Transcript Fungus like protists

4/7 & 4/8- 7th Grade Agenda
Learning Objective: Discuss facts about
Fungi & Protist
Collect HW: Reading & Notetaking p.166 - 168
Chap 9 Study Guide
Video: Walking with Prehistoric Beasts
Textbook Reading 344 – 349
HW: Reading & Notetaking 169 - 170
Reminder: Chap 9 Test on 4/14 & 4/15
Reflection
• Prompt: Write 3 questions about Fungi
Fungus like protists
• Fungus like protist are
ophs have
heterotr____,
cell walls, and use
spores to reproduce
• Slime molds, water
molds and downy
mildews are examples
of fungus like protists
Irish Potato Famine
• Water Mold which is a type of
protist attacked Irish potato
crops in 1845 – 1846
• 1 Million Irish died of
ation
starv_____
rated
• 1 Million Irish immig_______
to
America and other countries
Fungus
• Fungi (Pronounced
Fun Guy) are
yotes that
eukar______
have cell walls, are
heterotrophs that feed
by absorbing their
food and use
spo_____
res to
reproduce
Mold
Yeast
Mushroom
Blue Cheese
Is Mushroom a Plant?
• No.
• Why?
• Don’t use
photosynthesis
• Absorb dead
organism through
hyphae (Pronounced
hyphee)
Which Mushrooms are
Poisonous?
• All of them.
• How do you tell the
difference?
• It is not easy to tell
the difference!
Some Fungus are helpful
• Penicillin is a type of
mold that kills
eria
bact____
Can antibiotics (Penicillin) help
with virus infections (Colds &
Flu)?
• No
Can antibiotics (Penicillin) help
with bacteria infections (Sinus
Infections & Strep Throat)?
• Yes
What is Yeast?
• Is a yeast a bacteria,
protist or fungus?
• Fungus
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