Bio 116 Lab Exam 1 Questions and
Answers
What are hyphae? - ANSWER-threadlike filaments that make up fungal bodies
What are mycelium? - ANSWER-Thick mass of tangled hyphae
What are spores? - ANSWER-reproductive cells
by what process are asexual spores produced? - ANSWER-mitosis
by what process are sexual spores produced? - ANSWER-meiosis
ecosystem functions of fungi - ANSWER-decomposers, parasites, mutualists
Rhizopus - ANSWER-black bread mold
Rhizopus Zygosporangia - ANSWER-sexual
Rhizopus Sporangia - ANSWER-asexual
Rhizopus hyphae - ANSWER-long filamentous stuff
Pilobolus (Shot Gun Fungus) hyphae - ANSWER-fluid filled sac that is clear in color
Pilobolus (Shot Gun Fungus) sporangium - ANSWER-black top hat on top of the fluid
filled hyphae
where is Pilobolus (Shot Gun Fungus) found - ANSWER-grows on animal dung
Peziza cup fungus ascus - ANSWER-the finger like sacs that hold the ascospores
Penicillium - ANSWER-
Penicillium conidia - ANSWER-asexual
what is the stipe - ANSWER-number 4
what is the pileus - ANSWER-number 3
what are the gills - ANSWER-number 2
basidium - ANSWER-number 1
, basidiospores - ANSWER-number 2
Bird's nest fungi - ANSWER-
Puffballs - ANSWER-
Shelf fungi - ANSWER-
Corn smut - ANSWER-
What is a thallus? - ANSWER-the body of a lichen
What are lichen? - ANSWER-a mutualistic sybiotic relationship between fungi and
algae
foliose lichen - ANSWER-
crustose lichen - ANSWER-
fruticose lichen - ANSWER-
Bryophytes - ANSWER-Non-vascular, do not produce seeds, do not produce pollen,
small in size
Examples of Bryophytes - ANSWER-mosses, liverworts, hornworts
seedless vascular plants - ANSWER-Vascular, do not produce seeds, do not
produce pollen
examples of seedless vascular plants - ANSWER-Ferns, whisk ferns, horsetails, club
mosses
Gymnosperms - ANSWER-Vascular, produce seeds, produce pollen, produce cones
examples of gymnosperms - ANSWER-Conifers, Ginkgos, cycads, gentophytes
Xylem - ANSWER-vascular tissue that carries water upward from the roots to every
part of a plant
Phloem - ANSWER-Living vascular tissue that carries sugar and organic substances
throughout a plant
Stomata - ANSWER-A microscopic pore surrounded by guard cells in the epidermis
of leaves and stems that allows gas exchange between the environment and the
interior of the plant.
Cuticle - ANSWER-A waxy covering on the surface of stems and leaves that acts as
an adaptation to prevent desiccation in terrestrial plants.
Answers
What are hyphae? - ANSWER-threadlike filaments that make up fungal bodies
What are mycelium? - ANSWER-Thick mass of tangled hyphae
What are spores? - ANSWER-reproductive cells
by what process are asexual spores produced? - ANSWER-mitosis
by what process are sexual spores produced? - ANSWER-meiosis
ecosystem functions of fungi - ANSWER-decomposers, parasites, mutualists
Rhizopus - ANSWER-black bread mold
Rhizopus Zygosporangia - ANSWER-sexual
Rhizopus Sporangia - ANSWER-asexual
Rhizopus hyphae - ANSWER-long filamentous stuff
Pilobolus (Shot Gun Fungus) hyphae - ANSWER-fluid filled sac that is clear in color
Pilobolus (Shot Gun Fungus) sporangium - ANSWER-black top hat on top of the fluid
filled hyphae
where is Pilobolus (Shot Gun Fungus) found - ANSWER-grows on animal dung
Peziza cup fungus ascus - ANSWER-the finger like sacs that hold the ascospores
Penicillium - ANSWER-
Penicillium conidia - ANSWER-asexual
what is the stipe - ANSWER-number 4
what is the pileus - ANSWER-number 3
what are the gills - ANSWER-number 2
basidium - ANSWER-number 1
, basidiospores - ANSWER-number 2
Bird's nest fungi - ANSWER-
Puffballs - ANSWER-
Shelf fungi - ANSWER-
Corn smut - ANSWER-
What is a thallus? - ANSWER-the body of a lichen
What are lichen? - ANSWER-a mutualistic sybiotic relationship between fungi and
algae
foliose lichen - ANSWER-
crustose lichen - ANSWER-
fruticose lichen - ANSWER-
Bryophytes - ANSWER-Non-vascular, do not produce seeds, do not produce pollen,
small in size
Examples of Bryophytes - ANSWER-mosses, liverworts, hornworts
seedless vascular plants - ANSWER-Vascular, do not produce seeds, do not
produce pollen
examples of seedless vascular plants - ANSWER-Ferns, whisk ferns, horsetails, club
mosses
Gymnosperms - ANSWER-Vascular, produce seeds, produce pollen, produce cones
examples of gymnosperms - ANSWER-Conifers, Ginkgos, cycads, gentophytes
Xylem - ANSWER-vascular tissue that carries water upward from the roots to every
part of a plant
Phloem - ANSWER-Living vascular tissue that carries sugar and organic substances
throughout a plant
Stomata - ANSWER-A microscopic pore surrounded by guard cells in the epidermis
of leaves and stems that allows gas exchange between the environment and the
interior of the plant.
Cuticle - ANSWER-A waxy covering on the surface of stems and leaves that acts as
an adaptation to prevent desiccation in terrestrial plants.
