiza
d. mycosis

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02:51

Problem 13

Chestnut blight ______________.
a. altered the species composition of eastern forests
b. was caused by an introduced fungal pathogen
c. was spread by wind-dispersed spores
d. all of the above

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03:00

Problem 14

Ergotism ______________.
a. results from inhalation of fungal spores
b. produces hallucinations and convulsions
c. affects only those with weak immune systems
d. all of the above

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04:43

Problem 15

Match the terms appropriately.
________hypha
________chitin
________chytrid
________sac fungus
________club fungus
________lichen
________mycorrhiza
a. produces flagellated spores
b. component of fungal cell walls
c. partnership between a fungus and one or more photoautotrophs
d. filament of a mycelium
e. fungus-root partnership
f. forms sexual spores in an ascus
g. many form mushrooms

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