Unit 3 Test Review

Protists and Fungi

protist slime mold fruiting body

protozoa water mold mycorrhizae
pseudopod chitin sporangia
cilia hyphae lichen
algae mycelium

A. Word Origins Circle the Greek and Latin word parts in each vocabulary term. Then
use the Greek and Latin meanings to construct a very basic definition of the vocabulary word.

-ia = relating to proto- = earliest sporo- = spore

myc- = fungus pseudo- = false -zoa = animal
-pod = foot -rhiz = root

WORD DEFINITION
1. protist
2. protozoa
3. mycelium
4. mycorrhizae
5. sporangia
6. pseudopod

B. Categorize Words Write P next to words that can describe protists. Write F next to
words that can describe fungi. Write B next to words that can describe both.
1. slime mold mycorrhizae mycelium
cilia protozoa chitin
lichen pseudopod hyphae

algae water mold eukaryote

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D. Who Am I? Choose among these terms to answer the riddles below:

protist pseudopod slime mold

chitin mycelium mycorrhizae
lichen cilia water mold
protozoa fruiting body sporangia
hyphae algae

1. I come in two forms and have some characteristics of a fungus

2. I am formed by amoebas and foraminifera and help them move

3. Many people think I am an entire fungus when really I am just the aboveground
reproductive structure

4. Use my name and you will be referring to any plantlike protist

5. I am a relationship between a fungus and an alga

6. I am a relationship between a fungus and a plant’s roots

7. My name is not scientific, but is still often used to refer to any animal-like protist

8. I am a reproductive structure that produces spores

9. I am a tough material that is found in insect shells and fungi cells

10. If there are a lot of me growing underground, I could make up a mycelium

11. I am not an animal, fungus, plant, or prokaryote

12. We are tiny and hairlike, and if we work together we help a cell move

13. I am part of a fungus, and I look like a tangled mass of roots

14. I can cause disease to the fish in your aquarium

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E. Situational Vocabulary Circle the letter of the situation that most closely relates
to each vocabulary word.
1. pseudopod: a) a wooden stump of a leg; b) a temporary extension of cytoplasm

2. lichen: a) a relationship between an alga and a plant; b) a relationship between an

alga and a fungus
3. algae: a) a plantlike fungus; b) a plantlike protist

4. fruiting body: a) a protist that produces fruit; b) a mushroom

5. sporangia: a) a protist that eats spores; b) a spore-producing structure

6. protist: a) any eukaryote that is not a plant, animal, or fungus; b) any single-celled
organism that is not a plant, animal, or fungus
7. protozoa: a) an animal-like protist; b) a protist-like animal

8. slime mold: a) a decomposer; b) a producer

9. cilia: a) long whiplike structures used for movement; b) short hairlike structures used
for movement
10. water mold: a) a type of protist; b) a type of fungus

11. chitin: a) a tough material found in protist cells; b) a tough material found in fungal cells

12. hyphae: a) long strands that absorb food for fungi; b) long strands that absorb food
for slime molds
13. mycorrhizae: a) a relationship between fungi and algae; b) a relationship between
fungi and plants
14. mycelium: a) a tangled mass of hyphae; b) a tangled mass of cilia
_____ 1. All of the following protists are photosynthetic except
a. phytoplankton.
b. dinoflagellates.
c. amoebas.
d. red algae.
_____ 2. How would ocean food chains change in the absence of photosynthetic protists?
a. Small aquatic species would grow larger to fill the void.
b. Many aquatic species would be unable to survive.
c. Populations of other aquatic species would fill the role of the protists.
d. Consumers along the food chain would be unaffected.
_____ 3. How do amoebas obtain food?
a. They use cilia to sweep food particles into their gullets.
b. They absorb food molecules through their cellulose cell walls.
c. They use pseudopods to capture food and form food vacuoles.
d. They take in water and filter food particles from it as the water is expelled.
_____ 4. In protist terms, how is engulfing food different from absorbing it?
a. Protists that engulf their food can capture whole organisms.
b. Protists that engulf their food are more mobile than protists that do not.
c. Protists that engulf their food take in molecules released by other organisms.
d. Protists that engulf their food have teeth-like organelles for crushing it into small
particles.
_____ 5. Which relationship is an example of mutualism involving protists?
a. Cryptosporidium create a short-term infection in humans.
b. Plasmodia are transferred by mosquitoes and cause malaria in infected humans.
c. Giardia feed on food in the human intestinal track, often causing sickness.
d. Trichonympha living in the intestines of termites make it possible for termites to digest
wood.
_____ 6. By what two methods do parasitic protists primarily spread disease?
a. Through contaminated water and animals
b. Through spoiled food and air
c. Through rainwater and soil
d. Through urine and feces
_____ 7. Why are protist-caused diseases more widespread in tropical areas of the world?
a. Protists cannot survive in areas of extreme temperatures.
b. Hot, humid conditions are favorable to insect hosts.
c. Parasitic protists are transported through high levels of precipitation.
d. All of the other answer choices
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Find two pics of each type of protist or fungus. Be sure to include the scientific name.

1) Protozoa that move using pseudopodia.

2) Protozoa that move using flagella.

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3) Protozoa that move using cilia.

4) Protozoa that are NOT free-swimming.

5) Plant-like protists that are free-swimming.

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6) Plant-like protists that are sessile.

7) Fungus-like protists.

8) A fungus that is a human parasite.

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9) A fungus that is useful in the food industry.

10) A Basidiomycota fungus.

11) An Ascomycota fungus.