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Chapter 31: Fungi
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1 .
Which of the following is a difference between plants and fungi? (Concept 31.1
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Hint
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Plants have diploid and haploid phases, and fungi have only haploid stages.
Fungi have cell walls.
Fungi are heterotrophic, and plants are autotrophic.
Plants produce spores.
Fungi are strictly asexual, and plants undergo sexual reproduction.
2 .
Fungi obtain nutrients through _____. (Concept 31.1
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Hint
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endocytosis
chemosynthesis
photosynthesis
absorption
ingestion
3 .
The body of most fungi consists of threadlike _____, which form a network called a _____. (Concept 31.1
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Hint
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mycelia ... dikaryon
hyphae ... chytrid
mycelia ... hypha
hyphae ... mycelium
sporangia ... dikaryon
4 .
Fungi have cell walls made of _____. (Concept 31.1
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Hint
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chitin
cellulose
peptidoglycan
hyphae
amylopectin
5 .
Fungi cannot make their own food, and they cannot move. How do they obtain nutrition once they have exhausted their food source? (Concept 31.1
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They produce huge numbers of tiny spores.
They grow rapidly.
They poison anything nearby.
They produce huge numbers of spores, and they grow rapidly.
They produce huge numbers of spores, they grow rapidly, and they poison anything nearby.
6 .
The diploid phase of the life cycle is shortest in which of the following? (Concept 31.2
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Hint
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moss
angiosperm
fungus
fern
gymnosperm
7 .
Fungi are classified on the basis of _____. (Concept 31.2
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Hint
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their source of food
whether they form molds
their sexual stage
their commercial use
the number of nuclei that are found in a dikaryon
8 .
An important example of interaction between fungi and certain other organisms is mycorrhizae, in which the fungal partners _____. (Concept 31.3
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Hint
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help plants take up nutrients and water
cause the decay of cellulose and lignin
control soil nematodes
sicken herbivores that attempt to feed on plants
all of above
9 .
Fungi of the phylum Ascomycota are recognized on the basis of their production of _____ during sexual reproduction. (Concept 31.4
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Hint
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saclike structures
lichens
yeasts
a dikaryotic structure
flagellated zoospores
10 .
From the human perspective, which of the following kinds of fungi would be considered the least useful or beneficial? (Concept 31.5
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Hint
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mycorrhizal fungi
yeasts
rusts
truffles
decomposers
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