Fungi

Parasitic fungi feed off of _______

• Different bodies of water

• A living host

• Dead/decaying organisms

• Parasites

Fungi do not use roots to anchor to their food source. Instead they use __________.

• xylem

• hyphae

• spores

• gills

What is a mass of hyphae called?

• Mycelium

• Hyphal netting

• Fungal transport system

• Lichens

Fungal cells contain nuclei, which makes them classified as:

• prokaryotic

• eukaryotic

• parasitics

• saprophytic

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Which of the following are examples of fungi?

• bread mold

• pollen

• yeast

• mushrooms

Which characteristic makes it easy to spread, but difficult to treat and prevent certain fungal infections?

• Fungi are multicellular.

• Fungi are heterotrophic.

• Fungi reproduce by spores.

• Fungi grow in dry environment

Organisms such as fungi return chemicals to the soil and the atmosphere and are called . . 

• Autotrophs
• Decomposers
• Photosynthetic
• Prokaryotes

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Some plant roots grow with mycorrhizal fungi. The fungi absorb water and minerals and pass them on to the plant and receive carbohydrates from the plant. This is an example of -

• predation

• competition

• mutualism

• parasitism

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Fungi are like animals because they -

• have cell walls

• contain chitin

• are heterotrophic

• have filamentous bodies

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Lichen are symbiotic relationships between a fungi and ______.

• algae

• cyanobacteria

• protista

• depending on the type it can be either an algae or a cyanobacteria