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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. The breaking down of dead organic matter.
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
These belong to the club fungi group. They are the fruiting body of a fungus. You can eat some of them and some are poisonous.
Mushrooms
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
Small round single-celled organisms. Help to make bread rise by producing carbon dioxide gas. They also produce water.
Yeast
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. Live in freshwater.
What are green algae?
300
Exists as a single-celled amoeba-like organism, but can come together and form colonies (groups) in unfavorable conditions.
What is a slime 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
Form with the use of filaments called hyphae. As the hyphae grow upward and let out mold spores from their tips, they may look furry or fuzzy. They can grow on decayed food such as cheese and bread
Mold
400
Parasitic, animal-like protists that cannot move.
What are sporozoans?
400
The largest example of brown algae; found in cool oceans. Called seaweed.
What is kelp?
400
These are made up of two tiny living things: a fungus and an alga. The fungus and the alga benefit from living together (Mutualism) The alga produces food, and the fungus gathers water. In this way these organisms can survive harsh weather that would kill a fungus or an alga growing alone.
What is a Lichen?
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
A stage in the fungal life cycle that exists strictly in a unicellular state, and reproduces by budding.
What is yeast?
500
This type of Fungi is made from the blue mold. Also know as blue green algae. It is an antibiotic that can cure ear infections and other illnesses.
Penicillin