Brooks Biodiversity Exam #2
Questions and Answers 100% Accurate
Saprobes - ANSWER_feed on decaying matter
Is sporophyte phase haploid or diploid? - ANSWER_Diploid
Is gametophyte phase haploid or diploid? - ANSWER_Haploid
Is gametophyte phase haploid or diploid? - ANSWER_
Chitin - ANSWER_complex carbohydrate makes up fungi cell walls, also found in
arthropods exoskeletons
Thallus/Mycelium - ANSWER_body of fungus
Hyphae - ANSWER_filamentous structures that make up mycelium
Septate - ANSWER_hyphae where nuclei are separated by cell walls
Coenocytic - ANSWER_hyphae w/ one large cell, many nuclei
Haustoria - ANSWER_how the hyphae feeds, penetrates food and releases
exoenzymes, absorbing nutrients
Heterokaryon - ANSWER_multi-nucleated cell that contains genetically different
nuclei
Dikaryon - ANSWER_when cell contains exactly two genetically different nuclei
Karyogamy - ANSWER_fusion of nuclei (after plasmogamy)
Plasmogamy - ANSWER_fusion of cytoplasm (before karyogamy)
Mitosis - ANSWER_create duplicates
Meiosis - ANSWER_create two genetically different
Phylum Zygomycota Species - ANSWER_Rhizopus (black bread mold)
Phylum Zygomycota Hyphae - ANSWER_no septa (coenocytic)
Peziza - ANSWER_Ascomycota
Saccharaomyces/yeast - ANSWER_Ascomycota
, Claviceps/rye ergot - ANSWER_Ascomycota (can cause poisoning)
Penicillum - ANSWER_Ascomycota
Morels and Truffles - ANSWER_Ascomycota
Cheese wine and bread - ANSWER_Yeast (ascomycota) ferments, creates alcohol
to kill other microbes
Toadstools - ANSWER_Basidiomycota
Puffballs - ANSWER_Basidiomycota
Bracket fungi - ANSWER_Basidiomycota
Largest Organism - ANSWER_Honey fungus (Basidiomycota) 1700 football fields
wide
Fairy Rings - ANSWER_Basidiomycota (when creating more hyphae through
syngamy,fertilization happens turning grass greener in ring shape)
"Imperfect" Fungi - ANSWER_Phylum Deuteromycota, only reproduce asexually
Deuteromycota Reproductive - ANSWER_Asexual condidiospores
Molds - ANSWER_Deuteromycota
Ringworm - ANSWER_Deutermycota
Predatory fungus - ANSWER_Deuteromycota
Mychorrhizae - ANSWER_symbiotic relationship between roots of plant and fungus,
helps plant absorb more nutrients and provides food through photosynthesis for
fungus
Lichens - ANSWER_symbiotic relationship between lichen (fungus) and
cyanobacteria or algae
Custose - ANSWER_crust like lichen
Fruiticose - ANSWER_branchy looking lichen
Foliose - ANSWER_Leafy looking lichen
Pollen - ANSWER_Microspores
Xylem - ANSWER_vascular tissue (transports water from roots to rest of plant)
Phloem - ANSWER_vascular tissue (transports nutrients from leaves to rest of plant)
Questions and Answers 100% Accurate
Saprobes - ANSWER_feed on decaying matter
Is sporophyte phase haploid or diploid? - ANSWER_Diploid
Is gametophyte phase haploid or diploid? - ANSWER_Haploid
Is gametophyte phase haploid or diploid? - ANSWER_
Chitin - ANSWER_complex carbohydrate makes up fungi cell walls, also found in
arthropods exoskeletons
Thallus/Mycelium - ANSWER_body of fungus
Hyphae - ANSWER_filamentous structures that make up mycelium
Septate - ANSWER_hyphae where nuclei are separated by cell walls
Coenocytic - ANSWER_hyphae w/ one large cell, many nuclei
Haustoria - ANSWER_how the hyphae feeds, penetrates food and releases
exoenzymes, absorbing nutrients
Heterokaryon - ANSWER_multi-nucleated cell that contains genetically different
nuclei
Dikaryon - ANSWER_when cell contains exactly two genetically different nuclei
Karyogamy - ANSWER_fusion of nuclei (after plasmogamy)
Plasmogamy - ANSWER_fusion of cytoplasm (before karyogamy)
Mitosis - ANSWER_create duplicates
Meiosis - ANSWER_create two genetically different
Phylum Zygomycota Species - ANSWER_Rhizopus (black bread mold)
Phylum Zygomycota Hyphae - ANSWER_no septa (coenocytic)
Peziza - ANSWER_Ascomycota
Saccharaomyces/yeast - ANSWER_Ascomycota
, Claviceps/rye ergot - ANSWER_Ascomycota (can cause poisoning)
Penicillum - ANSWER_Ascomycota
Morels and Truffles - ANSWER_Ascomycota
Cheese wine and bread - ANSWER_Yeast (ascomycota) ferments, creates alcohol
to kill other microbes
Toadstools - ANSWER_Basidiomycota
Puffballs - ANSWER_Basidiomycota
Bracket fungi - ANSWER_Basidiomycota
Largest Organism - ANSWER_Honey fungus (Basidiomycota) 1700 football fields
wide
Fairy Rings - ANSWER_Basidiomycota (when creating more hyphae through
syngamy,fertilization happens turning grass greener in ring shape)
"Imperfect" Fungi - ANSWER_Phylum Deuteromycota, only reproduce asexually
Deuteromycota Reproductive - ANSWER_Asexual condidiospores
Molds - ANSWER_Deuteromycota
Ringworm - ANSWER_Deutermycota
Predatory fungus - ANSWER_Deuteromycota
Mychorrhizae - ANSWER_symbiotic relationship between roots of plant and fungus,
helps plant absorb more nutrients and provides food through photosynthesis for
fungus
Lichens - ANSWER_symbiotic relationship between lichen (fungus) and
cyanobacteria or algae
Custose - ANSWER_crust like lichen
Fruiticose - ANSWER_branchy looking lichen
Foliose - ANSWER_Leafy looking lichen
Pollen - ANSWER_Microspores
Xylem - ANSWER_vascular tissue (transports water from roots to rest of plant)
Phloem - ANSWER_vascular tissue (transports nutrients from leaves to rest of plant)
