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Protist and Fungi
protist and fungi vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Chlorophyll-containing, plaintlike protists that produce oxygen as a result of photosynthesis. | Algae |
saclike,spore-producing structure of sac fungi. | Ascus |
club-shaped, reproductive structure in which club fungi produce spores. | Basidium |
form of asexual reproduction in which a new, genetically-identical organism forms on the side of its parent. | Budding |
in protists, short, threadlike structures that extend from the cell membrane of a ciliate and enable the organism to move quickly. | Cilia |
long, think whiplike structure that helps organisms move through moist or wet surroundings. | Flagellum |
mass of many-celled, threadlike tubes forming the body of a fungus. | Hyphae |
network of hyphae and plant roots that helps plants absorb water and minerals from soil. | Mycorrhizae |
one- or many-celled eukaryotic organism that can be plantlike, animal-like, or fungus like | Protist |
one-celled, animal-like protist that can live in waqter, soil, and living and dead organisms. | Protozoan |
temporary cytoplasmic extensions used by some protists to move about and trap food | Pseudopods |
organism that uses dead organisms as a food source and helps recycle nutrients so they are available for use by other organisms | Saprophyte |
round spore case of a zygote fungus. | Sporangium |
waterproof reproductive cell of a fungus that can grow into a new organism; in plants, haploid cells produced in the gametophyte stage that can divide by mitosis to form plant structures or an entire new plant or can develop into sex cells. | Spore |