Protists 1
Protists are... eukaryotic or prokaryotic?
eukaryotic
Protists are: consumers, producers, or both?
both consumers & producers
Bacteria and fungi are the main ___ of the world.
decomposers
What is the spore producing part of a fungus is called?
fruiting body
fungi with no known form of sexual reproduction
imperfect fungi
This organism sweeps food particles into its oral groove.
paramecium
Which protists are classified as "plantlike"?
algae
This type of fungi secretes chemicals that slowly decompose stone.
lichens
What are fungal cell walls made of?
chitin
include the typical "mushrooms", puffballs, and shelf fungi
club fungi
This type of sexual preproduction is used by paramecia to exchange DNA through their oral grooves.
conjugation
Which group of protists cause Red Tides?
dinoflagellates
Fungi can cause these diseases.
___ reproduction happens in fungi when hyphae from two fungi encounter each other.
Sexual
produce spores in microscopic sac-like structures; include truffles and Penicillium
sac fungi
What characteristic do all protists have in common?
having membrane-bound nuclei and membrane-bound organelles
Amoeboid movement can be described as...
cytoplasm streaming into a bulge
Fungi are classified into major groups according to how they...
produce spores
saprophytic
produce spores in pot-shaped structures; include the fungus that has killed many frogs
chytrid fungi
Protists can cause these diseases.
malaria, amoebic dysentery, and African sleeping sickness
How does a protist digest food that it has consumed?
with enzymes found in food vacuoles
How does a fungus get nutrition?
by secreting digestive enzymes into its surrounding area
include black bread mold
zygote fungi
Which classification of protists includes ones that can clump together into large single-celled masses?
slime molds
Phytophthora, the protist that causes potato blight, is classified into which protist group?
fungus-like
fungus and algae living together in symbiosis
lichen