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What are the 3 body shapes of bacteria?
Bacillus (rod),  Coccus (sphere),  Spirillum (spiral)
100
Why are protozoans referred to as "first animals?"
Evolutionists believe they were among the first types organisms to evolve
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What are the 2 things that all fungi have?
Hyphae and spores
100
What two diseases caused by protists?
African Sleeping Sickness and Malaria
100
What parts of a mushroom are NOT mentioned below?


Cap, Volva

Gills, stalk/stem, mycellium
200
What are the 2 things that bacteria need to grow rapidly?
Oxygen and food
200
What type of protists are more animal-like, can move on their own, and can hunt their own prey?
Protozoans
200
A fungus that obtains its nourishment from a dead organism is called a...
saprophyte.
200
A "lichen" is a symbiotic relationship between what two organisms?
Fungi and algae
200
True or False:  A virus is non-living.
TRUE
300
How many times do bacteria need to be magnified in order to be clearly seen?
1000 times
300
What does an amoeba use for movement?
Pseudopodia
300
Name a condition caused by fungus
Athlete's foot, thrush, ringworm, etc
300
What is the protective coat around a virus made of?
Protein
300
Long fungal filament cells are called..
hyphae
400
True or False: Bacteria are multicellular organisms
False!  Bacteria are unicellular
400
Name a protist that uses a flagella to move
Euglena
400
Briefly explain the life cycle of a mushroom
Spores fall, get carried away, germinate in soil, mycellium grows under ground, stem grows above ground, stem grows tall, spores grow, etc.......
400
A symbiotic relationship between fungi and plant roots is called...
mycorrhizae
400
What is the name for the fermented milk we tasted in class?
Kefir
500
Name 2 foods that involve the use of bacteria
Answers will vary
500
What are the 4 different ways protists eat/obtain energy?
1.  Eat smaller bacteria


2.  Energy from sunlight (photosynthesis)

3.  Eat passing debris particles

4.  Eat other protists

500
Explain how mushrooms obtain nourishment
Mycellium release enzymes that break down nutrients in the soil, then absorbs it.
500
What is a colony?
A group of unicellular protists living together, even though they are all capable of surviving separately
500
Name an organism that uses each type of movement:


Flagella, cilia, pseudopodia

Flagella - euglena

Cilia - paramecium

Pseudopodia - amoeba