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What are algae

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Autotrophic, thalloid, non-flowering and non-vascular plants.

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The study of algae is called

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Phycology

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Who gave name algae

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Carolous Linnaeus

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Algae are generally found in _ habitat

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aquatic habitat (majority in marine water, some in fresh water, rarely terrestrial)

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Examples of unicellular algae

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Chlorella, Chlamydomonas

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Examples of multicellular algae

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Ulva, Porphyra

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Reproduction methods in algae

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Vegetative, sexual and asexual

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Most common method of reproduction for algae

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Vegetative. By fragmentation.

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Sexual reproduction by

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isogamy, anisogamy and oogamy

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Examples of algae:

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Spirogyra, Chlorella, Chlamydomonas, Ulva, Laminaria

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Who classified algae? Into how many classes

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F.E Fritsch. Into 11 classes

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12
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Classes of algae based on

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pigmentation, reserved food, flagellation

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Chlorophyceae aka?

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Green algae

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Chlorophyceae are _ algae

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eukaryotic

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chloroplast of Chlorophyceae is

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agranular

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Chlorophyceae are green due to

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presence of chl-a and chl-b

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Phaeophyceae aka?

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Brown Algae

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Phaeophyceae are _ and _ rich.

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fucoxanthin and phycocolloid

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Phaeophyceae are _ algae

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multicellular, eukaryotic

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Phaeophyceae are brown due to

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brown pigment fucoxanthin

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Rhodophyceae aka?

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Red algae

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Rhodophyceae are _ containing

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phycobillins

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Rhodophyceae are _ algae

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eukaryotic

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Rhodophyceae are red due to

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presence of phycobillins:
r-pycoerythrine (red pigment) and r-phycocynin (blue pigment)

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