Gcu Bio 205 Study Guide Quiz 4
Ch12&13 Test Fully Answered (2025-
2026) Edition.
List the kinds of organisms included in the fungi - Answer Ascomycetes
Basidiomycetes
Zygomycetes
Chytridiomycete
Chitin - Answer what fungi cell walls are made of
ergosterol - Answer protein found in the cell fungal membrane of fungi
mycosis - Answer any fungal infection in or on the body
mycelium - Answer visible mass of hyphae
hyphae - Answer The branching, threadlike molds that make up the bodies of multicellular
fungi
Hypersensitivity reaction - Answer allergy or asthma
List the characteristics of the four groups of fungi and describe the roles of fungi - Answer
They have sexual and asexual spores
Fungi are aerobic or facultatively anaerobic chemoheterotrophes (do or can use oxygen and use
organic chemicals for energy and carbon sources)
many are saprophytic (live on decaying and dead tissues)
Most fungi are decomposers (food spoilage)
a few are parasites of plants and animals.
, Describe the growth requirements of fungi - Answer grow in warm temperatures?
Describe reproduction in fungi - Answer asexually by fragmentation, budding, or producing
spores
Explain how fungi cause human disease - Answer through replication of fungus
Explain why fungi are of economic importance - Answer Antimicrobial medicines
useful tools to study eukaryotic cells
Yeasts genetically engineered to produce important
molecules including human insulin, hepatitis B vaccine
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
(brewer's or baker's yeast)
used in production of wine, beer, bread
Also greatest spoilers of food; tons of food discarded
annually
Crop diseases impose billions of dollars in costs
Economic Importance of Fungi
List the characteristics of protozoans - Answer Majority are free living aquatic organisms; also
found in soil or
in or on plants and animals
Essential decomposers in many ecosystems
Some are parasitic
Ch12&13 Test Fully Answered (2025-
2026) Edition.
List the kinds of organisms included in the fungi - Answer Ascomycetes
Basidiomycetes
Zygomycetes
Chytridiomycete
Chitin - Answer what fungi cell walls are made of
ergosterol - Answer protein found in the cell fungal membrane of fungi
mycosis - Answer any fungal infection in or on the body
mycelium - Answer visible mass of hyphae
hyphae - Answer The branching, threadlike molds that make up the bodies of multicellular
fungi
Hypersensitivity reaction - Answer allergy or asthma
List the characteristics of the four groups of fungi and describe the roles of fungi - Answer
They have sexual and asexual spores
Fungi are aerobic or facultatively anaerobic chemoheterotrophes (do or can use oxygen and use
organic chemicals for energy and carbon sources)
many are saprophytic (live on decaying and dead tissues)
Most fungi are decomposers (food spoilage)
a few are parasites of plants and animals.
, Describe the growth requirements of fungi - Answer grow in warm temperatures?
Describe reproduction in fungi - Answer asexually by fragmentation, budding, or producing
spores
Explain how fungi cause human disease - Answer through replication of fungus
Explain why fungi are of economic importance - Answer Antimicrobial medicines
useful tools to study eukaryotic cells
Yeasts genetically engineered to produce important
molecules including human insulin, hepatitis B vaccine
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
(brewer's or baker's yeast)
used in production of wine, beer, bread
Also greatest spoilers of food; tons of food discarded
annually
Crop diseases impose billions of dollars in costs
Economic Importance of Fungi
List the characteristics of protozoans - Answer Majority are free living aquatic organisms; also
found in soil or
in or on plants and animals
Essential decomposers in many ecosystems
Some are parasitic
