Protista and Fungi Review
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1. In an amoeba, a small cavity within the cytoplasm that stores food is called a ______.
2. Fungi that absorb food from decaying organic matter are ______.
3. Which substances allow algae to harvest and use the energy from sunlight? ______
4. List 4 characteristics of the kingdom Fungi.
5. What structure in protists helps to maintain water balance by pumping water out of the cell?
6. The tangled mass that makes up the body of a fungus is the ______.
7. How do fungi obtain their nutrition? (Use vocab words)
8. Label the picture of the Euglena to the right. Explain what each structure does.
9. What is Penicillium? Who discovered it/ What type of organism produces it?
10. What is a lichen? Be specific.
11. How do yeast reproduce asexually? ______
12. List 5 characterizes of the kingdom Protista.
13. Explain the Theory of Endosymbiosis.
14. Study figure to the right. What are the two protists doing? Be specific.
15. What are the small round reproductive structure of fungi called?______
16. The body of fungi are made up of the thin filaments called ______.
17. A student was watching an amoeba under a microscope. What are the structures called that the protist is using to move and feed? ______
18. The sporozoan Plasmodium causes the disease known as ______.
19. A person who comes down with malaria can infer that he or she contracted it from ______.
20. What types of Protists make cell walls for themselves out of glass. ______
21. Which of the following is NOT correct?
a. / Protists can cause human diseases. / c. / Protists can release toxins in to water causing “Red Tides.”b. / Protists can live in the gut of organisms helping them breakdown food. / d. / Protists produce seeds through the process of conjujation.
22. Which of the following is NOT correct about Fungi?
a. / All fungi are heterotrophic. / d. / Fungi can form mutualistic relationships with algae.b. / Fungi are decomposers in the environment / e. / Some fungi help plant get more minerals from the soil.
c. / Some Fungi can be human parasites. / f. / Fungi can be photosynthetic, autotrophic organisms.
Label the structure below. Explain the function of each structure.
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23. List three ways that protists are helpful (to humans or other organisms).
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24. List three ways that protists are harmful (to humans or other organisms).
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25. List three ways that fungi are helpful (to humans or other organisms).
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26. List three ways that fungi are harmful (to humans or other organisms).
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