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What are the cell walls of fungi made of? |
Chitin |
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What are the cell walls of phylum zygomycota made of? |
Chitin |
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What are the cell walls of phylum ascomycota made of? |
chitin |
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What are the cell walls of phylum basidiomycota made of? |
chitin |
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How do fungi obtain their nutrients? |
through absorption |
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What does the suffix "mycota" mean? |
Fungus like |
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All fungi exhibit a sexual life cycle with ______ meiosis |
zygotic |
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Zygotic meiosis is very common in which organisms? |
fungi and green algae |
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Fungi spend most of their life cycles as what? (multicellular/single celled, haploid/diploid? |
multicellular, haploid |
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In fungi, gametes are produced by what? |
mitosis |
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Are spores in fungi haploid of diploid? |
haploid |
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Fungi participating in decomposition are termed what kind of fungi? |
saprobic fungi
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What is a mutualistic relationship? |
both sides benifit |
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What is a parasitic relationship? |
one side benefits at the others expense |
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What type of fungi are responsible for athletes foot and dutch elm disease? |
pathogenic |
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What is the only unicellular species of fungi? |
yeast |
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If a fungi is aseptate, what does this mean? |
do not have cross-walls and instead consist of a continuous mass of cytoplasm. |
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If a fungi is septate, what does this mean? |
cross walls of some form are present |
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What structures are usually visible when viewing fungi? |
reproductive structures |
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What are the three phylum of fungi? |
zygomycota, ascomycota, basidiomycota |
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What is the common name of phylum zygomycota? |
black bread mold |
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Where do phylum zygomycota live? |
in the soil, or decaying plant and animal material |
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Is phylum zygomycota aseptate or septate? |
aseptate |
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Phylum zygomycota undergo what type of meiosis? |
zygotic meiosis |
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Does phylum zygomycota reproduce asexually or sexually? |
asexually |
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Yeasts are part of what phylum? |
phylum ascomycota |
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Is phylum ascomycota septate or aseptate? |
septate |
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Is phylum ascomycota sexual or asexual? |
asexual |
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Penicillium is an asexual ascomycota that reproduces by _____ |
conidia |
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Sexual reproduction in the ascomycota involves the formation of a saclike structure called an ___ |
ascus |
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What is a common distinguisher for phylum basidiomycota? |
they look like mushrooms |
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What phylum do puffballs belong to? |
Phylum basidiomycota |
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In phylum basidiomycota, are the hypae septate or asepate? |
septate |
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In phylum basidiomycota, what is the most common form of reproduction? |
sexual |
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In phylum ascomycota, what is the most common form of reproduction? |
asexual |
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In phylum zygomycota, what is the most common form of reproduction? |
asexual |
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In a mushroom, the top cap like structure is called what? |
carp |
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In a mushroom, the stem like structure is called what? |
stipe |
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In a mushroom, underneath the carp, there are what? |
gills |
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The part of the mushroom that we usaually see above ground is known as what? (as a whole) |
basidiocarp |
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The symbiosis of fungi with an algal forms what? |
lichen |
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In phylum zygomycota what is the structure where meiosis occurs? |
zygosporangium |
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In phylum zygomycota the products of meiosis are what? |
sporangium |
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In phylum zygomycota asexual reproduction occurs via what? |
mycellium |
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In phylum zygomycota hyphae are |
aseptate |
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In phylum zygomycota the diagnostic characteristic is what? |
bread mold |
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In phylum ascomycota the structure where meiosis occurs is what? |
zygote |
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In phylum ascomycota products of meiosis are what? |
ascocarps |
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In phylum ascomycota asexual reproduction occurs via what? |
conidiophore |
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In phylum ascomycota hyphae are |
septate |
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In phylum ascomycota diagnostic characteristics are |
yeast |
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In phylum basidiomycota structures where meiosis occur are what? |
basidia |
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In phylum basidiomycota products of meiosis are what? |
4 haploid nuclei |
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Does phylum basidiomycota reproduce sexually or asexually? |
sexually |
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In phylum basidiomycota hyphae are |
septate |
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In phylum basidiomycota diagnostic characteristics are what? |
look like mushrooms |
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Members of phylum zygomycota have a life cycle that displays ______ meiosis |
zygotic |
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Are zygomycete hyphae septate or aseptate? |
aseptate |
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Which type of reproduction is more common in zygomycota, asexual or sexual? |
asexual |
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The fungal component of the lichen may be a member of either the fungal phylum ______ or _____. |
Ascomycota, or basidiomycota |
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Name the phylum to which an organisms that looks like a mushroom belongs |
Phylum basidiomycota |
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Animals are characterized by being _______ _______ orgnisms |
multicellular, heterotrophic |
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Do animal cells possess cell walls? |
no |
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What do animal cells have instead of cell walls? |
they are held together by structural proteinns |
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All animals exhibit _____ meiosis. |
gametic |
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What phylum do sponges belong to? |
Phylum Porifera |
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The common name for phylum porifera is what? |
Sponges |
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Where does phylum porifera live? |
Mostly marine |
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How does phylum porifera feed? |
by filtering water through choanocytes |
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What type of symmetry does phylum porifera have? |
asymmetrical |
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Phylum Cnidaria is commonly known as what? |
hydras, jellyfish, corals, and anemones |
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Jellyfish are part of what phylum? |
Phylum Cnidaria |
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What phylum do hydras belong to? |
Phylum Cnidaria |
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What phylum do corals belong to? |
Phylum Cnidaria |
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What phylum do anemones belong to? |
Phylum Cnidaria |
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What is the symmetry of phylum Cnidaria? |
radial symmetry |
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What organisms belong to the phylum Platyhelminthes? |
flatworms, planarians, flukes, tapeworms |
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Flatworms belong to what phylum? |
phylum Platyhelminthes |
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Planarians belong to what phylum? |
Phylum Platyhelminthes |
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Flukes belong to which phylum? |
phylum Platyhelminthes |
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tapeworms belong to which phylum? |
phylum Platyhelminthes |
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Describe Phylum Rotifera. |
free living marine and freshwater animals that swim and have a complete digestive tract. |
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does phylum platyhelminthes have a complete digestive tract? |
no |
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Class polyplacophora belongs to which phylum? |
phylum mollusca |
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class gastropoda belongs to which phylum? |
phylum mollusca |
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class bivalvia belongs to which phylum? |
phylum mollusca |
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Class cephalopoda belongs to which phylum? |
phylum mollusca |
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snails and slugs belong to which class and which phylum? |
class gastropoda, phylum mollusca |
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Clams, oysters, scallops, and mussels belong to which class and phylum? |
class bivalvia, phylum mollusca |
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what phylum do barnacles belong to? |
phylum arthropoda |
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Squids and octopuses belong to which class and phylum? |
class cephalopoda, phylum mollusca |
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segmented worms belong to which phylum? |
phylum annelida |
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Phylum annelida is commonly known as what? |
segmented worms |
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The body symmetry of phylum porifera is |
asymmetrical |
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The body symmetry of phylum cnidaria is |
radial symmetry |
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The body symmetry of phylum platyhelminthes is |
bilateral |
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The body symmetry of phylum mollusca is |
bilateral |
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The habitat of phylum porifera is |
marine |
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The habitat of phylum cnidaria is |
marine |
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The habitat of phylum platyhelminthes is |
watery |
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The habitat of phylum rotifera is |
watery |
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The habitat of phylum mollusca is |
watery |
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The habitat of phylum annelida is |
watery |
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Phylum porifera is commonly known as what? |
sponges |
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sponges belong to which phylum? |
phylum porifera |
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How do sponges feed and to which phylum do they belong? |
fees by filtering water through choanocytes. phylum porifera |
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What is they symmetry of phylum porifera |
asymmetric |
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Phylum nematoda is commonly known as what? |
round worms |
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Are nematodes free-living or parasitic? |
both |
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round worms belong to which phylum? |
phylum nematoda |
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Phylum arthropoda is made up of what? |
insects, spiders, barnacles, centipedes, millipedes |
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insects belong to which phylum? |
phylum arthropoda |
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spiders belong to which phylum? |
phylum arthropoda |
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centipedes belong to which phylum? |
phylum arthropoda |
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millipedes belong to which phylum? |
phylum arthropoda |
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the two pinchers at the opening of the mouth on a spider are called what? |
chelicerae |
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the two short arm like structures at the head of a spider are called what? |
pedipalps |
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spiders belong to which subphylum? |
Subphylum Chelicerata |
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Subphylum chelicerata is commonly known as what? |
spiders, mites, ticks, and scorpions |
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scorpions belong to which subphylum? |
subphylum chelicerata |
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mites and ticks belong to which subphylum? |
subphylum chelicerata |
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Subphylum crustacea is commonly known as what? |
water fleas, barnacles, crayfish, pillbug |
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subphylum crustacea belongs to which phylum? |
phylum arthropoda |
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crayfish belong to which subphylum and which phylum? |
subphylum crustacea, phylum arthropoda |
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barnacles belong to which subphylum and which phylum? |
subphylum crustacea, phylum arthropoda |
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Subphylum myriapoda is commonly known as what? |
centipedes and millipedes |
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centipedes belong to which subphylum and which phylum? |
subphylum myriapoda, phylum arthopoda |
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millipedes belong to which subphylum and which phylum? |
subphylum myriapoda and phylum arthropoda |
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subphylum hexapoda is commonly known as what?
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insects |
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insects belong which subphylum and which phylum? |
subphylum hexapoda, phylum arthropoda |
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the mouth piece of the grasshopper that has two arm like structures coming out of it is called what? (one on each side) |
labium |
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Phylum echinodermata is commonly known as what? |
starfish, sea stars, sand dollars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers |
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starfish belong to which phylum? |
phylum echinodermata |
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sea stars belong to which phylum? |
phylum echinodermata
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sand dollars belong to which phylum? |
phylum echinodermata |
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sea urchins belong to which phylum? |
phylum echinodermata |
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sea cucumbers belong to which phylum? |
phylum echinodermata |
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Phylum nematoda lives where? |
intestines (parasitic) |
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subphylum chelicerata lives where? |
terrestrial |
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subphylum crustacea lives where? |
aquatic |
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subphylum myriapoda lives where? |
terrestrial |
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subphylum hexapoda lives where? |
terrestrial and marine |
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phylum echinodermata lives where? |
marine |
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phylum chordata lives where? |
marine |