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Fungi

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an example of fungi?

a)

Algae

b)

Mold

c)

Euglena

d)

Bacteria

2.

What is an example of a decomposer?

a)

a squirrel

b)

a fox

c)

a mushroom

d)

a hawk

3.

Organisms from which kingdom are most likely to chemically digest their food outside their bodies?

a)

Fungus

b)

Plant

c)

Protists

d)

Animal

4.

What characteristic do most adult fungi and plants share?

a)

They are both producers

b)

They both have cells with cell walls

c)

They reproduce through binary fission

d)

They both have multiple nuclei in each cell

5.

Fungi are like animals because they -

a)

have cell walls

b)

contain chitin

c)

are heterotrophic

d)

have filamentous bodies

6.

How are Fungi classified?

a)

How they get their energy

b)

How they reproduce

c)

Their sizes

d)

How they move

7.
What do fungi use to reproduce?
a)
Hyphae
b)
Branches
c)
Spores
d)
They split apart
8.
Which is an example of a disease caused by fungi
a)
Diphtheria
b)
The Common Cold
c)
Strep Throat
d)
Athlete's Foot
9.
Fungi produce spores in
a)
Hyphae
b)
Orange peels
c)
Fruiting bodies
d)
Sigotrophs
10.
Fungi can ONLY reproduce asexually
a)
True
b)
Fales
11.
Most fungi are eukaryotes.
a)
True
b)
Fales
12.
The best environment for fungi is...
a)
Cool and damp
b)
Warm and dry
c)
Cool and dry
d)
Warm and moist
13.

Parasitic fungi feed off of _______

a)

Different bodies of water

b)

A living host

c)

Dead/decaying organisms

d)

Parasites

14.

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

a)

xylem

b)

hyphae

c)

spores

d)

gills

15.

Which of the following are examples of fungi?

a)

bread mold

b)

pollen

c)

yeast

d)

mushrooms

16.
Yeast is in the ______ fungi category.
a)
Sac
b)
Mold
c)
incomplete
d)
club
17.
Puffball mushrooms are in the category...
a)
Sac fungi
b)
Club fungi
c)
incomplete fungi
d)
Mold
18.
What are some examples of food made by fungi
a)
Bread
b)
Cheese
c)
Mushrooms
d)
All of the above
19.
Mold is an example of
a)
club fungi
b)
sac fungi
c)
zygote fungi
d)
mold fungi
20.

spore-producing fungal reproductive structure

a)

chitin

b)

fruiting body

c)

hyphase

d)

mycelium

21.

Which is not true about fungi?

a)

All are consumers

b)

All are multicellular

c)

Are eukaryotic

d)

Can be useful to humans

22.

Which fungus is unicellular?

a)

toadstool

b)

yeast

c)

mushroom

d)

mucor (mould)

23.
Hyphae grow into a food source and release _____________________ which break down the food into smaller pieces for the hyphae to then absorb.
a)
digestive chemicals
b)
photosynthesis
c)
chemosynthesis
d)
budding
24.
Fungi produce millions of ____________________which are lightweight and easily carried through the air or water.
a)
buds
b)
gills
c)
spores
d)
hyphae