Science 1003 self test 2
What name did Robert Hooke give to the compartments in a cork sample that he observed using a microscope?
Cells
What is the scientific name of an elm tree parasite.
Ceratocystis ulmi
T or F: Fungi are prokaryotes
False
T or F: THe fuzzy-looking structure in a mold colony are called sporangium.
False
What is the scientific name of something that produces common antibiotic.
Penicillium chrysogenum
Taxonomic category within a kingdom
Phylum
What is the scientific name of bakers yeast.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Reproductive cells which can tolerate bad conditions.
Spores
T or F: Ascomycota is the example of a kingdom.
True
Asexual reproduction of yeast
budding
Plant or animal which supports a parasite.
host
A group of hyphae
mycelia
What is the scientific name of common edible mushroom.
Agaricus bisporis
T or F: A zyzospore is the product of sexual reproduction.
False
T or F: An electron microscope is necessary to view yeast cells budding.
False
----- used mathematics to examine the principles of lenses, thus improving on previous attempts at magnification.
Galileo
Who is credited with discovering penicillin?
Alexander Fleming
T or F: Fungi are commonly grouped as sac fungi or club fungi based on the structire of their fruiting bodies.
True
T or F: Max Knott and Ernst Ruska invented the electron microscope.
True
T or F:The cell wall of fungi is composed of chitin, the same material found in the exoskeleton of a lobster.
True
Break down of complex molecules into simpler ones
fermentation
Structures which house the reproductive formation.
fruiting bodies
multinucleated thread like structures of fungi
hyphae
obtain food from non-living organic material
saprophyte
Mycelia responsible for obtaining food
rhizoids
Mutually positve realationship between two species.
Symbiotic
Give two reasons that the members of the phylum Chytridiomycota are sometimes grouped in the kingdom Protista rather than the kingdom Fungi.
a.All species are aquatic b.The gametes are flagellated.
