TGT Questions for Fungi and Protists
1.To what DOMAIN do fungi and protists belong?
2.Where would slime molds most likely be found?
3.What is the name of the theory that hypothesizes how mitochondria became part of a eukaryotic cell?
4.What is the name of the mutualistic relationship between a plant root and a fungus?
5.What are the individual threads of a fungus called?
6.What does an amoeba use to move?
7.Different groups of algae can easily be distinguished by what?
8.A familiar fungus found on locker room floors causes what disease?
9.How does stentor move?
10.What is the major role of fungi?
11.Plasmodium, the organism that causes malaria, is classified as what type of protist?
12.Cell walls of fungi are composed of what material?
13.Yeast is found in what kingdom?
14.What organisms look like glass boxes due to their 2-part shells composed of silica?
15.Organisms that exhibit alternation of generations take how long to complete a life cycle?
16.What does the word “protozoan” mean?
17.Plant-like protists are commonly known as what?
18.What type of organisms are used in sushi wraps?
19.In a typical mushroom, where would you find the spores?
20.What do we call a life cycle that has both haploid and diploid stages?
21.A euglena is considered to be a mixotroph. What does this mean?
22.Fungi release their digestive enzymes into the environment. What are these enzymes called?
23.Water is pumped out of the paramecium by what cell organelle?
24.What is the function of the paramecium’s macronucleus?
25.List the 2 organisms that make up a lichen.
26.What is the tangled mass that makes up the body of a fungus.
27.Which type of slime mold forms an aggregate clump of amoeboid-type cells when conditions stressful?
28.What cellular organelle may have evolved from infolding of the plasma membrane?
29.Which protist forms a colony of cells that looks like a “green soccer ball”?
30.Sexual reproduction in fungi assures what important evolutionary concept?
31.What are three convenient groupings of protists?
32.Which type of protist probably gave rise to the first land plants?
33.What is the portion of the fungi above the ground known as?
34.What organism causes the red tide?
35.What helpful antibiotic is a common fruit mold?
36.List the parts of a lichen and the function of each part.
37.List 3 benefits of fungi.
38.What is ringworm?
39.To what phylum does common black bread mold belong?
40.How do most fungi reproduce?
41.What is a saprobe?
42.In many fungi, hyphae are divided into what?
43.What is the name of the structure that a Euglena uses for movement?
44.What are the walls of diatoms composed of?
45.In which of the following environments will you find a paramecium: rotting logs, ponds, ocean floors, soil?
46.Why would it be an advantage for a euglena to have an eyespot?
47.Members of the phylum Ciliophora are animal-like protists that move by what structures?
48.How do ciliates reproduce asexually?
49.What is the process called in which a pair of paramecia exchange genetic information?
50.What is a paramecium’s micronucleus used for?
51.Members of the phylum Sarcodina use pseudopods for what two activities?
52.Which of the following protists is/are autotrophic? Paramecium, Amoeba, Euglena, Stentor, Volvox
53.Which group of algae includes all species of kelp (state the common and scientific name!)
54.What unicellular fungus is useful in baking and brewing?
55.Lulu discovers dozens of puffballs growing in her backyard after a night of rain. She squeezes one and a cloud of brown “smoke” erupts. What has Lulu just released?
56.What is a circle of mushrooms growing around a tree called?
57.The rootlikehyphae of bread mold that penetrate the surface of bread are called what?
58.The term for a close relationship between two species is called what?
59.What group of organisms are most closely related to fungi?
For questions 60-83 refer to the attached diagrams!
60.What is the name of the organism at 60?
61.What are the hair-like structures labeled 61?
62.What organism is labeled 62?
63.What organism is labeled 63?
64.What organism is labeled 64?
65.What structure is found at 65?
66.What organism is found at 66?
67.What structure is labeled 67?
68.What structure is labeled 68?
69.What structure is labeled 69?
70.What is the function of the structure labeled 70?
71.What are the tiny hair-like structures at 71?
72.What structure is found at 72?
73.What organism is found at 73?
74.What structure is found at 74?
75.What structure is found at 75?
76.To what phylum is the organism at 76 found?
77.What is the structure at 77?
78.What is the structure at 78?
79.What are found at 79?
80.What structure is found at 80?
81.What part of the mushroom is found at 81?
82.What structure is found at 82?
83.What may be found between the structures at 83?