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Apologia Biology M4
Vocabulary for Module 4 Exploring Creation with Biology
Question | Answer |
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Extracellular digestion | Digestion that takes place outside of the cell (98) |
Mycelium (my sell' ee uhm) | The part of the fungus responsible for extracellular digestion and absorption of the digested food – plural mycelia (98) |
Hypha (hi' fuh) | Filament of fungal cells – plural hyphae (100) |
Rhizoid hypha | A hypha that is imbedded in the material on which the fungus grows (99) |
Aerial hypha | A hypha that is not imbedded in the material upon which the fungus grows (100) |
Sporophore (spor' uh for) | Specialized aerial hypha that produces spores (100) |
Stolon (sto' lun) | An aerial hypha that asexually reproduces to make more filaments (100) |
Haustorium | A hypha of a parasitic fungus which enters the host's cells, absorbing nutrition directly from the cytoplasm (100) |
Chitin (ky' tin) | A chemical that provides both toughness and flexibility (101) |
Membrane | A thin covering of tissue (104) |
Fermentation | The anaerobic (without oxygen) breakdown of sugars into smaller molecules (i.e. alcohol, carbon dioxide, and lactic acid). (110) |
Zygospore (zie go' spor) | A zygote surrounded by a hard, protective covering (112) |
Zygote (zie' goht) | The result of sexual reproduction when each parent contributes half of the DNA necessary for the offspring (112) |
Antibiotic (an tie bye ah' tik) | A chemical secreted by a living organism that kills or reduces the reproduction rates of other organisms (116) |