Bacteria
How many cells do bacteria have?
one
T/F: Most protists have many cells.
False. Most protists are single-celled.
Like all other organisms, protists must carry out all of the ___________ life activities.
What feature sets fungi apart from organisms in other kingdoms?
They do not move from place to place.
Name 2 different types of fungi.
Answers could include:
Club fungi
Rusts and Smuts
Molds
Yeasts
True/False
Bacteria are complete organisms.
True. Although bacteria are single-celled organisms, they are complete organisms.
Plant-like protists are known as _________________.
Algae
What type of environment do most protists live in?
A watery environment
T/F: Fungi grow taller than other organisms.
False. Fungi do not grow tall or make any woody tissue.
Some molds produce chemicals called ____________ which cause liver cancer.
aflatoxins
Bacteria help plants get:
A) Oxygen
B) Covid
C) Nitrogen
D) Helium
C) Nitrogen
Animal- like protists are known as _______________.
Protozoans
Many protists have a/an _____________ which senses changes in the brightness of light.
A) amoeba
B) eyespot
C) sixth sense
D) program
B) eyespot
What are the tubelike structures called that extend into the soil to feed fungi?
hyphae
T/F: Fungi digest food outside their body.
TRUE!! They release digestive enzymes onto thier food which break down the food in small enough pieces for the fungi to absorb it.
Bacteria lack these tiny structures in them that do particular jobs.
Organelles
__________ releases oxygen as they make food which is about half the oxygen that enters the atmosphere.
A) Seaweed
B) Bacteria
C) Fungi
D) Algae
Algae! WOW, that's a lot of oxygen!
Protists reproduce in two ways. Name the ways.
Sexual and asexual.
Another name for mushrooms is ____ _______.
Club fungi
Some fungi live close to other organisms and they both can benefit from one another. What is this called?
Mutualism
Bacterial toxins are among the most powerful poisons known. A single gram of _____________ toxin can kill a million people.
botulism
This type of protozoans can change shape by using their "false foot" to help them move around.
Amoeba
The gullet of the paramecium encloses food within a bubblelike structure called a _________ ________.
food vacuole.
Rusts and _______ are fungi that live as parasites on plants and can kill their host plant.
Smuts
What did the algae and fungi say to the rock?
I really lichen you. Get it?
Because algae and the hyphae of fungi tangle together and form on a rock which is called lichen. FUN!