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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
Which of the following do all fungi have in common?
Meiosis in basidia
Coenocytic hyphae
Sexual life cycle
Absorption of nutrients
If all saprobic fungi in an environment were to suddenly die, which group of organisms should benefit as a whole?
Plants
Protists
Prokaryotes
Animals
In the ecological community, fungi are
producers if the sun is shining
consumers of materials digested by their hosts
decomposers of organic matter
consumers of materials digested by their hosts and decomposers of organic matter
The value of fungi in the scheme of nature is described by which of the following statements?
Fungi “fix” nitrogen from the air for use by plants
Fungi trap sunlight energy in carbohydrates
Fungi release elements from organic matter.
Fungi suppress population explosions by parasitizing over productive animals.
All but which of the following statements concerning fungal body plans are true?
A mesh of hyphae is composed of mycelia
Branching filaments are called hyphae
Cytoplasm can flow from one cell to another
Cell walls contain chitin
In what way do fungi reproduce?
asexually, through spores
budding of the parent body
sexually, through sexual spores
asexually, through spores; budding of the parent body; and sexually, through sexual spores
A lichen is a composite organism made up of
two different fungi
a fungus and an alga.
a fungus and a gymnosperm.
a fungus and a bryophyte
Which of the following reproductive structures is incorrectly matched with the group in which it is found?
zygospore: zygomycetes
ascus: sac fungi
conidia: club fungi
basidiospores: mushrooms
Yeasts are members of which of the following?
Ascomycota
Basidiomycota
Imperfect fungi
Zygomycota
The principal difference between a saprophytic and parasitic mode of nutrition is
the quality of the nutrients
not noticeable in fungi.
the same as intracellular versus extracellular digestion
determined by whether the food source is living or nonliving
