Protists & Fungi Exercises

Let’s see how much you’ve picked up with these experiments and the reading – answer as best as you can. (No peeking at the answers until you’re done!) Just relax and see what jumps to mind when you read the question. You can also print these out and jot down your answers in your science notebook.

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1. Name two ways plants are different from fungi.
2. What is the purpose of the cell wall in fungi?
3. What are two reasons fungi are hard to see?
4. How are hyphae related to mycelia?
5. How is parasitism different from mutualism?
6. What would be a benefit of getting food through mutualism instead of parasitism?
7. How do some fungi help ants?
8. How do fungi eat nematodes?
9. Why is spore production asexual reproduction?
10. What makes haploid and diploid cells different?
11. How would the soil be different if there were no fungi?
12. What are two ways humans use fungi?
13. Why are protists sometimes thought of as a “junk-drawer” kingdom?
14. What is one thing true of all protists?
15. What are the three major groups of protists?
16. How are protozoa classified?
17. How does an amoeba move?
18. In what way is a plant-like protist similar to a plant?
19. How do most fungus-like protists reproduce?
20. What are three ways people use protists?

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