The Core Chapter 9 Test Review

Humans are more related to fungi than to plants.

• True

• False

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All fungi are harmful to humans.

• True

• False

What is the most recent common ancestor of fungi and animals?

• A protist

• A moss

• A bryophyte

• An algae

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Are all fungi prokaryotes?

• Yes, all fungi are prokaryotes.

• No, some are prokaryotes, some are eukaryotes.

• No, they are all eukaryotes.

• No, they are neither prokaryotes nor eukaryotes.

What is a major role that fungi play in ecosystems?

• Recycling nutrients from dead organisms back into the food chain

• Fixing carbon from the atmosphere

• Synthesizing glucose from carbon dioxide and water

• Decontaminating wastewater

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Which of the following is a fungus?

• Yeast used to make bread

• Mushrooms

• Truffles

• All of the above are types of fungi

The edible portion of the mushroom is the (a)   .

• mycelium

• hyphae

• spore

• above-ground reproductive structure

Fungi are made of bundles of threadlike (a)   .

• mycelia

• hyphae

• chitins

• lichens

How do fungi reproduce sexually?

• By the fusion of zygotes from two different fungi

• By the fusion of spores from the same individual fungus

• By the fusion of haploid cells from two different fungi

• Fungi reproduce only by asexual reproduction

Which statement regarding fungal reproduction is true?

• Fungi do not produce spores.

• Many fungi can reproduce either sexually or asexually.

• Fungi can only reproduce sexually.

• All fungi can only reproduce asexually.

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