BIOLOGY 1002 TEST 1 LATOYA PAUL LSU QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (LATEST)

BIOLOGY 1002 TEST 1 LATOYA
PAUL LSU QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS (LATEST)

how do plants affect other organisms - ANSWERS--plants play a
crucial ecological role
-they capture energy
-photosynthesis
-build an protect the soil
-keep ecosystems moist
-humans depend on plants (there would be no rapid technological
advances w/o plants)
-provide shelter, fuel, and medicine
-provide pleasure


fungi parts - ANSWERS--mycelium (body of most fungi)
-hyphae (threadlike filaments)
-septa (divisions in hyphae)


how fungi obtain their nutrients - ANSWERS--digest dead organisms
-parasitic
-live in close, mutually beneficial relationships
-predatory

, chytrids - ANSWERS--live in fresh water
-feed on dead aquatic material
-can be parasitic to plants and animals
-ex. believe to cause die-off of frogs


rumen fungi - ANSWERS--anaerobic
-found in the digestive tract of herbivores
-ex. cows, rabbits, elephants
-aids in cellulose digestion


blastoclades - ANSWERS--nuclear cap
-live in fresh water or soil
-parasitic to plants & aquatic invertebrates
-ex. infects crustaceans


mycorrhiza - ANSWERS--glomeromycete
-reproduction is not fully understood


basidiemycota - ANSWERS--glomeromycete
-reproduce sexually
-ex. puff ball, shelf fungus


ascomycota - ANSWERS--glomeromycete