Fungi form mutualistic relationships with plants and animals. Which of the following is .......?

Question

Fungi form mutualistic relationships with plants and animals. Which of the following is an example of such a relationship?

a. Endophytes on grasses produce toxins that deter herbivores.
b. Fungi can help increase drought tolerance in plants
c. Fungi help break down plant material in the guts of grazing mammals.
d. Fungi help break down wood in the guts of termites.
e. All of the above.

Answer 1

e. All of the above are found in nature



Ergot fungus produce alkaloids in rye and other grasses that deter herbivores.

Mycorrhizae increase a plants root foraging capacity.

Chytrid fungi assist in ruminant gut fermentation.

Termitomyces is the fungal genus associated with termites

http://website.nbm-mnb.ca/mycologywebpages/NaturalHistoryOfFungi/AnimalMutualisms.html

Answer 2

The paramecium's cilia help the organism? D. swim and capture food. 2. The term protozoa is generally used to describe A. animal-like protists. 3. Plantlike protists have which of the following traits in common with plants? A. They both have chlorophyll. 4. Approximately 90% of dinoflagellates are B. marine plankton. 5. Fungal cell walls are made of C. chitin. 6. In Figure 19.1 which structures in the amoeba are temporarily extended to form the structure labeled E? Um, I am missing a figure! 7. In Figure 19.1, what does E enable an amoeba to do? Um, I am missing a figure! I suspect the answer might be A. Move and capture food 8. Which of the following organisms move by the use of pseudopods? B. Foraminifera 9. Agar, which is used as a thickening agent in the production of ice cream, comes from D. red algae. 10. Slime molds are funguslike protists, but they are not fungi. Why? B. They can move. 11. In figure 19.2, the structure labeled B shows gametes fusing to form a(n) I am missing a figure here! 12. In which type of fungi would you find structure B? I am missing a figure here! 13. Yeast that makes bread rise is a type of single-celled B. sac fungus. 14. The process in which yeast reproduce by forming a daughter cell that is genetically identical but initially smaller in size is called B. budding. 15. Chytrids are primitive fungi whose spores have C. flagella. 16. Slime molds are in the kingdom Protista. Because they decompose dead organisms, they used to be classified in the kingdom B. Fungi. 17. Animal-like protists are autotrophic because they None of those. They are autotrophic because they gain matter and energy by consuming other organisms and organic matter in the environment. 18. A temporary extension of cytoplasm and plasma membrane that helps an amoeba move is called a(n) C. pseudopod. 19. Algae are similar to plants because they have B. chlorophyll for photosynthesis. 20. Which of the following are common in aquatic habitats? C. Water molds 21. Cellular slime molds are commonly found I don't know. 22. The bodies of multicellular fungi are made of long strands called C. hyphae. 23. A mutualistic relationship between a fungus and algae forms a C. lichen. 24. Plantlike protists can reproduce C. both sexually and asexually. 25. Unlike plants, plantlike protists can A. be either single-celled or multicellular.

Answer 3

All of the above.