Exam 16: Plants, Fungi, and Protists

The bacterium that causes strep throat would be a ________ that belongs to ________.

A lichen is a mutualistic association between a fungus and a photosynthetic prokaryote such as

Within kingdom Protista,the ________ are photosynthetic and may or may not be motile.

Correctly use the terms "fruiting body," "hypha (hyphae)," "mating type," "mycelium (mycelia)," and "sexual spores" to describe the life cycle of a fungus.

Grapes harvested and crushed into juice will often produce a fermented beverage containing alcohol.Grains (such as wheat,barley,rye,or corn)will also produce an alcoholic beverage if they are soaked and allowed to ferment.Which of the following organisms,naturally present in the environment,is the likely cause of the fermentation?

In angiosperms the modified leaf evolved into the ovary wall,layers of tissue that enclose and protect the ovules.Once fertilized,these ovules develop into ________ and the ovary wall becomes the fruit wall.The fruits of many plants provide food for heterotrophs.

How does the key evolutionary innovation of angiosperms contribute to the successful domestication of plants for crops to feed the world's human population?

Compare and contrast prokaryotes and eukaryotes.

Many of the 7,000 crops cultivated or collected by humans for food contain seeds encased in a fruit like the one seen in the image below.These types of crops are ________ in kingdom ________.

Match these organisms to the correct taxonomic grouping(s). -domain Eukarya,kingdom Plantae

Match these organisms to the correct taxonomic grouping(s). -domain Eukarya,kingdom Fungi

Explain the advantage afforded to plants with the evolution of roots with vascular tissues.

The organism that causes malaria is transmitted to humans by the bite of mosquitoes.Once in the human bloodstream,this unicellular organism takes up residency inside the red blood cells.It has a nucleus and other cellular structures that are visible upon microscopic examination of the blood.This pathogenic organism is the

It is particularly important for pregnant women to carefully wash their hands and take other precautions if they have a pet cat and are changing the litter box.An organism occasionally carried by cats,pig,and sheep can infect humans and pass from mother to child in utero,resulting in severe symptoms in the growing child.Microscopic examination of this organism shows a nucleus and other visible cellular organelles.It obtains all its nutrients from whichever host it currently occupies and can multiply by fission.This pathogenic organism is the

Eva returns from her month-long holiday and discovers that she left a loaf of bread sitting on the countertop.The bread is now covered in a fuzzy black,gray,and white coating.Because she's curious,she decides to take the bread with her to a biology lab and examine a bit of the fluff under the microscope.She sees branching,colorless hair-like threads running throughout the bread and small round black spores over the surface of the bread.This is likely an example of a ________ belonging to kingdom ________.

How does the environment benefit when plant and fungi species are protected from extinction?

Examine the phylogenetic tree below and explain whether the red,green,and brown algae are equally related and why.

According to the phylogenetic tree shown below,

Like the first plants that evolved to live on land,the ________ (liverworts and mosses)living today thrive as very simple plants with extremely flat,thin bodies that can directly absorb water into their cells.

The first plants to evolve the seed were ________.