Which of the following are the most important decomposers in terrestrial ecosystem?
a) bacteria
b) plants
c) fungi
d) animals
Explanation: They obtain food from dead organisms
Fungi are more related to……..
a) animals
b) plants
c) both a and b
d) none of them
Explanation: the ancestors of fungi and animals were diverge into separate lineages about one billion years ago
General Characteristics of Fungi:
Fungi cell wall is made up of chitin which is………containing polysaccharide.
a) sulphur
b) nitrogen
c) chlorine
d) calcium
Explanation: chitin is more resistant to decomposition than cellulose
Mitosis in fungi occurs in……..
a) cytoplasm only
b) nucleus only
c) both cytoplasm and nucleus
d) none of these
Explanation: it is different from mitosis in plants and animals
Nuclear mitosis occurs in the kingdom…….
a) plantae
b) fungi
c) animalia
d) monera
