Bizarre Facts in Biology



1. Organisms classified as fungi:

b. absorb their food nutrients after performing extracellular digestion.

2. One of the more important characteristics used in the classification of fungi is its form of _______. Fungi that lack this characteristic are classified in the group _________.

b. sexual reproduction; deuteromycetes

3. Many plants form a symbiotic relationship between the plant root and fungi. These fungi are called _______ and benefit the plant by supplying _________ to the plant.

a. mycorrhizae; organic nutrients

4. Sexual reproduction in the Zygomycota life cycle includes which of the following sequences of events?

b. The diploid zygospore reduces by meiosis to form haploid spores that will produce a haploid mycelium through mitosis.

5. Fungi that form zygospores after the fusion of two hyphae are classified into the _____ phylum.

c. zygomycetes

1. A lichen is an association between a fungus and a(n):

a. algae or photosynthetic prokaryote.

2. The function of the algal component of a lichen is to:

d. make food via photosynthesis. l.

3. The mushrooms on the pizza you might have eaten last night belong to the phylum:

d. Ascomycota.

4. When the zygospore undergoes meiosis, _____ are produced.

a. zygotes

5. The fungi which cause black bread mold belong to the phylum:

a. b. Basidiomycota.

6. The underground body of a fungus is called a:

c. mycelium.

7. Basidia undergo _____ to produce haploid basidiospores.

a. meiosis

1. If you examined the structure of the body of a typical fungus you would find:

d. a mass of threadlike cells called hyphae.

2. The fungal spores resulting from sexual reproduction are produced after:

a. the mycelia of two compatible mating types fuse.

3. Which of the following is an important function of fungi?

d. All of these are important functions of fungi.

4. In the Basidiomycota and the Ascomycota, _______ produces _______ spores, which give rise to a new mycelium.

b. meiosis; haploid

5. Which of the following associations is incorrect?

d. chytrids – lightweight windblown sexual spores

1. The spores of chytrids are unique because they are:

b. flagellated.

2. The sexual reproductive structures in the zygomycetes are the:

a. zygospores.

3. Which of the following describe the condition of the nuclei of zygospores?

a. The cells contain a single haploid nucleus.

5. The basidia of a mushroom are located on or in its:

a. flagellum. b. asci. c. gills. d. zygospores.

6. The absence of sexual reproductive structures is associated with the:

c. deuteromycetes/imperfect fungi.

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