Vocabulary
This is a kingdom of eukaryotic organisms that are plant-like, animal-like, or fungus-like that live in moist or wet surroundings.
Protist
This is a waterproof reproductive cell that can grow into a new organism.
spore
These are one-celled animal-like protists classified by how they move.
protozoans
These are Dinoflagellates that produce a chemical that glows in the night.
fire algae
This is why wild mushrooms should never be eaten.
poisonous
These are short, threadlike structures extending from cell membranes.
cilia
This is a form of asexual reproduction where a new organism forms on the side of the parent.
budding
These move about and feed using foot-like extensions called psuedopods.
Amoeba
This is an example of club fungi.
mushroom
This is the type of algae is often seen on the surface of ponds in the summer.
green algae
This is the body of a fungus and is usually a mass of threadlike tubes.
hyphae
This is a fungi that is important in weathering rocks to form soil.
lichen
This is a substance found in brown algae that is used in ice cream and marshmallows.
algin
This is an antibiotic produced by imperfect fungus.
Penicillin
Cultivated mushrooms are an important ___________.
food crop
This is a round spore case that produces spores.
sporangium
This is a network of hyphae and plant roots.
mycorrhizae
These are footlike cytoplasmic extensions also known as “false foot”.
psuedopods
These use flagella for movement and are also called "spinning flagellates".
dinoflagellates
This is a ciliate that has short threadlike structures called cilia that causes it to move.
Paramecium
These are organisms that obtain food from dead or decaying organisms.
saprophytes
This is a plant-like protist.
algae
This is an Algae that have golden-brown pigment and are covered by glasslike boxes that form deep layers when they die.
diatom
This is the most important function of fungi.
Decomposer
These are threadlike structures extending from the cell membrane of Paramecium.
cilia