Protist and Fungi

What are the characteristics of the kingdom Fungi?

Fungi are eukaryotic, nonphotosynthetic organisms, and most are multicellular heterotrophs. Most fungi are microscopic molds or yeasts.

What represents symbiotic relationships between a fungus and a photosynthetic partner (usually a cyanobacterium or green alga)?

Lichens

What are the characteristics of a protist that is animal-like?

Most animal-like protists are heterotrophs that move about capturing and consuming prey.

What role do protists play in the environment?

They produce large amounts of oxygen, form the foundation of food webs, recycle materials, and play a role in several symbiotic relationships.

What are the characteristics of the kingdom Protista?

They are single-celled or simple multicellular eukaryotic organisms that generally do not fit in any other kingdom, Most pro-tists are microscopic, but a few protists, such as some algae, are several meters in length. Protists are defined by exclusion—most protists are eukaryotic organisms that cannot be classified as fungi, plants, or animals.

What else is on the study guide?

Use color sheet pictures and questions, Be able to label, know characteristics of each.

What are the characteristics of a protist that is fungus-like?

Biologists recognize two groups of funguslike protists: slime molds and water molds. Slime molds are typically found on moist, decaying matter. A water mold is a funguslike protist composed of branching filaments of cells. Water molds are found mainly in bodies of fresh water but some- times live in soil or as parasites.

What are the phyla of plant-like protists?

Chlorophyta (green algae), Phaeophyta (brown algae), Rhodophyta (red algae), Bacillariophyta (diatoms), Dinoflagellata (dinoflagellates), Chrysophyta (golden algae), and Euglenophyta (euglenoids)

What is a symbiotic structure formed by a fungus and plant root?

Mycorrhiza

What are the phyla of fungus-like protists?

Phylum Myxomycota (Plasmodial Slime Molds), Phylum Dictyostelida (Cellular Slime Mold), Phylum Oomycota (Water Molds), and Phylum Chytridiomycota (Water Molds).

What are the phyla of animal-like protists?

Protozoa (move by pseudopods), Ciliophora (move by cilia), Sarchmastigophora (move by flagella), Apicomplexa (parasites)

What is the environmental role of fungi?

Some fungi cause devastating human and plant diseases, while others serve as important food sources for humans. Fungi are also used to produce chemicals, fuels, and pharmaceutical compounds.

What are the characteristics of a protist that is plant-like?

They are autotrophic, and have chloroplasts and produce their own carbohydrates by photosynthesis, as plants do.

What are the three groups of protists?

animal-like, plant-like, and fungus-like.

What is an example of Zygomycota?

bread mold

What is an example of Basidiomycota?

club fungi

What is an example of Deuteromycota?

fungi imperfecti

What is the study of fungi called?

mycology

What are the symbiotic relationships that fungi are involved in?

mycorrhiza and lichens

What is an example of Ascomycota?

sac fungi

What is a mold?

the fungi that grow on bread and oranges, are tangled masses of filaments of cells.

What is a yeast?

unicellular fungi whose colonies resemble those of bacteria. Yeasts are best known as the microorganisms that make bread rise.