Algae and Simple Plants Flashcards
What is the phylum name, environment, chlorophyll, starch & accessory pigments, reproduction, and examples of genus name for red algae?
-Phylum name- Rhodophyta
-Environment- Fresh Water
-Chlorophyll- a and d
-Starch Storage and Accessory Pigments- Carotenoids, Xanthophyll, and Phycobilins.
-Reproduction- Alternation of Generations.
-Examples- Porolithon, Fiamentus, and Chondrus
What is the phylum name, environment, chlorophyll, starch & accessory pigments, reproduction, and examples of genus name for green algae?
-Phylum name- Chlorophyta
-Environment- Fresh and salt water
-Chlorophyll- a and b
-Starch Storage and Accessory Pigments- Carotenoids and Xanthophyll.
-Reproduction- Alternation of Generations.
-Examples- Gonium, volvox, spirogyra, chlorella, and chlamydoimonas.
What is the phylum name, environment, chlorophyll, starch & accessory pigments, reproduction, and examples of genus name for green algae?
-Phylum name- Phaeophyta
-Environment- Salt water
-Chlorophyll- a and c
-Starch Storage and Accessory Pigments- Fucoxanthin
-Reproduction- Alternation of Generations.
-Examples- Fuchs, Laminaria, and Microsystis.
What is a gameotophyte?
-The haploid generation which produces gametes in the alternation of generation life cycle.
What is a sporophyte?
-The diploid generation of algae that produces spores in the alternation of generation life cycle.
What are the characteristics of chlamydomonas?
-Two flagella, egg shaped, contractile flagella, eyespot, nucleus, chloroplast (Pn), microscopic and unicellular, and grows in ponds, ditches, and wet soil.
What are characteristics of spirogyra?
-Pyrenoid which stores starch, chloroplast (ribbon), macroscopic, colonial, long thread-like filaments, may use asexual reproduction, and reproduction is by conjugation.
What are characteristics of chlorella?
-Microscopic and unicellular, food source for humans and other living organisms, and used as “space food” for astronauts.
What are characteristics of protococcus?
-Microscopic and unicellular, sex cells are identical (isogametes), and grows on tree trunks in moist forests.
What are some characteristics of ulva?
-Macroscopic and multicellular, very thin (2 cell layers), isogames (male and female sex cells look identical), produce zoospores, life cycle is alternation of generation.
What’s re characteristics of volvox?
-Covered in cilia for movement, individual cell, daughter colony, and connections between individual cell allow for communication.
What are characteristic of moss?
-Grow in damp, shady locations. Commonly found in wooded area and near streams.
-Mosses need water due to their small size, thinness of tissue, lack of waxy cuticle to hold water in, and for sperm to swim in during fertilization.
-Have a gametophyte life cycle.
-Sporophyte stage is short lived and is dependant on the gametophyte.
What are characteristic of ferns?
-Vascular plant, have true leaves, alternation of generation, and live in a wide variety of habitats including moist, shady, forests, crevices in rock faces, and acid wetlands.
What do xylem and phloem transport?
-Xylem- Non-living tube and carry water and mineral from the roots to the rest of the plant.
-Phloem- Living and transport sugar and other organic nutrients through the plant.
