QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Heterotrophs that absorb nutrients from outside of their bodies using a wide array of enzymes - ANS-
Fungi
Fungi cell walls are made of - ANS-chitin
Yeasts are ______________ while hyphae are _______________. - ANS-single-celled, multi-celled
All multi-celled fungi produce... - ANS-spores
True or false: fungi have eggs and sperm - ANS-False
Fungi can reproduce.. - ANS-sexually or asexually
Two types of hyphae are - ANS-septate and coenocytic
Septate hyphae have ____________________ while Coenocytic hyphae ___________________. - ANS-
pores and septums; don't
plasmogamy - ANS-fusion of cytoplasm
karyogamy - ANS-fusion of nuclei which can take hours to even centuries to occur
Molds produce __________________ by ___________________ and form visible ________________. -
ANS-spores; mitosis; mycelia
Molds - ANS-a type of asexual fungus that consists of chains of cells and appears as a fuzzy mass of thin
filaments in culture
Yeasts produce asexually by... - ANS-budding
phereomones - ANS-biochemical odorants emitted by other members of its species that can affect an
animal's behavior of physiology
Sexual reproduction of fungi requires... - ANS-the fusion of hyphae from different mating types using
pheromones to communicate their mating type
Fungi nuclei are normally _________, with the exception of transient diploid stages formed during the
sexual life cycles . - ANS-haploid