Algae Flashcards

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Plants

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Made of eukaryotic cells

Autotrophs

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Glucose

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Sugar
High energy molecule
Used as food
Plants concert it into fats and DNA etc

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Kingdom plantae

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Can divide into divisions and/or phyla

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Plant phyla

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Phylum chlorophyta
Phylum bryophyta
Phylum tracheophyta

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Phylum chlorophyta

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Green algae
Found in fresh and salt water
Other 2 phylum believed to evolved from this

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Phylum bryophyta

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Missed, liverworts, and hornworts

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Phylum tracheophyta

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The vascular plants

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Plant life cycles

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All plants reproduce through alternation of generations

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Sporophyte

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Diploid

Produces gametophytes, in turn produce more sporophytes

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Gametophytes

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Haploid

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Evolutionary trend

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The more advanced the plant, the smaller it’s gametophytes.

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Seed plants

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Tiny gametophytes- more pollen grains and ovules

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Review reading assignment on green algae

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Green algae are ecologically important in fresh and salt waters. Much of atmosphères oxygen due to algae

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