Slime Moulds

Q.

Why are slime molds called fungus animals?

Q.

Is a protist a prokaryote?

Q. Which of the following combinations of characters is true for slime moulds?

1. Parasitic, plasmodium with true walls, spores dispersed by air currents
2. Saprophytic, plasmodium without walls, spores dispersed by water
3. Parasitic, plasmodium without walls, spores dispersed by water
4. Saprophytic, plasmodium without walls, spores dispersed by air currents

Q. What do we call the slug-like phase of the cellular slime mold life cycle?

1. Plasmodium
2. Pseudoplasmodium
3. Sporangium
4. Macrocyst

Q. Where were the slime molds placed by Whittaker in his Five Kingdom Classification?

1. Fungi
2. Protista
3. Monera
4. Animalia

Q. The thalloid body of a slime mould (Myxomycetes) is known as

1. Protonema
2. Plasmodium
3. Fruiting body
4. Mycelium

Q.

Slime moulds are ecologically

1. Consumers

2. Decomposers

3. Both (a) and (b)

4. Carnivores

Q. Myxomycetes include members that are

1. saprobes or parasites having mycelia, asexual reproduction by fragmentation, sexual reproduction by fusion of gametes
2. slimy mass of multinucleate protoplasm having pseudopodia-like structures for engulfing food, reproduction through fragmentation and spore formation
3. prokaryotic organisms, cellular or acellular, saprophytic or autotrophic, reproduction by binary fission
4. eukaryotic single celled or filamentous saprobes or autotrophs, asexual reproduction by division of haploid individuals, sexual reproduction by fusion of two cells or their nuclei