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Why can't fungi make its own food?
mushrooms are decomposers. they decompose and breakdown dead tissues of other plants or species and restore the minerals etc back into the soil. They dont need to make their own food like animals or plants.
The kingdom Fungi was separated from the kingdom plantae because of their inability to?
The kingdom Fungi was separated from the kingdom Plantae because fungi lack the ability to photosynthesize. Instead, they obtain their nutrients through external digestion and absorption. This key difference in nutritional mode led to the establishment of a separate kingdom for fungi.
How does a lack of toilets spread disease?
because people poop in other places where the waste is not properly disposed of, it can then support bacteria and fungi, which can get back into the food chain.
Why do countries lack in resources?
Often they do have, but it is exported, and the poorest cannot afford to buy the food that is available.
Why do fungis don't do their own food?
Fungi lack the metabolic machinery to photosynthetize. While plants, algae and some bacteria posses organells called plastids, which contain light-reactive molecules (like chlorophyll), fungi totally lack this condition. Thus, fungi have to take their food from another source, like animals.
Is fungi hetaratrophic?
Fungi are heterotrophic as they lack chlorophyll .
How are fungi like plants?
Fungi lack chlorophyll which means they can't photosynthesize, and the composition of fungal cell walls are quite different from those of plants.
Is cilia in fungi?
No, cilia are typically not present in fungi. Fungi generally have flagella for movement, which are structurally different from cilia. Cilia are more commonly found in certain protists and animal cells.
What are the main characteristics of fungi?
They are plant-like heterotrophs(don't produce their own food) that lack chlorophyll. They are decomposers.
Why do fungi not belong to plants?
They are not producers and lack chlorophyll. They can not make their own food, though nether can some parasitic plants. Fungi have different cell walls than plants. Plants use cellulose to construct cells walls while fungi use chitin.
Why is a fungus not a plant?
Fungi is not considered a plant because scientists arent sure whether to call it a plant or an animal. in the fungal cell it has a cell wall which is only in plant cells but it also has all the parts in an animal cell in it. this makes it neither plant or animal. :)
How do hypertonic solutions kill bacteria that spoil foods?
because of the hypertonic enviornment, the bacter cannot grow and spoil the food due to lack of water
