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30 Cards in this Set
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A protist is any organism that is not a
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prokaryote
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in an amoeba, a small cavity within the cytoplasm that stores food is a
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food vacuole
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members of the phylum that contain pseudopods (such as amoebas) are known as
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sacrodines
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the structure of a paramecium that is analogous to a water pump is the
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contractile vacuole
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a person who comes down with malaria can infer that they contracted it from
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the bite of a mosquito
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algae have a range of colors because they
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have different pigments
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from most shallow to most deep, the order that algae is found is
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green-->brown-->red
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evolution of different chlorophylls and accessory pigments in algae had what effect?
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an increase in the range of depths at which algae can live
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a bloom is
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an enormous mass of algae
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a population of small, photosynthetic organisms found near the surface of the ocean are referred to as
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phytoplankton
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what characteristic of green plants is shared by green algae?
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cell wall composition, photosynthetic pigments, muticellularity (all of the above)
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all fungi
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absorb their food
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fungi do not
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undergo photosynthesis
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fungi resemble plants in that they both always
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have cell walls
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a mushroom is a
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fungal fruiting body
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the tangled mass that makes up the body of a fungus is the
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mycelium
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most fungi reproduce
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both sexually and asexually
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dark fuzz that grows on bread is an example of
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mold
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mushrooms are classified as
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club fungi
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which structure is NOT found in a mushroom?
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capsid
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overtime, nutrients at the center of a large underground mycelium become depleted, causing new mushrooms to sprout
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in a ring at the outer edges
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and important role of fungi in an ecosystem is
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breaking down dead organisms
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fungi feed on
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both living and dead organisms
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the breakdown of dead organisms is sped up when fungi produce
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digestive enzymes
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the human disease ringworm is caused by
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a fungus
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the fungus that forms a mycelium within the outer layer of human skin causes
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ringworm and athlete's foot
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which of the following is NOT a single organism?
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lichen
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which statement about lichen is correct?
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they are composed of an algae and fungus living together
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the association of plants and fungi in mycorrhizae illustrates a type of relationship called
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mutualism
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the switching back and forth between the diploid and haploid stage in a life cycle is called
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alternation of generations
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