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L.S. Ch. 8 Vocabulary Test

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Long, thin whiplike structure that helps organisms move through moist or wet surroundings.

a)

flagellum

b)

basidium

c)

spore

d)

ascus

2.

One or many-celled eukaryotic organism that can be plant-like, animal-like, or fungus-like.

a)

cilia

b)

pseudopod

c)

fungus

d)

protist

3.

Form of asexual reproduction in which a new, genetically identical organism forms on the side of its parent.

a)

flagellum

b)

regeneration

c)

fission

d)

budding

4.

One-celled, animal -like protist that can live in water, soil, and living and dead organisms.

a)

lichen

b)

protozoan

c)

hyphae

d)

sporangium

5.

Saclike, spore-producing structure of sac fungi.

a)

sporangium

b)

algae

c)

ascus

d)

flagellum

6.

Chlorophyll-containing, plantlike protists that produce oxygen as a result of photosynthesis.

a)

hyphae

b)

algae

c)

spore

d)

mycorrhizae

7.

In protists, short, threadlike structures that extend from the cell membrane of a ciliate and enable the organism to move quickly.

a)

saprophyte

b)

budding

c)

flagellum

d)

cilia

8.

Organism made up of a fungus and green alga or a cyanobacterium.

a)

lichen

b)

protist

c)

ascus

d)

cilia

9.

Organism that uses dead organisms as a food source and helps recycle nutrients so they are available for use by other organisms.

a)

protozoan

b)

saprophyte

c)

basidium

d)

pseudopod

10.

Club-shaped, reproductive structure in which club fungi produce spores.

a)

algae

b)

sporangium

c)

mycorrhizae

d)

basidium

11.

Mass of many-celled, threadlike tubes forming the body of a fungus.

a)

flagellum

b)

spore

c)

hyphae

d)

ascus

12.

Network of hyphae and plant roots that helps plants absorb water and mineral from soil.

a)

mycorrhizae

b)

cilia

c)

saprophyte

d)

protozoan

13.

Temporary cytoplasmic extensions used by some protists to move about and trap food.

a)

sporangium

b)

endospore

c)

pseudopod

d)

budding

14.

Waterproof reproductive cell of a fungus that can grow into a new organism; in plants, haploid cells produced in the gametophyte stage that can divide by mitosis to form plant structures or an entire new plant or can develop into sex cells.

a)

spore

b)

cilia

c)

protozoan

d)

flagellum

15.

Round spore case of a zygote fungus.

a)

ascus

b)

mycorrhizae

c)

sporangium

d)

pseudopod