Animal-Like Protists
One way that animal-like can move.
What are pseudopods/false feet?
The process that allows plant-like protists to create their own food from energy from the sun.
What is photosynthesis?
All mushrooms are safe to eat. T or F
False
Some types of fungi can destroy plants. T or F
True
Short, hair-like structures that help some animal-like protists move.
What are cilia?
Method used by fungus-like protists to move or spread.
What is releasing spores?
The long, threadlike filaments that are use to bring in nutrients and connect fungi.
What are hyphae?
This type of fungi grows on food and some types can make penicillin.
What is mold?
Some protists use a long, tail-like structures for movement.
What are flagella?
Single-celled organism, but can come together and form colonies. Can be bright yellow and gooey and oozy.
What is a slime mold?
Fungi are similar to plants and can photosynthesize. T or F
False
The type of fungi helps bread rise and causes fermentation.
What is yeast?
Some parasitic, animal-like protists cannot move and spread through spores. T or F
True. They are sporozoans
Fungus-like protists have a cell wall. T or F
True
These are produced by fungi to help create more fungi.
What are spores?
This type of fungus can grow out of the ground or out of a tree. Some are edible and some are poisonous.
What are mushrooms?
General name for all animal-like protists; "little animals"
What are protozoans?
The poisonous "red tides" that can occur in coastal areas are associated with these plant-like protists.
What are dinoflagellates?
Parasitic forms of fungus-like protists that often infect farm crops.
What are water molds?
Fungi break down dead plants and other organic material. They are _____
What are decomposers?
This organism is actually two species living together. It can be a fungus and algae or a fungus and bacteria.
What is a lichen?