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Fungi Reproductive Cycles

This quiz covers the reproductive cycles of fungi, including plasmogamy, karyogamy, and meiosis, as well as the formation of basidia and basidiospores. It also touches on the characteristics of Deuteromycetes.

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What is the process by which two vegetative or somatic cells of different strains or genotypes fuse, resulting in a dikaryotic structure?

Plasmogamy

Which mode of nutrition is characteristic of plants, where they produce their own food through photosynthesis?

Autotrophic

What is the term for organisms that obtain their energy by consuming other organisms or organic matter?

Heterotrophic

What is the phenomenon where plants have two distinct phases in their life cycle, alternating between diploid and haploid phases?

<p>Alternation of Generation</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic cell wall component of plant cells?

<p>Cellulose</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a type of plant that obtains its energy by capturing and digesting insects, such as the Venus flytrap?

<p>Insectivorous plant</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of the cell wall of the Fungi kingdom?

<p>Present (without cellulose)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What mode of nutrition is characteristic of the Plantae kingdom?

<p>Autotrophic (photosynthetic)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of organisms are characterized by obtaining their food by breaking down dead organic matter?

<p>Heterotrophic (saprophyte)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is unique about the cell wall structure of Archaebacteria?

<p>Different cell wall structure for survival in extreme conditions</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the body organization of the Animalia kingdom?

<p>Tissue/organ/organ system</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of nutrition is characteristic of Monera, such as bacteria?

<p>Autotrophic (photosynthetic &amp; chemosynthetic) and heterotrophic (saprophyte/parasite)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What were the two groups that Aristotle classified animals into?

<p>those which had red blood and those that did not</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the Linnaean system, what was the basis for classifying organisms into two kingdoms?

<p>Presence of cell wall</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why did the Linnaean system have limitations in classifying organisms?

<p>It did not differentiate between heterotrophic fungi and autotrophic green plants</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main advantage of the five-kingdom classification system proposed by R.H. Whittaker?

<p>It is based on cell structure, thallus organisation, mode of nutrition, reproduction, and phylogenetic relationships</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of nutrition do heterotrophic fungi have?

<p>Heterotrophic</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one characteristic that distinguishes Plantae from other kingdoms?

<p>Presence of cellulosic cell walls</p> Signup and view all the answers

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