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Practice Lab Exam 3
Instructions: Answer the following questions using the concepts discussed during lab. You
should be able to answer these questions by reviewing lecture notes and lab handouts.
1. Are mushrooms and puff balls considered sac or club fungi?
2. Are morels and cup fungi considered to be sac or club fungi?
3. What type of fungus (club or sac) are yeast?
4. What structures bare spores in club fungi? (a) basidia, (b) mycelia, (c) hyphae (d)
asci
5. What two organisms (as a mutual symbiosis) are represented in lichen?
6. What is the name for the fine filaments that make up the body of a fungus? (a)
spores, (b) mycelia, (c) hyphae (d) asci
7. The structures that bare spores in sac fungi are called? (a) basidia, (b) mycelia, (c)
hyphae (d) asci
Organism A. Questions 8-11
8. Organism A is single-celled and belongs to what kingdom?
9. What is the name of the channel through which food enters this organism?
10. What is the name for the structures this organism uses for movement?
11. Organism A is a : (a) diatom, (b) dinoflagellate, (c) ciliate, (d) euglenoid
Organism B. Questions 12-14
12. Another single-celled organism (B) uses a whip-like structure for locomotion and
contains chloroplasts. This organism is a: (a) diatom, (b) dinoflagellate, (c)
ciliate, (d) euglenoid
13. Is organism B autotrophic, heterotrophic or both?
14. What is the name for the whip-like structure this organism uses for movement?
15. A third single-celled organism (not pictured) is autotrophic and has a cell wall
made of silica. To what phylum does it belong?
Organism C. Questions 16-18
16. Organism C, also an autotroph, moves using two flagella. Members of this
phylum create marine blooms known as “red tides”. This organism has a cell wall
composed of: (a) silica or glass, (b) calcium, (c) cellulose
17. To what phylum does this specimen belong?
18. What pigment found in this organism is mainly responsible for photosynthesis?
19. Sponges exhibit what level of organization?
20. Cnidarians exhibit what level organization?
21. What level of organization do mollusks exhibit?
22. To what Class in the Phylum Molluska do snails belong?
23. To what Class in the Phylum Molluska do mussels belong?
24. To what phylum do vertebrates belong?
25. How do crustaceans breathe?
26. How do insects breathe?
27. Do flatworms have a complete or incomplete digestive system?
28. Why do corals need clear, shallow water to survive?
29. What are the (male) pollen producing structures in a flower?
30. What is the (female) ovary containing structure in a flower?
31. What reproductive feature confines mosses and ferns to a moist environment?
32. Are mosses and ferns dispersed by seeds or spores?
33. Are conifers dispersed by seeds or spores?
34. What part of a seed nourishes the plant embryo?
35. Which meristem (apical or lateral) is responsible for primary growth in plants?
36. Which meristem (apical or lateral) is responsible for secondary growth in plants?
37. What structure in leaves allows plants to exchange gases with their environment?
38. What cells are responsible for closing stomata?
39. What structures on roots increase their surface are?
40. Do bryophytes (mosses, liverworts etc.) have vascular tissue?
41. Do ferns have vascular tissue?
42. What is the function of phloem?
43. What is the function of xylem?
44. Do fruits represent a plant’s flower, seed or ovary?
45. Would an artichoke represent a plant’s flower, seed or ovary?
46. How do animals help plants reproduce?
47. How do animals help plants spread their populations?
Answers:
1. club fungi
2. sac fungi
3. sac fungi
4. (a) basidia
5. fungus and alga
6. (c) hyphae
7. (d) asci
8. Protists
9. oral groove
10. cilia
11. (c) ciliate
12. (d) euglenoid
13. both
14. flagellum
15. diatoms
16. (c) cellulose
17. dinoflagellates
18. chlorophyll
19. Cellular
20. Tissue
21. Organ
22. Gastropods
23. Bivalves
24. Chordates
25. Gills
26. Tracheal system
27. Incomplete
28. Photosynthesis ( symbiotic
algae)
29. Anthers
30. Pistil
31. swimming sperm
32. spores
33. seeds
34. cotyledon
35. apical
36. lateral
37. stomata
38. guard cells
39. root hairs
40. no
41. yes
42. Transport nutrients (products
of photosynthesis)
43. Transport water and minerals
44. Ovary
45. Flower
46. Pollination
47. Dispersal