5.4
What is a compressed accumulation of various partially decayed plant materials that collect in swamps ?
Peat
Name the smallest chlorophyll-containing organisms
Algae
Yeasts, molds, and smuts are examples of
Fungi
Name the kingdom which consists of organisms which has cells with cell walls and nuclei, and obtains its nutrients from other organisms ?
Fungi
Mosses and Liverworts belong to which group of plants?
Bryophytes
Which group of algae is the largest ?
Green algae
The body of a fungus is called a
Hyphae
Which group of fungi do yeast belong?
Sac fungi
Name the stage of the moss reproduction in which a capsule formed?
Sporophyte
Which group of algae are prokaryotes and are classified with bacteria in kingdom Eubacteria ?
Blue-green algae
Which group of algae includes algae that are the sources of carrageenan and agar ?
Red algae
Name the organism consists of a fungus and an algae in a symbiotic relationship?
Lichen
The life cycle of a mosses includes both asexual and sexual phases, therefore, mosses are said to undergo
Alternation of generations
Which group of algae includes diatoms?
Yellow algae
Which group of algae includes kelps, rockweeds, and gulfweeds ?
Brown algae
What are the spore producing structures on fungi called?
Basadia
Name the tiny, hairlike threads on a moss that grow into the soil to absorb water and minerals?
Rhizoids
Which group of algae causes red tides?
dinoflagellates
Which type of organism that lives on or in another living organism and derives its nutrition from that organism ?
Parasite?
What is an organism that obtains its nutrition from dead organisms?
Saprophyte