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Important LinksFungi Webquest (To beCompleted in Class)INTRODUCTION:
Please answer all questions in a Google Doc that is titled Fungi Webquest - Your Name. Your name should also be at the top of the page. Answers should be numbered 1-10. In this WebQuest, the goal is to gain insight into the overall role fungi plays in relationship to other organisms. You will be directed to “click” down a pre-planned trail of discovery. It is important that you follow the trail. This will aid you in realizing your goal to discover the good and evil roles fungi play in the survival and demise of humankind. Click on the following link, read the information on the page and answer the questions in your google document. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fungi/fungi.html 1. Name two ecological roles of fungi. 2. What are two fungi food sources? 3. Name and describe two fungal diseases. Click on the following link, read the information on the page and answer the questions on your paper. Answer in complete sentences. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fungi/fungifr.html 4. Explain why it is hard to find fossil records in layers of rock. 5. Where was the oldest fungal fossil found, and how old is it? 6. Draw and label a diagram of a mushroom. Include cap, gills, stalk, hyphae, mycelium, spores, and ring (Do Not Do) Click on the following link, read the information on the page and answer the questions on your paper. Answer in complete sentences. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fungi/fungilh.html 7. Why are some fungi known as Imperfect? 8. What two organisms make up Mycorrhizae? Explain how each benefit from this relationship. Click on the following link, read the information on the page and answer the questions on your paper. Answer in complete sentences. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fungi/fungimm.html 9. What makes up the cell walls of fungal cells? 10. This substance is classified as which type of organic compound (protein, carbohydrate, lipid or nucleic acid)? After completing question #10 you will then embed your google doc into your weebly website under your Microorganism page with a title box above it that reads Fungi Webquest. This is your STEM challenge for the week, the more questions you get right the better chance you have of winning. |