Fungi Review
True or Make It True
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false. If false, can you make it true?
____ 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. Fungal spores are haploid spores formed by meiosis during sexual reproduction.
____ 8. The classification of organisms in the three phyla of the kingdom Fungi is based on sexual reproductive structure.
____ 9. Commercial uses for fungi include antibiotics, wine-making, and cheese-making.
____ 10. Some yeasts can cause diseases in humans.
____ 11. Sporangia are reproductive structures in which spores form.
____ 12. The recognizable part of Amanita muscaria is the mushroom.
____ 13. The basidium is a club-shaped nutrient-collecting structure.
____ 14. Fungi usually form symbiotic associations with animals and bacteria.
____ 15. Some fungi aid in the transfer of minerals from the soil to the roots of plants.
____ 16. Lichens have been found all over the world except in arid desert regions.
Completion
Complete each sentence or statement.
17. Fungi obtain energy by absorbing _______________________ .
18. Chitin is found in fungi and in _______________________ .
19. The fourth, artificially created phylum in Kingdom Fungi is the ________________________.
20. A hypha is a long string of cells divided by _______________________.
21. The individual filaments that make up the body of a fungus are called _______________________
22. In Basidiomycota (club fungi), the __________________ can be very large, sometimes producing "fairy rings" of fruiting bodies.
23. Fungi obtain food by digesting food _______________________ and then _______________________ it.
24. Slime molds are not fungi; they are _______________________ .
25. Fungi are important to an ecosystem as _______________________
26. Most fungal spores are formed by _______________________
27. An economically important use of fungi is manufacturing ____________, ____________, and __________ .
28. Rhizoids such as the black bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer, have a mycelium made of horizontal hyphae called ______________________.
29. The organism illustrated is a unicellular Ascomycete called ________________
30. The organism that is illustrated can reproduce by asexual _______________________
31. Mushrooms, puffballs, and shelf fungi are examples of _______________________
32. Mushrooms and toadstools are members of the phylum _______________________
33. Cup fungi and other Ascomycetes have a saclike sporangium called an __________________.
34. Ascomycetes have saclike reproductive cells in which _______________________
35. The group of fungi that includes the molds that often grow on bread is the _______________________
36. Which structure is responsible for meeting the food requirements of the organism shown? ________
37. Zygospores allow molds to remain dormant until conditions are favorable for their _________________
38. This organism, commonly called a mushroom, is the ____________ ______________ of the fungus.
39. Reproductive structures in which spores form are known as _______________________
Life Cycle of a Mold
39. Structure A is a _______________________
41. Structure B is _______________________
42. The process that takes place at C is known as _______________________
43. In a symbiotic association, such as a lichen, a fungus provides mineral nutrients to a(n) ________________
44. Mycorrhizae aid in the transfer of minerals from the _______________ to a plant.
45. Some mycorrhizae do not penetrate the host plant but rather wrap around the _________________ .
46. A lichen consists of a fungus and an alga in a _________________ relationship.
47. Among all the words listed below, which would be the most insulting nickname? ____________________
Word Bankizzle
absorbing
ascus
Basidiomycota
bread
budding
cheese
club fungi
D
decomposers
Deuteromycota
externally
fruiting body
fusion
haploid
hypha
hyphae
insects.
mitosis
mycelium
organic molecules
partner
protists.
septa.
sporangia
spores
spores
stolons
wine
yeast
zygomycetes
And more completion
Complete each sentence or statement.
48. Unlike plants, fungi lack ____________________ and cannot carry out photosynthesis.
49. The typical fungus is a eukaryotic heterotroph that has a body consisting of many slender filaments called ____________________.
50. When hyphae grow, they form a mass called a(n) ____________________.
51. Fungi obtain food by ____________________ organic matter.
52. Fungi that absorb nutrients in a person’s body can cause life-threatening ____________________.
53. Fungi reproduce sexually and ____________________.
54. Most fungal spores are formed by ____________________.
55. Chestnut blight is caused by fungi belonging to the phylum called ____________________.
56. The familiar mushroom belongs to the phyla ____________________.
57. Mildews and yeasts are examples of ____________________.
58. The common name given to unicellular ascomycetes is ____________________.
59. A(n) ____________________ is a saclike structure in which haploid spores are formed.
60. A fungal ____________________ is a haploid reproductive cell that is capable of developing into a new organism.
61. Fungi form symbiotic relationships with a(n) ____________________, such as a plant or an alga.
62. Certain fungi play important roles in the nutrition of vascular plants by forming symbiotic associations with their roots, called ____________________.
63. Lichens are able to carry out ____________________ fixation.
64. Lichens are sensitive to ____________________ such as sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere.
65. A lichen consists of a fungus and a(n) ____________________ living together in a symbiotic relationship.
Word Bankshizzle
alga
ascomycetes
Ascomycota
ascus
asexually
Basidiomycota
chloroplasts
decomposing
hyphae
infections
mitosis
mycelium
mycorrhizae
nitrogen
photosynthesizer
pollutants
spore
yeasts
Fungi Review
Answer Section
TRUE/FALSE
1. T
2. F
3. T
4. T
5. F
6. T
7. F
8. T
9. T
10. T
11. T
12. T
13. F
14. F
15. T
16. F
COMPLETION PART 1
17. organic molecules
18. insects.
19. Deuteromycota
20. septa.
21. hyphae
22. mycelium
23. externally absorbing
24. protists.
25. decomposers
26. mitosis
27. bread wine cheese
28. stolons
29. yeast
30. budding
31. club fungi
32. Basidiomycota
33. ascus
34. spores
35. zygomycetes
36. D
37. spores
38. fruiting body
39. sporangia
40. hypha
41. haploid
42. fusion
43. partner
44. soil
45. root
46. symbiotic
47. ____________________
COMPLETION PART 2
48. chloroplasts
49. hyphae
50. mycelium
51. decomposing
52. infections
53. asexually
54. mitosis
55. Ascomycota
56. Basidiomycota
57. ascomycetes
58. yeasts
59. ascus
60. spore
61. photosynthesizer
62. mycorrhizae
63. nitrogen
64. pollutants
65. alga
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