Mold Quiz: questions and answers

1. What is mold?

A fungus

A bacteria

A virus

2. The mold Geotrichum candidum is used for which food item production?

Cheese

Corn

Breads

3. What are the multicellular filaments of the mold called?

Hyphae

Spores

Wings

4. Slime molds have nutrition by:

Phagocytosis

Absorptive heterotrophosis

Flagellated cells

5. How do molds reproduce?

Dividing

Producing Eggs

Producing Spores

6. Which mold produces mycotoxins?

Green mold

Black mold

Yellow mold

7. Penicillium mold produces spores called:

Sporangium

Canidia

Rhizoids

8. If someone is positive to mold allergy test, it develops what at the test location?

A blistor

A raised bump

A sebum filled bump

9. What is the category of Black Mold?

Fusarium

Rhizopus oligosporus

Stachybotrys chartarum

10. What does mold do to a natural material?

Makes it dead

Biodegrades it

Eats it

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