Protists Vocabulary
Protists
Fungi
Fungi Importance
Mixed
100
What are protists?
eukaryotes that are not plants, animals, or fungus
100
A protist that could help reverse global warming
What is diatoms
100
The common bread mold
What is Zygomycota
100
Fungi is the source of an antibiotic called
What is penicillin
100
These species species can grow on rocks and in little soil and help plants come back to damaged environments
What is pioneer species
200
Protist nutrition that use both photosynthesis and heterotrophic methods
What is mixotroph
200
Algae that is not single celled
What is brown algae
200
A symbiotic relationship between a fungus and an algae
What is lichen
200
fungi are ___________
What is decomposers
200
Cause red tides
What is dinoflagellates
300
protists that make their own food from the sun
What is photoautotrophs
300
Protists with two equal sized nuclei and multiple flagella
What is diplomonads
300
Unicellular, aquatic fungi with flagellated spores
What is Chytridiomycota
300
_________ increases the plants root surface in mycorrhizae
What is hyphae
300
Examples of this fungi are ring worm and athlete's foot
What is Deuteromycota
400
Animal-like protists
What is protozoan
400
An apicomplexan that harms people
What is a plasmodium
400
A symbiotic relationship between a plant and a fungus
What is mycorrhizae
400
a living organism that is one of the first organisms to respond to changes in environmental conditions
What is bioindicator
400
A protist that looks like a fungi
What is slime molds
500
The process when a bacteria ingests an algae and incorporates the algae's function into the bacteria's
What is endosymbiosis
500
Their cell walls are made of cellulose, like armor
What is dinoflagellate
500
The largest group pf fungi named for their reproductive sacs
What is Ascomycota
500
using microorganisms to remove environmental pollutants
What is bioremediation
500
Club fungi that mainly reproduce sexually
What is Basidiomycota
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