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Animal-Like Protists
Plant-Like Protists
Fungus-Like Protists
Characteristics of Fungi
Types of Fungi
100
An extension of cytoplasm used for movement and capturing prey.
What is a pseudopod?
100
The process that allows plant-like protists to create their own food from energy from the sun.
What is photosynthesis?
100
The method of gathering nutrients used by fungus-like protists.
What is decomposition?
100
A carbohydrate that is commonly found in the cell walls of fungi as well as in the exoskeletons of some insects.
What is chitin?
100
Classification of fungi that almost all mushrooms fit into; characterized by a basidium.
What are club fungi?
200
Short, hair-like structures that help some animal-like protists such as the paramecium move.
What are cilia?
200
Photosynthetic unicellular protists with silica shells.
What are diatoms?
200
Method used by fungus-like protists for reproduction.
What is releasing spores?
200
The typical fungal body is made of these long, threadlike filaments.
What are hyphae?
200
Combination of an algae and a fungus
What is a lichen?
300
Some protists such as those in genus Giardia use these long, whip-like structures for movement.
What are flagella?
300
These plant-like protists are similar to green plants and are probably their ancestors.
What are green algae?
300
One of these caused the Irish Potato Famine.
What is a water mold?
300
Organisms, such as fungi, are called this: meaning an organism that absorbs nutrients from dead or decaying organisms.
What is a saprobe?
300
The type of fungi that is characterized by an ascus.
What is sac fungi?
400
Parasitic, animal-like protists that cannot move.
What are sporozoans?
400
The largest example of brown algae; found in cool oceans.
What is kelp?
400
A pretzel fungus is an example.
What is a slime mold?
400
Tough reproductive structures produced by fungi through either mitosis or meiosis.
What are spores?
400
A mutualistic association between a fungi and plant roots.
What is mycorrhiza?
500
General name for all animal-like protists; "little animals"
What are protozoans?
500
The poisonous "red tides" that can occur in coastal areas are associated with these plant-like protists.
What are dinoflagellates?
500
Parasitic forms of fungus-like protists that often infect farm crops.
What are water molds?
500
This is a type of sac fungus that is unicellular.
What is yeast?
500
Bread mold is an example of the type of fungi that is named for this reproductive structure that produces zygotes.
What is a zygote fungus or threadlike fungus?