Kingdom Fungi

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Difference Between Parasites and Saprotrophs.

Q. How is the association between fungi and algae beneficial to each other?

Q. The symbiotic association between algae and fungi is called .

1. lichen
2. mycorrhiza
3. mosses

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Which of the following microorganisms do NOT have a cell wall?

1. algae

2. virus

3. bacteria

4. protozoa

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Lichens are a symbiotic relationship between

1. a fungus and a bacteria

2. a fungus and an alga

3. an alga and a bacteria

4. an alga and a virus

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What are lichens ?

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Which, among the following, belongs to Kingdom Fungi?

1. Penicillium

2. Paramecium

3. Protozoans

4. Slime molds

Q. Assertion [A]: Lichen is the symbiotic association between fungi and algae.

Reason [R]: Both algae and fungi are mutually benefited.

1. Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
2. Both A and R are correct. But R is not the correct explanation of A.
3. A is incorrect but R is correct.
4. Both A and R are incorrect.

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What are morels and truffles (buffles)?

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What are rotifers?

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How are lichens useful to humans?

Q. Assertion [A]: Fungi are saprotrophic organisms.
Reason [R]: They lack chlorophyll and other machinery to create their own food.

1. Both [A] and [R] are correct and [R] explains [A]
2. Both [A] and [R] are correct and [R] does not explain [A]
3. Both [A] and [R] are incorrect
4. [A] is correct but [R] is incorrect

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Question 5
The term that is used for the mode of nutrition in yeast, mushroom and bread-mould is

(a) autotrophic
(b) insectivorous
(c) saprophytic
(d) parasitic

Q. What is the difference between the algae and fungi ?

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Question 5
The term that is used for the mode of nutrition in yeast, mushroom and bread-mould is

(a) autotrophic
(b) insectivorous
(c) saprophytic
(d) parasitic

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What kind of plant is a lichen?

Q. Which of the following are protists?

1. Protozoans
2. Algae
3. Slime moulds
4. Rhizopus

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Bread mould reproduces by binary fission and multiple fission.

1. True
2. False

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Bholu forgot and left a piece of bread in his oven for many days. He found feathery cotton like layer covering the bread. He concluded that the covering was due to a fungus. He observed the fungus under a microscope and took a picture

Help Bholu identify what the bulby looking part (a) is and what the cotton like mesh (b) is.

1. a – spores, b- roots

2. a – sporangium, b –roots

3. a – sporangium, b - hyphae

4. a – spores, b- hyphae

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What is/are the mode of nutrition(s) of organisms belonging to kingdom Fungi?

1. Autotrophic

2. Heterotrophic

3. Saprophytic

4. Parasitic

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What type of hyphae do ascomycetes have?

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Do bacteria invade cells?

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Is lichen toxic to fish?

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Organisms belonging to Kingdom Fungi do not have chlorophyll.

1. True
2. False

Q. Which of the following plants shows the saprotrophic mode of nutrition?

1. Dodder
2. Venus fly trap
3. Nepenthes
4. Mushroom

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Fungal body contains filaments called ___ .

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Which of the following correctly describes the size of fungi compared to the size of bacteria?

1. Fungi are larger

2. Bacteria are larger

3. They are about the same size

4. They are of the same size but of different shapes

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Which of the following is the mode of nutrition of organisms belonging to kingdom Fungi?

1. Autotrophic

2. Heterotrophic

3. Saprophytic

4. Parasitic

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Which of the following fungi causes severe food poisoning?

1. Microsporium

2. Pencillium

3. Aspergillus

4. Candida

Q. ____ is/ are released by fungi into the food items, so that the food becomes poisonous.

1. Lactic acid
2. Cyanide
3. Mycotoxins
4. Clostridium