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Kingdom Fungi

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Kingdom Fungi?
a)
Autotrophic
b)
Cell walls of chitin
c)
Eukaryotic
d)
Saprotrophic
2.
Fungi are made up of filaments known as _________, which allow the fungus to digest substances and absorb nutrients.
a)
Hyphae
b)
Spores
c)
Roots
d)
Fruiting Bodies
3.
What is the tangled, underground network of hyphae that makes up the largest portion of a fungus?
a)
Mycelium
b)
Basidia
c)
Gills
d)
Fruiting Body
4.
What is the above-ground, reproductive structure produced by fungi?
a)
Fruiting body
b)
Hyphae
c)
Mycelium
d)
Chitin
5.
The cells walls of fungi are made of a chemical compound known as ____________.
a)
Chitin
b)
Cellulose
c)
Phospholipid Bilayer
d)
Calcium Carbonate
6.
Which letter points to the spore producing structures of a mushroom?
a)
B
b)
A
c)
C
d)
D
7.
This term describes a form of asexual reproduction utilized by yeasts in which 2 identical cells are produced.
a)
Budding
b)
Conjugation
c)
Fragmentation
d)
Fertilization
8.
Certain fungi exists in mutualistic relationships with plants, wrapping around the roots of the plant. This increases the surface area of the plant roots and allows them to absorb more nutrients. Fungi in this relationship are known as _____________.
a)
Mychorrizae
b)
Lichen
c)
Diatoms
d)
Bracket Fungi
9.
Lichens are ________ and photosynthetic _____________ in a mutualistic relationship with one another.
a)
Fungi and Algae
b)
Fungi and Plants
c)
Plants and Algae
d)
Animals and Plants
10.
Which of the following does NOT describe the purpose of spores in fungi?
a)
Absorb sunlight during photosynthesis
b)
Used for asexual reproduction
c)
Used for sexual reproduction
d)
Produced by the gills of the basidia
11.
True or False: Budding is an example of asexual reproduction used by unicellular fungi known as yeasts.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Which of the following does NOT describe a beneficial use of fungi to humans?
a)
Fungi provide humans with oxygen during photosynthesis.
b)
Fungi are nature's "recyclers" and return nutrients to the environment.
c)
Fungi are used to create many medicines.
d)
Fungi are used for food for making certain foods.
13.
What phyla do the "sac-like" fungi belong to?
a)
Zygomycota
b)
Ascomycota
c)
Basidiomycota
d)
Chytridiomycota
14.
What phyla do the "club-shaped" fungi belong to?
a)
Zygomycota
b)
Ascomycota
c)
Basidiomycota
d)
Chytridiomycota
15.

Fungi are classified into phyla based on their:

a)

Taste

b)

Mycelium

c)

Smell

d)

Reproductive Structures

16.
A unique feature of fungal decomposition is that organic material is digested _ the fungal cells.
a)
inside
b)
outside
c)
nucleus
d)
between
17.
Specialized hyphae called __ penetrate the cells of a host tree and absorb nutrients from the living cells of their host.
a)
haustoria
b)
septa
c)
hypha
d)
cells
18.
How do fungi obtain nutrients?
a)
extracellular digestion
b)
intracellular digestion
c)
they don't obtain nutrients
d)
by eating
19.
in parasitic fungi, specialized hyphae that penetrate cells and absorb nutrients
a)
haustoria
b)
protozoans 
c)
spore
d)
chitin
20.
Fungi usually like dry and bright places to grow
a)
true 
b)
false
21.
Lichen is a symbiotic relationship between fungus and 
a)
algae
b)
bacteria
22.
Fungi are usually 
a)
single-celled (unicellular)
b)
many-celled (multicellular)
23.
Which describes a win-win situation for the host and fungus?
a)
saprophytic
b)
parasitic
c)
symbiotic
24.
Which fungi get their energy from feeding on and harming a host?
a)
saprophytic
b)
parasitic
c)
symbiotic
25.
Which fungi get their energy from decaying organic matter?
a)
saprophytic
b)
parasitic
c)
symbiotic
26.

An upright stalk that bears spores in an enclosure?

a)

Conidiophore

b)

Budding

c)

Sporangiophore

d)

Conidia

27.

A type of hypha that is stalklike and contains no enclosed sac for the spores

a)

Conidia

b)

Condiophore

c)

Sporangium

d)

Chitin

28.

A type of asexual reproduction in which a cell pinches itself off to produce a small offspring cell

a)

sporangium

b)

fragmentation

c)

budding

d)

conidia

29.

Hypha that grow across the surface

a)

hypha

b)

stolons

c)

ascus

d)

mycelium

30.
Which are examples of fungi?
a)
mold
b)
yeast
c)
mushrooms
d)
all of the above
31.

What fungi phylum includes common molds?

a)

Zygomycota

b)

Ascomycota

c)

Basidiomycota

32.

What are the spores of club fungi?

a)

basidiospores

b)

ascospores

c)

conidia

d)

zygospores

33.

What are the sexual spores of sac fungi?

a)

ascospores

b)

basidiospores

c)

zygospores

d)

conidia

34.

What are the spores of common molds?

a)

ascospores

b)

basidiospores

c)

zygospores

d)

conidia

35.
What phylum are mushroom classified in?
a)
Imperfect Fungi
b)
ascomycetes
c)
Basidiomycota
36.

What is the difference between a septate and nonseptate hyphae?

a)

septate have cell walls to separate the cells while nonseptate hyphae do not

b)

Septate have gills and a stem while nonseptate hyphae do not.

c)

There is no difference

d)

Nonseptate hyphae are seen only in the phylum basidiomycota while septate hyphae are seen in ascomycota

37.

What is the difference between rhizoid hypha and aerial hypha?

a)

Rhizoid hypha are imbedded in the material on which the fungus grows and aerial are not imbedded on the material on which fungus grows.

b)

Rhizoid hypha are in the roots and aerial hypha help it to fly.

c)

Rhizoid hypha are not imbedded in the material on which the fungus grows and aerial are attached.

d)

There is no difference.

38.

myxomycota

a)

fungi that look like protozoa for much of their lives

b)

forms sexual spores where hyphae fuse

c)

fungi with no known method of sexual reproduction

d)

forms sexual spores in sac-like asci

39.

basidiomycota

a)

forms sexual spores on club-like basidia

b)

forms sexual spores in sac-like asci

c)

forms sexual spores where hyphae fuse

d)

form spores with flagella

40.

Ascomycota

a)

forms sexual spores in sac-like asci

b)

forms sexual spores where hyphae fuse

c)

Fungi that look like protozoa for much of their lives

d)

Form spores with flagella

41.

Zygomycota

a)

Fungi that look like protozoa for much of their lives

b)

forms sexual spores where hyphae fuse

c)

forms sexual spores on club-like basidia

d)

Fungi with no known method of sexual reproduction

42.

Chytridiomycota

a)

forms sexual spores on club-like basidia

b)

Fungi that look like protozoa for much of their lives

c)

forms sexual spores in sac-like asci

d)

Form spores with flagella

43.

Deuteromycota

a)

Form spores with flagella

b)

forms sexual spores on club-like basidia

c)

Fungi with no known method of sexual reproduction

d)

Fungi that look like protozoa for much of their lives

44.

How is budding different from asexual reproduction?

a)

There is no difference.

b)

In budding the offspring is released after it grows and then continues to grow on its own. In asexual reproduction the offspring grows while attached.

c)

In bacterial asexual reproduction the offspring stays attached until it has grown. In budding, the offspring grows on its own.

d)

In budding the offspring stays attached to the parent until it has grown. In asexual reproduction, the offspring grows on its own.

45.
What is the term used to describe a chemical secreted by a living organism that kills or reduces the reproductive rate of other organisms?
a)
slime
b)
chitin
c)
mucus
d)
antibiotic
46.
A farmer notices that a certain group of crops grows much better in the presence of a certain fungi. Which is most LIKELY an explanation? 
a)
The crops and fungus share the same food source.
b)
The crop and fungi must form  a mycorrhiza together.
c)
They are in a non-symbiotic relationship.
d)
The fungi are in love with the plants.
47.
What malady does rust cause?
a)
crop damage
b)
death
c)
potato wart
d)
chesnut blight
48.
What malady does smut cause?
a)
elm disease
b)
crop damage
c)
chestnut blight
d)
death
49.

Name two specialized aerial hyphae.

a)

sporophore (sporangiophore, conidiophore) and stolon

b)

rhizoid hyphae and myxomycota

c)

gills and chitin

d)

zygospore and mycelium

50.

What kind of hyphae exist in all multicellular fungi?

a)

zygospore

b)

aerial

c)

mycelium

d)

rhizoid

51.

What are basidia and where are they found?

a)

club-shaped cells found on gills of a mushroom

b)

A building in Italy

c)

When hyphae form a membrane in a mushroom

d)

The fruiting body of a mushroom

52.

Fermentation

a)

Fungi in phylum zygomycota

b)

Digestion that takes place outside the body

c)

The anaerobic breakdown of sugars into smaller molecules

53.

Why do slime molds appear in Kingdom Protista in some Biology textbooks?

a)

Slime molds acquire food like organisms in Kingdom Fungi.

b)

Slime molds live in habitats of fungi.

c)

They look like protozoa for some of their life.

d)

Textbook authors are not experts on Kingdom Fungi.

54.
When the sexual phase is undiscovered or undetected from the life cycle of a fungus, that specimen is assigned to an informal category called _______ . 
a)
zygomycetes
b)
ascomycetes
c)
imperfect fungi
d)
basidiomycetes
55.
mushrooms, puffballs, shelf-fungi, stink-horns
a)
zygomycetes
b)
basidiomycetes
c)
ascomycetes
d)
chytridiomycetes
56.
The major groups of fungi are categorized mainly on the basis of their _______ . 
a)
habitat
b)
color and size
c)
reproductive structures
d)
digestive enzymes
57.
The reproductive cells of fungi are called:
a)
pollen
b)
seeds
c)
spores
d)
mold
58.
__________ are fungi that produce the gas that makes bread rise.
a)
mushrooms
b)
athlete's foot
c)
blue cheese
d)
yeast

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