1. 4/7 & 4/8- 7th Grade Agenda
Learning Objective: Discuss facts about Fungi & Protist
Collect HW: Reading & Notetaking p
Chap 9 Study Guide
Video: Walking with Prehistoric Beasts
Textbook Reading 344 – 349
HW: Reading & Notetaking
Reminder: Chap 9 Test on 4/14 & 4/15

2. Reflection
Prompt: Write 3 questions about Fungi

3. Fungus like protists
Fungus like protist are heterotr____, have cell walls, and use spores to reproduce
Slime molds, water molds and downy mildews are examples of fungus like protists
ophs

4. Irish Potato Famine
Water Mold which is a type of protist attacked Irish potato crops in 1845 – 1846
1 Million Irish died of starv_____
1 Million Irish immig_______ to America and other countries
ation
rated

5. Fungus res yotes Mold Mushroom Yeast
Fungi (Pronounced Fun Guy) are eukar______ that have cell walls, are heterotrophs that feed by absorbing their food and use spo_____ to reproduce
yotes
Mold
Mushroom
res
Blue Cheese
Yeast

6. Is Mushroom a Plant? No. Why? Don’t use photosynthesis
Absorb dead organism through hyphae (Pronounced hyphee)

7. Which Mushrooms are Poisonous?
All of them.
How do you tell the difference?
It is not easy to tell the difference!

8. Some Fungus are helpful
Penicillin is a type of mold that kills bact____
eria

9. Can antibiotics (Penicillin) help with virus infections (Colds & Flu)?No

10. Can antibiotics (Penicillin) help with bacteria infections (Sinus Infections & Strep Throat)?
Yes

11. What is Yeast?
Is a yeast a bacteria, protist or fungus?
Fungus

12. Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
Between 1932 – 1972 African Americans with Syphilis (Bacterial Infection) was not treated with Penicillin.
They just studied the natural progression of the disease
Didn’t tell the patients that Syphilis can be cured with Penicillin
Doctors of the
Tuskegee Syphilis
Experiment