LSU BIOL 1002 Study Guide Exam
with Actual Answers.
What are eukaryotic organisms that are distinctly different from plants and animals? - Answer
Fungi
Both fungi and plants have... - Answer Cell walls
What do fungi lack? - Answer chlorophyll, stems, leaves, and roots
What absorbs the nutrients from the bodies of living and dead creatures? - Answer Fungi
Fungal cell walls are strengthened by what? - Answer chitin
_____ is the same substance found in the exoskeletons of arthropods and crustaceans. - Answer
Chitin
What is chemically very similar to chitin? - Answer Cellulose
_____ are enzymes that degrade chitin. - Answer Chitinase
Chitinase contribute to the generation of _____ and _____. - Answer Carbon and Nitrogen
_____ is an interwoven mass of one-cell thick hyphae. - Answer Mycelium
_____ are thread-like filaments used to make up mycelium. - Answer Hyphae
Which 2 fungi features help acquire nutrients? - Answer 1.) Filamentous Shape--Helps
extend towards food source & maximizes area available to absorb nutrients
2.) Filament Thinness--Ensures no cell to far from the surface to absorb nutrients
T or F: Fungi cannot move. - Answer True
Fungi compensate for lack of mobility with... - Answer Hyphae that can grow rapidly in any
direction
, A fungal _____ can spread across decaying vegetation such as aging bread or cheese. - Answer
Mycelium
The hyphae cross-section is only... - Answer one-cell thick
_____ is a network of hyphae produced by a fungus. - Answer Mycelium
A mass of branched filaments... - Answer Hyphae
The mycelium forms the _____ , the body of a fungus - Answer Thallus
The hyphae that make up the thallus have... - Answer cell walls
Most fungi are _____ , or decomposers - Answer saprotrophs
T or F: Some fungi are parasitic - Answer True
Fungi obtain nutrients from... - Answer Other organisms
Name an example of a predatory fungi. - Answer Arthrobotrys, also known as the nematode
(roundworm) strangler (attatcks tiny worms in the soil by trapping them with their hyphae)
How do fungi digest food? - Answer they secrete enzymes that digest complex molecules
outside their bodies, breaking down the molecules into smaller subunits that can be absorbed.
The top of the mushroom is called a... - Answer Cap
The stem of a mushroom is called a... - Answer stalk
The ringlike structure found underneath the mushroom cap is called the... - Answer annulus
The underground portion of a mushroom is called the... - Answer Mycelium
The _____ is the first part of the mushroom to grow. - Answer Mycelium
with Actual Answers.
What are eukaryotic organisms that are distinctly different from plants and animals? - Answer
Fungi
Both fungi and plants have... - Answer Cell walls
What do fungi lack? - Answer chlorophyll, stems, leaves, and roots
What absorbs the nutrients from the bodies of living and dead creatures? - Answer Fungi
Fungal cell walls are strengthened by what? - Answer chitin
_____ is the same substance found in the exoskeletons of arthropods and crustaceans. - Answer
Chitin
What is chemically very similar to chitin? - Answer Cellulose
_____ are enzymes that degrade chitin. - Answer Chitinase
Chitinase contribute to the generation of _____ and _____. - Answer Carbon and Nitrogen
_____ is an interwoven mass of one-cell thick hyphae. - Answer Mycelium
_____ are thread-like filaments used to make up mycelium. - Answer Hyphae
Which 2 fungi features help acquire nutrients? - Answer 1.) Filamentous Shape--Helps
extend towards food source & maximizes area available to absorb nutrients
2.) Filament Thinness--Ensures no cell to far from the surface to absorb nutrients
T or F: Fungi cannot move. - Answer True
Fungi compensate for lack of mobility with... - Answer Hyphae that can grow rapidly in any
direction
, A fungal _____ can spread across decaying vegetation such as aging bread or cheese. - Answer
Mycelium
The hyphae cross-section is only... - Answer one-cell thick
_____ is a network of hyphae produced by a fungus. - Answer Mycelium
A mass of branched filaments... - Answer Hyphae
The mycelium forms the _____ , the body of a fungus - Answer Thallus
The hyphae that make up the thallus have... - Answer cell walls
Most fungi are _____ , or decomposers - Answer saprotrophs
T or F: Some fungi are parasitic - Answer True
Fungi obtain nutrients from... - Answer Other organisms
Name an example of a predatory fungi. - Answer Arthrobotrys, also known as the nematode
(roundworm) strangler (attatcks tiny worms in the soil by trapping them with their hyphae)
How do fungi digest food? - Answer they secrete enzymes that digest complex molecules
outside their bodies, breaking down the molecules into smaller subunits that can be absorbed.
The top of the mushroom is called a... - Answer Cap
The stem of a mushroom is called a... - Answer stalk
The ringlike structure found underneath the mushroom cap is called the... - Answer annulus
The underground portion of a mushroom is called the... - Answer Mycelium
The _____ is the first part of the mushroom to grow. - Answer Mycelium
