BIO 211 EXAM 3 WITH ROE
QUESTIONS & CORRECT ANSWERS
Fungal cell walls are made of _________. - correct answer ✔✔Chitin
T/F: Hyphae are mats made of mycelia - correct answer ✔✔False
Fungi that lack septa are called ___________. - correct answer ✔✔coenocytic
Which of the following group of fungi has flagellated spores? - correct answer
✔✔Chytridiomycota
Fungi phyla in order of group that contains least diversity to the group that contains the most -
correct answer ✔✔Glomeromycota
Zygomycota
Basidiomycota
Ascomycota
Which of the following fungi are parasitic? - correct answer ✔✔Athlete's foot fungus
Which of the following processes occurs first in sexual reproduction in many fungi? - correct
answer ✔✔Plasmogamy
Chemicals, secreted by soil fungi, which inhibit the growth of bacteria, are known as
______________. - correct answer ✔✔antibiotics
, The fungal partner provides which service(s) in the lichen symbiosis? - correct answer ✔✔water
storage & protection
Among the organisms listed here, which are thought to be the closest relatives of fungi? -
correct answer ✔✔animals
What is the major distinguishing characteristic of fungi? - correct answer ✔✔nutrient
acquisition via external digestion
This structure produces__________ spores by the process of _________. - correct answer
✔✔haploid; mitosis
What is the primary role of a mushroom's underground mycelium? - correct answer
✔✔secreting enzymes and absorbing nutrients
The fusion of cytoplasm from two different fungus individuals leads to what kind of cell - correct
answer ✔✔haploid
Amphibians are declining world-wide. One contributing factor is the spread of a fungal disease
from which of the following group(s)? - correct answer ✔✔Chytridiomycota
Many plants grow significantly faster (i.e. they benefit) when they can form mycorrhizal
associations with soil fungi. What explains this finding? - correct answer ✔✔When researchers
added radioactive phosphorus atoms to the soil, plants grown in the presence of their symbiotic
fungi took up more of the radioactive phosphorus than did plants grown in the absence of fungi.
Which of the following characteristics is unique to Cytrid fungi compared to other groups? -
correct answer ✔✔flagellated spores
QUESTIONS & CORRECT ANSWERS
Fungal cell walls are made of _________. - correct answer ✔✔Chitin
T/F: Hyphae are mats made of mycelia - correct answer ✔✔False
Fungi that lack septa are called ___________. - correct answer ✔✔coenocytic
Which of the following group of fungi has flagellated spores? - correct answer
✔✔Chytridiomycota
Fungi phyla in order of group that contains least diversity to the group that contains the most -
correct answer ✔✔Glomeromycota
Zygomycota
Basidiomycota
Ascomycota
Which of the following fungi are parasitic? - correct answer ✔✔Athlete's foot fungus
Which of the following processes occurs first in sexual reproduction in many fungi? - correct
answer ✔✔Plasmogamy
Chemicals, secreted by soil fungi, which inhibit the growth of bacteria, are known as
______________. - correct answer ✔✔antibiotics
, The fungal partner provides which service(s) in the lichen symbiosis? - correct answer ✔✔water
storage & protection
Among the organisms listed here, which are thought to be the closest relatives of fungi? -
correct answer ✔✔animals
What is the major distinguishing characteristic of fungi? - correct answer ✔✔nutrient
acquisition via external digestion
This structure produces__________ spores by the process of _________. - correct answer
✔✔haploid; mitosis
What is the primary role of a mushroom's underground mycelium? - correct answer
✔✔secreting enzymes and absorbing nutrients
The fusion of cytoplasm from two different fungus individuals leads to what kind of cell - correct
answer ✔✔haploid
Amphibians are declining world-wide. One contributing factor is the spread of a fungal disease
from which of the following group(s)? - correct answer ✔✔Chytridiomycota
Many plants grow significantly faster (i.e. they benefit) when they can form mycorrhizal
associations with soil fungi. What explains this finding? - correct answer ✔✔When researchers
added radioactive phosphorus atoms to the soil, plants grown in the presence of their symbiotic
fungi took up more of the radioactive phosphorus than did plants grown in the absence of fungi.
Which of the following characteristics is unique to Cytrid fungi compared to other groups? -
correct answer ✔✔flagellated spores
