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Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life

Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr

Chapter 24

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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02:14

Problem 2

Saprobic fungi derive nutrients from ____________.
a. nonliving organic matter
b. living plants
c. living animals
d. photosynthesis

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02:38

Problem 3

In _________ , a hypha has few or no cross-walls.
a. all fungi
b. zygote fungi
c. sac fungi
d. club fungi

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01:25

Problem 4

A slice of white bread contains the remains of many yeast cells, one type of ___________.
a. chytrid
b. zygote fungus
c. sac fungus
d. club fungus

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02:43

Problem 5

In many __________ , an extensive dikaryotic mycelium is the longest-lived phase of the life cycle.
a. chytrids
b. zygote fungi
c. sac fungi
d. club fungi

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01:56

Problem 6

A mushroom is ___________.
a. the food-absorbing part of a chytrid
b. the only part of the fungal body not made of hyphae
c. a reproductive structure that releases sexual spores
d. produced by meiosis in a zygospore

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03:21

Problem 7

Spores released from a mushroom's gills are __________.
a. club-shaped
b. dikaryotic
c. haploid
d. both a and $c$

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02:29

Problem 8

The antibiotic penicillin was isolated from a ___________.
a. chytrid
b. zygote fungus
c. sac fungus
d. club fungus

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02:21

Problem 9

Some green algae partner with a fungus and form a ____________.
a. lichen
b. mycorrhiza
c. hypha
d. zygospore

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01:44

Problem 10

A long-term interspecific interaction that benefits both participants is a __________.

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01:36

Problem 11

All glomeromycetes __________.
a. cause human disease
b. associate with roots
c. are club fungi
d. are part of a lichen

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01:53

Problem 12

True or false? Only sac fungi form mycorrhizae.

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01:03

Problem 13

Histoplasmosis is an example of a(n) ______________.
a. endophyte
b. lichen
c. mycorrhiza
d. mycosis

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01:30

Problem 14

Single-celled sac fungi known as yeasts can reproduce asexually by ___________.
a. zygospore formation
b. conjugation
c. budding
d. fragmentation

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09:14

Problem 15

Match the terms appropriately.
$$ \text {________chytrid} \quad \quad\quad\quad\quad \text {a. forms spores in an ascus} $$
$$ \text {________sac fungus} \quad \quad\quad\quad\quad \text {b. produces flagellated spores} $$
$$ \text {________lichen} \quad \quad\quad\quad\quad \text {c. lives in animal cells} $$
$$ \text {________club fungus} \quad \quad\quad\quad\quad \text {d. can digest lignin} $$
$$ \text {________zygospore fungus} \quad \quad\quad\quad\quad \text {e. forms thick-walled diploid spore} $$
$$ \text {________mycorrhiza} \quad \quad\quad\quad\quad \text {f. fungus and photosynthetic cells} $$
$$ \text {________microsporidian} \quad \quad\quad\quad\quad \text {g. fungus and plant root} $$

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