ALGAE AND PROTOZOA Flashcards
WHAT IS THE KINGDOM FOR ALGAE?
PROTISTA
NUTRITIONAL TYPE OF ALGAE?
PHTOAUTOTROPH
MULTICELLULARITY OF ALGAE?
SOME
CELLULAR ARRANGEMENT OF ALGAE?
UNICELLULAR, COLONIAL, FILAMENTOUS, TISSUES
FOOD ACQUISITION METHOD OF ALGAE?
ABSORPTIVE
CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF ALGAE
SEXUAL AND ASEXUAL SPORES
IT IS THE BODY OF A MULTICELLULAR ALGA
THALLUS
IT IS A BRANCHED, AND IT IS ANCHOR THE ALGA TO A SUBTRATE
HOLDFASTS
IT IS A STEMLIKE AND OFTEN HOLLOW THAT CONNECTS THE BLADE TO THE HOLDFAST, NOT LIGNIFIED OR WOODY, SO IT DOES NOT OFFER THE SUPPORT OF A PLANTS STEM: INSTEAD THE SURROUNDING WATER SUPPORTS THE ALGAL THALLUS
STRIPES
IT IS A LEAFLIKE
BLADES
IT IS FLOATING, GAS-FILLED BLADDER THAT BUOYS SOME ALGAE
PNEUMATOCYST
WHAT IS A BROWN ALGA
MACROCYSTIS PORIFERA
WHAT IS A RED ALGA?
MICROLADIA
WHEN A UNICELLULAR ALGA DIVIDES IT NUCLEUS DIVIDES(WHAT PROCESS?0 AND THE TWO NUCLEI MOVE TO OPPOSITE PARTS OF THE CELL.
MITOSIS
WHAT DO YOU CALL TO THE PROCESS WHEN THE CELL THEN DIVIDES INTO TWO COMPLETE CELLS?
CYTOKINESIS
Algae are photoautotrophs and are therefore found throughout the ___ zone bodies of water.
PHOTIC (LIGHT)
IT IS A MACROSCOPIC: SOME REACH LENGTHS OF 50m AND THEY ARE USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF ALGIN AND VARIETY OF NON-FOOD GOODS: LAMINARIA JAPONICA
BROWN ALGA
WHAT DO YOU CALL TO THE THICKENER IN ICECREAM,CAKE DECORATIONS?
ALGIN
IT IS USED TO INDUCE VAGINAL DILATION BEFORE SURGICAL ENTRY INTO THE UTERUS THROUGH THE VAGINA
LAMINARIA JAPONICA
THEY HAVE DELICATELY BRANCED THALLI, THEY CAN LIVE AT GREATER OCEAN DEPTHS THAN OTHER ALGAE, IT IS A PIGMENTS IN ALGAE ABSORBS THE BLUE LIGHT THAT PENTRATES DEEPEST INTO THE OCEAN, AND IT USED TO EXTRACT AGAR AND CARRAGEENAN
RED ALGAE
IT IS USED IN MICROBIOLOGICAL MEDIA
AGAR
IT IS USED AS THICKENING INGREDIENT IN EVAPORATED MILK, ICECREAM AND PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS.
CARRAGEENAN