True or false: Fungi range in size from tiny, unicellular yeasts to large, multicellular fungi.
True
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Are fungi autotrophs or hetertrophs?
Heterotrophs
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Name the two ways that most fungi reproduce
Sexual reproduction and asexual reproduction
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Name some foods that fungi are in for people to eat.
The blue streaks in blue cheese is fungi, or growths of mold. Cleaned and healthy mushrooms are eaten by people. Also, yeast is in bread, which is a form of fungi.
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What is defined as a eukaryote that has cell walls, is a hetertroph that feeds by absorbing its food, and uses spores to reproduce?
Fungus
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What structures do the cell arrangements in multicellular fungi create?
Hyphae
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Describe the difference between autotrophs and heterotrophs.
Autotrophs look for their food while hetertrophs are able to produce their own food.
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What is the type of reproduction where the hypae of two fungi grow together and genetic material is exchanged?
Sexual reproduction
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How do fungi help plants grow larger and healthier?
Hyphae in fungus extends to absorb water and nutrients from the soil for the plants. Water and nutrients helps plants grow larger and healthier.
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What is defined as branching, threadlike tubes that make up the bodies of multicellular fungi?
Hyphae
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Define hyphae
Hyphae are the branching, threadlike tubes that make up the bodies of multicellular fungi.
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What does 'absorb' mean?
Absorb means to take in or suck in.
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What is the type of reproduction where cells at the tips of hyphae grow and divide to form spores. This happens when there is ennough moisture and food.
Asexual reproduction
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How can certain forms of fungi help fight diseases?
A form of fungi called Penicillium produced a substance that kills the bacteria near it. It is used in the form of a pill for people to take and prevent getting some sicknesses.
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What is defined as spores in reproductive structures?
Fruiting bodies
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How does hyphae affect how fungi look?
Depending on how tightly the hyphae are arranged, fungi either looks fuzzy or is in the form of a tight stem.
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Describe the process for how fungi obtain food.
Fungi obtain food by growing a hyphae into a food source. Digestive chemicals then ooze from the hyphae into the food. The chemicals break down the food into small substances that can be absorbed by the hypae.
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What are fruiting bodies in fungi?
Fruiting bodies are the spores in the reproductive structures of fungi.
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Why are some fungi considered recyclers?
Many fungi live in soil and break down chemicals in dead plant organisms. These chemicals are then turned into rich nutrients that benefit the soil and all plants in it.
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What is defined as a small yeast growing from the body of a parent cell in a way somewhat similar to how a bud forms on a tree branch?
Budding
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Explain the role that hyphae play when subtances are moving throughout fungi.
Hyphae serve as tubes that substances move through quickly and freely.
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What role do hyphae play in fungi's reproduction process?
Hyphae grow and branch out into a food source. Once the food is broken down by disgestive chemicals, the hyphae absorb the food.
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What is budding?
Budding is the small yeast that grows from the body of a parent cell
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Name 2 examples for how fungus can cause diseases in humans.
1) Athlete's foot occurs when there is ongoing moisture between a person's toes. 2) Ringworm shows up as a circular rash on the skin
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What is defined as consisting of fungus and either algae or heterotrophic bacteria that live together in a relationship that benefits both organisms?