Chapter 30: Fungi: Recyclers, Pathogens, Parasites, and Plant Partners

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

Multiple Choice

 

1. The names of fungal groups are based on structures associated with
2. sexual reproduction.
3. nutrition.
4. ecology.
5. vegetative growth.
6. cell division.

Answer: a

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2. Which of the following is a synapomorphy for the fungi?
3. Rhizoids
4. Spores
5. Heterotrophism
6. Chitin in the cell walls
7. Presence of DNA

Answer: d

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3. An unknown organism can be identified as a fungus if it
4. is multicellular and nonphotosynthetic.
5. has cell walls and reproduces by spores.
6. has filamentous growth and obtains its food by absorption.
7. has prokaryotic cells and cell walls made of chitin.
8. is unicellular and eukaryotic.

Answer: c

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4. Which of the following is the sister group to Ascomycota?
5. Basidiomycota
6. Zygomycota
7. Chytrids
8. Lichens
9. None of the above

Answer: a

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5. Fungi that appear to reproduce only asexually are
6. chytrids.
7. Zygomycota.
8. Ascomycota.
9. Basidiomycota.
10. Glomeromycota.

Answer: e

Textbook Reference: 30.1 What Is a Fungus?

Page: 628

Bloom’s Category: 1. Remembering