Biology Module #4 Test (2nd Edition)


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01a. Define extracellular digestion

01b. Define rhizoid hypha

01c. Define stolon

01d. Define fermentation

01e. Define hypha

02. If a fungus forms haustoria, is it saprophytic or parasitic?

03. What kind of specialized hypha exists in all multicellular fungi?

04. What does chitin provide for a fungus?

05. Name two specialized aerial hyphae.

06a. Given the phyla of kingdom Fungi: Basidiomycota, Ascomycota, Zygomycota, Chrtridiomycota, Deuteromycota, and Myxomycota, classify fungi that form spores on clublike basidia.

06b. Given the phyla of kingdom Fungi: Basidiomycota, Ascomycota, Zygomycota, Chrtridiomycota, Deuteromycota, and Myxomycota, classify fungi that have no known sexual mode of reproduction.

06c. Given the phyla of kingdom Fungi: Basidiomycota, Ascomycota, Zygomycota, Chrtridiomycota, Deuteromycota, and Myxomycota, classify fungi that form sexual spores where hyphae fuse.

06d. Given the phyla of kingdom Fungi: Basidiomycota, Ascomycota, Zygomycota, Chrtridiomycota, Deuteromycota, and Myxomycota, classify fungi that resemble both protozoa and fungi.

07. What part of the mushroom (the stipe, cap, or gill) holds the basidia?

08. Give the means of sexual reproduction and one means of asexual reproduction employed by bread molds.

09. Name two pathogenic fungi and the maladies that they cause.

10. A farmer notices that a certain crop grows much better in the presence of a certain fungi. What is the most likely explanation?

11. What useful medicine is produced by fungi in genus Penicillium? There is a general name for such medicines. What is that general name?

12. A biologist looks through a microscope at a single-celled life form. The microscope is not good enough to discern whether the cell is eukaryotic or prokaryotic. However, the biologist does see that the cell reproduces by budding. What is the most likely kingdom in which this organism belongs?

13. Why do slime molds appear in kingdom Protista in some biology books?