Algae Flashcards
Plants
Made of eukaryotic cells
Autotrophs
Glucose
Sugar
High energy molecule
Used as food
Plants concert it into fats and DNA etc
Kingdom plantae
Can divide into divisions and/or phyla
Plant phyla
Phylum chlorophyta
Phylum bryophyta
Phylum tracheophyta
Phylum chlorophyta
Green algae
Found in fresh and salt water
Other 2 phylum believed to evolved from this
Phylum bryophyta
Missed, liverworts, and hornworts
Phylum tracheophyta
The vascular plants
Plant life cycles
All plants reproduce through alternation of generations
Sporophyte
Diploid
Produces gametophytes, in turn produce more sporophytes
Gametophytes
Haploid
Evolutionary trend
The more advanced the plant, the smaller it’s gametophytes.
Seed plants
Tiny gametophytes- more pollen grains and ovules
Review reading assignment on green algae
Green algae are ecologically important in fresh and salt waters. Much of atmosphères oxygen due to algae