Classification Questions: Sci Show Slime Molds

Which kingdom of life do slime molds belong to?

• Fungi

• Protists

• Bacteria

• Animals

How long have slime molds been around?

• 100 million years

• 300 million years

• 600 million years

• 1 billion years

How do slime molds find each other when food is scarce?

• They use their sense of smell

• They use chemical signals

• They use their eyes

• They use sound waves

What happens when plasmodial slime molds join together?

• They form a giant cell with multiple nuclei

• They form a swarm of separate cells

• They transform into fungi

• They divide into smaller cells

Imagine you are observing a slime mold in a petri dish. The mold has multiple food sources scattered around. How does the slime mold determine the most efficient path to reach these food sources?

• It uses computer algorithms to calculate the shortest path

• It grows a brain to make decisions

• It releases chemical signals to identify the direction

• It uses its sense of touch to feel the way

What did the experiment with maps of countries and slime molds show?

• Slime molds can create subway lines

• Slime molds can solve complex problems

• Slime molds can mimic the layout of real subway lines

• Slime molds can navigate through mazes

How did the slime molds in the forest learn to anticipate changes in their environment?

• By using their internal biological clock

• By observing the movement of other organisms in the forest

• By analyzing the changes in temperature and humidity in the forest

• By communicating with other slime molds in the forest

What is habituation in slime molds?

• The ability to learn from experience

• The ability to communicate with other slime molds

• The ability to change their physical shape

• The ability to tolerate chemicals they don't like

Imagine you are a scientist studying slime molds. How would you explain the way slime molds store information without having neurons?

• They store information through their cell membranes

• They store information through their DNA

• They store information through chemical signals

• They store information through their physical shape

What can studying the behavior of slime molds in a forest teach us about the first multicellular life?

• How cells divide and grow in a tree

• How cells communicate and work together to form a mold

• How cells differentiate into specialized roles within a mold

• How cells form complex organisms like a tree

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