Algae Vocabulary Flashcards
Agar
A gelatinous substance obtained from various kinda of red seaweed.
Algae
A simple non flowering plant of a large group that includes many single celled forms.
Aquatic
Growing or living in/near water.
Endosymbiont Hypothesis
Mitochondria and plastids represent formerly free-living bacteria that were taken inside another cell as an endosymbiont.
Alternation of Generation
The alteration of 2 or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal.
Bloom
Rapid increase/accumulation in the population of algae.
Bioluminescent
Living organisms emitting light.
Diatom
A single-celled algae that has a cell wall of silica.
Dinoflagellate
A single celled organism with 2 flagellum, occurring in large numbers
Kelp
A large brown seaweed that usually has a long, tough stalk
Red tide
A discoloration of seawater caused by a bloom of toxic red dinoflagellates.
Stigma
“Eyespot” of algae - sensitive to light.
Producer
An organism that can produce it’s own food using natural resources.
Phytoplankton
Plankton consisting of microscopic plants.
Marine
Of, found in, or produced by the sea.
Diatomite (diatomaceous earth)
A fine-grained sedimentary rock formed from consolidated diatomaceous earth.
Fucus
A seaweed of a large genus of brown algae having flat leathery fronds.
Sargassum
A brown seaweed with berry like air blatters.
Filament
A slender thread-like object or fiber.
Slime Mold
A simple organism that consists of an acellular mass of creeping jellylike protoplasm containing nuclei.
Zoospore
A spore of certain algae, fungi, and protozoans capable of swimming with flagellum.
Isogamete
Either of a pair of conjugating gametes of the same size and structure
Heterogamete
Pair of gametes with different structure and behavior
Syngamy
The fusion of 2 cells, or their nuclei, in reproduction
Silicon dioxide
A hard, colorless compound
Air bladder
Air filled bladder or sac found in certain animals or plants
Thallus
A plant body that isn’t differentiated into stem and leaves, and lacks true roots and vascular system
Stipe
A stalk or stem of seaweed or fungus
Blade
Expanded part of a leaf or seaweed
Holdfast
A firm grip-seaweed is attached to it’s support
Blue-green algae
Group of predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms
Euglena
A green, single celled, freshwater organism with a flagellum
Spirogyra
A filamentous freshwater green algae containing spiral bands of chloroplasts
Chlamydomonas
Single celled green algae that lives in water and moist soil
Volvox
A green, single celled aquatic organism
