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Introductory Biology

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Set 22 Fungi The Diversity Of Life 2

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Question 1

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Where are the food materials digested by fungi located?

A) within their cells
B) within food vacuoles
C) externally
D) within their mitochondria

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Question 2

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What is the best explanation of why we have identified only a small fraction of fungi species?

A) Most fungi species are unicellular and microscopic.
B) Fungi species lack chlorophyll and are transparent.
C) Fungi species have extremely short life spans and are seldom found alive.
D) Most fungi species grow underground and in inaccessible places.

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Question 3

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A more or less circular ring of mushrooms appears in your yard, apparently overnight. The circle is several yards in diameter. The most likely explanation for this circle of mushrooms is that:

A) the mushrooms are all part of the same organism, with mycelia radiating out from the location of a germinated spore.
B) a circle is nature's most perfect shape for asexual reproduction structures.
C) one mushroom in the circle reproduced sexually to make all the other mushrooms in the circle.
D) the fungus produces a toxin in the center to prevent too many mushrooms from being produced.

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