3rd Mid G9 Bio Rev AK 2024

Anwar AlMajd International School
(Boys-Girls)
Science Department
3rd Term (2023-2024)
Science Midterm Revision
_________________________________________________________________
Name: _____________________________________________________ Grade: 9/
Lessons:
- Introduction to Protists
- Protists diversity
- Introduction to Fungi
- Fungi diversity
1. Analyze the characteristics that are used to classify protists.
Type of Protist Characteristic Example

Animal-like
heterotrophic Protozoans
Plantlike
photosynthetic Algae
Funguslike
absorb nutrients from water mold
other organisms
List two characteristics that distinguish funguslike protists from fungi.

Centriole and composition of cell wall
Identify two examples of symbiotic relationships between protists and other organisms.
1. protozoans cause disease in insects
2. green algae living in the hair of sloths provides camouflage
Compare and contrast the three groups of protists.

Animal-like protists are unicellular heterotrophs.
Plantlike protists make their own food.
Funguslike protists cannot make their own food. They absorb nutrients from other organisms.
Explain how a protist might benefit from living in a sloth’s fur.

The hair provides a warm, moist environment. When the sloth is in the uppermost branches of the tree,
the algae receive light for photosynthesis.
Explain why the contractile vacuoles are necessary in hypotonic environments to maintain
homeostasis.
The contractile vacuoles collect and expel water from the paramecium, which helps maintain
homeostasis.
Organize facts about amoebas in the table below.
Body structures: Excretion method:

The outer plasma membrane, through outer
cytoplasm, nucleus, food membranes by diffusion
vacuoles, contractile vacuole
Reproduction method: Feeding method:

asexually by cell division; some extend pseudopodia to
form cysts during harsh
environmental conditions
envelop small organism, form a
food vacuole where enzymes
break down food
Organize information about the members of the phylum Apicomplexa.

Explain how zooflagellates that cause sleeping sickness are similar to sporozoans that cause
malaria.
They are both introduced through a parasite that creates a wound and transmits the parasite into
the bloodstream.
Organize information about algae by completing the chart.
Algae
Like plants: Unlike plants:
contain photosynthetic lack roots, leaves, and other
pigments that enable algae structures typical of plants
to produce food using
energy from the Sun
Function of secondary Found in many colors
pigments: because:
allow algae to absorb secondary pigments reflect
light energy in deep light at different
water wavelengths
Compare and contrast fungi and slime molds.

Fungi and funguslike protists absorb their nutrients from decaying organisms through their cell
walls. They differ in the composition of their cell walls. Funguslike protists do not contain chitin in
their cell walls.
Organize information about water molds and downy mildews by completing the table below.
Water Molds and Downy Mildews

Habitat in water or damp places
Source of nutrition from surrounding water or soil

or from other organisms
Similarities to fungi they break down the tissue

and absorb nutrients through
their cell walls
Differences from fungi their cell walls are made of

cellulose and celluloselike
compounds
Explain why algae are considered the primary producers for aquatic and
marine ecosystems.
Because they photosynthesize their own food
Classify an organism that has cell walls made of cellulose and absorbs its
nutrients from dead organisms.
The organism is a funguslike protist.
Describe the kingdom Fungi.

List three features of fungi that distinguish them from plants.
Describe how fungi digest their food outside the body.

Hyphae produce digestive enzymes that break down large organic molecules into smaller
molecules. These small molecules are absorbed into the hyphae through their cell walls.
Classify types of fungi by writing how each obtains food.
Identify the 3 forms of asexual reproduction in fungi on the lines below.
Analyze three ways that reproduction by spores gives fungi an adaptive advantage.
Organize information about where the spores of sac fungi form during reproduction.
Analyze the benefits of lichens as bioindicators

Lichens are sensitive to air pollutants. Dying lichens are a warning sign that air pollution is
rising in the area.
Organize the beneficial effects of fungi in the table below.

Describe the harmful effects of fungi on Plants and humans
Plants can infect and kill plants such as grapes
Humans cause athlete’s foot, ringworm, yeast infections, and oral thrush
Define each vocabulary term:

1. protozoan: unicellular, heterotrophic, animal-like protest
2. microsporidium: microscopic protozoan that causes disease in insects
3. contractile vacuole structure that collects the excess water from the cytoplasm and expels it
from the cell
4. pseudopod temporary extensions of the cytoplasm, used for feeding and locomotion
5. bioluminescent emits light

6. Colony group of cells that join together to form a close association
7. alternation of generations life cycle of algae that takes two generations—one that
reproduces sexually and one that reproduces asexually—to complete a life cycle
8. chitin: strong, flexible polysaccharide found in the cell walls of all fungi and in the
exoskeletons of insects and crustaceans
9. hypha: tubular filament that is the basic structural unit of multicellular fungi
10. Mycelium: in fungi, a netlike mass created by the hyphae as they grow at their tips and
branch repeatedly
10. fruiting body: in fungi, the reproductive structure that grows above the ground
11. septum: cross-wall that divides the hyphae of a fungus into cells
12. spore: a reproductive haploid cell that develops into a new organism
13. sporangium: a sac or case in which spores are produced
14. stolon: in molds, hypha that spreads across the surface of food
15. rhizoid: in molds, hypha that penetrates food and absorbs nutrients
16. gametangium: a mold reproductive structure that contains a haploid nucleus
17. conidiophore: in sac fungi, hypha that produces spores on its tip for asexual
reproduction
18. ascocarp: in sac fungi, a reproductive structure where a zygote forms during sexual
reproduction
19. ascus: in sac fungi, a saclike structure where spores develop during sexual
reproduction
20. ascospore: spores produced by the ascus in sac fungi
21. basidiocarp: the fruiting body of club fungi
22. basidium: club-shaped hypha that produces spores in club fungi
23. basidiospore: spore produced in basidia during sexual reproduction of club fungi
24. mycorrhiza: symbiotic relationship between a specialized fungus and plant roots
25. bioremediation: the process of fungi decomposing organic materials in the pollutants
into harmless substance
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Anwar AlMajd International School

Name: _____________________________________________________ Grade: 9/

1. Analyze the characteristics that are used to classify protists.

Type of Protist Characteristic Example

List two characteristics that distinguish funguslike protists from fungi.

Compare and contrast the three groups of protists.

Explain how a protist might benefit from living in a sloth’s fur.

Organize facts about amoebas in the table below.

Body structures: Excretion method:

Reproduction method: Feeding method:

Organize information about the members of the phylum Apicomplexa.

Organize information about algae by completing the chart.

Compare and contrast fungi and slime molds.

their cell walls.

Water Molds and Downy Mildews

Source of nutrition from surrounding water or soil

Similarities to fungi they break down the tissue

Differences from fungi their cell walls are made of

Describe the kingdom Fungi.

Describe how fungi digest their food outside the body.

Classify types of fungi by writing how each obtains food.

Identify the 3 forms of asexual reproduction in fungi on the lines below.

Analyze the benefits of lichens as bioindicators

Organize the beneficial effects of fungi in the table below.

Define each vocabulary term:

from the cell

5. bioluminescent emits light

13. sporangium: a sac or case in which spores are produced

16. gametangium: a mold reproductive structure that contains a haploid nucleus

20. ascospore: spores produced by the ascus in sac fungi

21. basidiocarp: the fruiting body of club fungi

22. basidium: club-shaped hypha that produces spores in club fungi

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