Quiz 3: Plant and Fungus-like Protists

What two pigments together create the color in golden-brown algae?

chlorophyll and carotenoids

The thallus type of Volvox is ___________.

colonial

Unicellular, colonial, filamentous, and multicellular are examples of...

common thallus of fungi

Diatomaceous earth is used as a mild abrasive, as an insulator, and as a stabilizer in dynamite.

true

In plasmodial slime molds, the plasmodium transforms into reproductive stage called a(n) __________.

aethalium

________________ is the scientific name of the algae Columbus encountered in the Sargasso Sea.

sargussum

Select the characteristics common to both green algae and plants.

Food is stored as starch. Cell walls are made of cellulose.

Even though algae can produce their own food through photosynthesis, they are not part of the Plantae kingdom. Why?

They do not have true vascular parts. They possess significantly different reproductive features. Their cells do not differentiate.

Select reasons why members of phyla Acrasiomycota, Myxomycota, and Oomycota not classified in the kingdom Fungi.

When present, the cell walls are composed of cellulose. At some point in their life cycle, these species are motile.

The two types of environments in which we are likely to find water molds are _______.

fresh water and as plant parasites

Laminaria is the scientific name for:

kelp, algae

In the past, euglena have been classified as a protozoan because they have:

motility no cell wall pellicle

What is the thallus type of Cladophora vagabunda?

multicellular

What is the pigment that gives red algae its color?

phycoerythrin