Question

Lamont and his lab partner were filling out a worksheet on microorganisms. The table they filled in was about microorganisms that were a type of fungus. The boys had to add a third column and list each type of fungus as either helpful or harmful. Lamont wrote helpful for all five examples, but his partner said that was incorrect. Do you support Lamont or his partner? Explain.

A) Lamont is incorrect; athlete's foot is used to make food.
B) Lamont is correct. Fungi are helpful, not harmful. We eat fungi.
C) Lamont is incorrect. Two fungi on the list are harmful: salmonella and athlete's foot.
D) Lamont is correct. All five types of fungi in the table are helpful because they do beneficial things.

Answer 1

C) Lamont is incorrect. Two fungi on the list are harmful: salmonella and athlete's foot.

Explanation:

Lamont is incorrect. Two fungi on the list are harmful: salmonella and athlete's foot. There are two examples of harmful fungi in the table, not just one. Salmonella causes stomach illness and athlete's foot in a skin disease.

Answer 2

C) Lamont is incorrect. Two fungi on the list are harmful: salmonella and athlete's foot.

Step-by-step explanation:

The two examples "of what it does" gives you a hint in the table; Salmonella causes stomach illness and athlete's foot in a skin disease. These two hints shows that Lamont is wrong becuase the 2 fungi are harmful and not helpful. Lamont should have said 3 were helpful.