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protist
slime mold
fruiting body
protozoa
water mold
mycorrhizae
pseudopod
chitin
sporangia
cilia
hyphae
lichen
algae
mycelium
A. Word Origins Circle the Greek and Latin word parts in each vocabulary term. Then
use the Greek and Latin meanings to construct a very basic definition of the vocabulary word.
-ia
=
relating to
proto-
myc-
=
fungus
-pod
=
foot
=
earliest
sporo- =
spore
pseudo- =
false
-zoa
animal
-rhiz
root
=
DEFINITION
1.
protist
2.
protozoa
3.
mycelium
4.
mycorrhizae
5.
sporangia
6.
pseudopod
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WORD
=
B. Categorize Words Write P next to words that can describe protists. Write F next to
words that can describe fungi. Write B next to words that can describe both.
1.
slime mold
mycorrhizae
mycelium
cilia
protozoa
chitin
lichen
pseudopod
hyphae
algae
water mold
eukaryote
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C. Vector Vocabulary Define the words in the boxes. On each arrow, write a phrase
that describes how the words in the boxes are related to each other.
EUKARYOTES
ANIMALS
PLANTS
FUNGI
PROTISTS
1.
2.
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ALGAE
PROTOZOA
4.
5.
6.
7.
MYCORRHIZAE
LICHEN
SLIME MOLD
WATER MOLD
8.
9.
10.
11.
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D. Who Am I? Choose among these terms to answer the riddles below:
protist
pseudopod
slime mold
chitin
mycelium
mycorrhizae
lichen
cilia
water mold
protozoa
fruiting body
sporangia
hyphae
algae
1. I come in two forms and have some characteristics of a fungus
2. I am formed by amoebas and foraminifera and help them move
3. Many people think I am an entire fungus when really I am just the aboveground
reproductive structure
4. Use my name and you will be referring to any plantlike protist
5. I am a relationship between a fungus and an alga
6. I am a relationship between a fungus and a plant’s roots
8. I am a reproductive structure that produces spores
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7. My name is not scientific, but is still often used to refer to any animal-like protist
9. I am a tough material that is found in insect shells and fungi cells
10. If there are a lot of me growing underground, I could make up a mycelium
11. I am not an animal, fungus, plant, or prokaryote
12. We are tiny and hairlike, and if we work together we help a cell move
13. I am part of a fungus, and I look like a tangled mass of roots
14. I can cause disease to the fish in your aquarium
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E. Situational Vocabulary Circle the letter of the situation that most closely relates
to each vocabulary word.
1. pseudopod: a) a wooden stump of a leg; b) a temporary extension of cytoplasm
2. lichen: a) a relationship between an alga and a plant; b) a relationship between an
alga and a fungus
3. algae: a) a plantlike fungus; b) a plantlike protist
4. fruiting body: a) a protist that produces fruit; b) a mushroom
5. sporangia: a) a protist that eats spores; b) a spore-producing structure
6. protist: a) any eukaryote that is not a plant, animal, or fungus; b) any single-celled
organism that is not a plant, animal, or fungus
7. protozoa: a) an animal-like protist; b) a protist-like animal
8. slime mold: a) a decomposer; b) a producer
9. cilia: a) long whiplike structures used for movement; b) short hairlike structures used
for movement
10. water mold: a) a type of protist; b) a type of fungus
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12. hyphae: a) long strands that absorb food for fungi; b) long strands that absorb food
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13. mycorrhizae: a) a relationship between fungi and algae; b) a relationship between
fungi and plants
14. mycelium: a) a tangled mass of hyphae; b) a tangled mass of cilia
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11. chitin: a) a tough material found in protist cells; b) a tough material found in fungal cells