Vocabulary
Funguslike Protists
a single-celled organism that lives and eats like fungi
List 6 different types of algae.
6 different types of algae are brown algae, red algae, green algae, diatoms, dinoflagellates, and euglenoids.
Protists/Fungi are eukaryotes that are consumers.
Fungi
An alga and a fungus that intertwine and live together in symbiosis.
Lichen
Microscopic, single-celled algae called ________________ produce a lot of the world's oxygen.
Phytoplankton
Protists
an organisms from the kingdom Protista, which includes protozoa, funguslike, slime molds and water molds, and types of algae
Why do some spore-forming protists form spores?
Spore-forming protists form spores to reproduce. The spores can develop into new organisms.
Single-celled/Multicellular fungi are made of hyphae.
Multicellular
Plantlike protists that produce food through photosynthesis.
Algae
_____________ group together and look like one organism.
Algae
plantlike protists that produce food through photosynthesis
What are the two types of funguslike protists?
The two types of funguslike protists are slime molds and water molds.
True/False: Fungi secretes digestive juices into their food sources.
True
A lichen body made from an algae and a fungus that have connected
Thallus
Masses of _________________ grow in the host organism and get nutrients to the fungi
Mycelium
Parasite
an organism that lives off of hosts in order to get food, sometimes even killing the hosts
Protists are eukaryotes, which means that they each have a _____________ to enclose their DNA.
nucleus
True/False: Fungi only reproduce sexually.
False
An organism from the kingdom Fungi, which included yeasts, molds, and mushrooms.
Fungus
True/False: Molds are sac fungi made of only hyphae.
False
Protozoa
animal-like protists that are consumers
Algae produce ___________ through photosynthesis.
Food
True/False: Mushrooms, brackets, shelves, rusts, and puffballs are club fungi.
True
a body formed by some organisms in order to reproduce, this body can develop into a new organism.
Spore
How does lichen form?
Lichen forms when a specific alga an fungus pair up.