Chapter 3, Problem 9MC

The yeasts whose fermentation reactions produce the carbon dioxide that makes bread rise are a type of _____. a. chytrid b. zygote fungus c. sac fungus d. club fungus

What characteristic of Charales would enable them to survive a dry spell? sperm with flagella phragmoplasts sporopollenin chlorophyll a

The fungi that do not reproduce sexually used to be classified as. Ascomycota Deuteromycota Basidiomycota Glomeromycota

Spores released from a mushrooms gills are _______. a. dikaryotic c. flagellated b. diploid d. produced by meiosis

The yeasts whose fermentation activity produces the carbon dioxide that makes bread rise are a _______. a. chytrid b. zygote fungus c. sac fungus d. club fungus

A mushroom is: a. the food-absorbing region of an ascomycete. b. the food-absorbing region of a basidiomycete. c. a reproductive structure formed only by basidiomycetes. d. a specialized form of mycelium not constructed of hyphae. e. a collection of saclike cells called asci.

What term describes the close association of a fungus with the root of a tree? a rhizoid a lichen a mycorrhiza an endophyte

Prokaryotes that obtain their energy from chemical compounds are called _____. a. photorophs b. auxotrophs c. chemorophs d. lithotrophs

What is a biofilm? Give an example of a biofilm that is beneficial to humans and one that is harmful.