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Lecture 11 - Algae Flashcards

1
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Cyanobacteria is a ____________ bacteria

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Photosynthetic

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2
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What is Cyanobacteria important for in the environment?

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Global carbon and nitrogen cycles

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3
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What is responsible for Cyanobacterias colour?

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Chlorophyll a, carotenoids, and phycobilins

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Cyanobacteria: what are phycobilins?

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Accessory pigments

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5
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Where does photosynthesis occur in Cyanobacteria?

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In chlorophyll-containing membranes

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6
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What does Cyanobacteria not have?

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No Chloroplasts

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7
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Cyanobacteria: what type of envelope do many produce?

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Mucilaginous envelope

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8
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Cyanobacteria: what does the mucilaginous envelope do?

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Binds groups of cells together

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9
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Cyanobacteria: describe the filaments they form

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Often form filaments, may grow in large masses

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10
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Cyanobacteria: __________cellular

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Unicellular

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11
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How do Cyanobacteria reproduce?

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Asexually

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12
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Cyanobacteria: filamentous Cyanobacteria break into fragments called?

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Hormogonia

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13
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What environments do Cyanobacteria live in?

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Wide range of environments

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14
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Cyanobacteria: what regulates buoyancy?

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Gas vesicles

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15
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Cyanobacteria: buoyancy regulating gas vesicles sometimes form masses called?

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Blooms

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16
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Cyanobacteria: where do they fix nitrogen?

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Within heterocysts

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17
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Cyanobacteria: what are heterocysts?

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Specialized enlarged cells that have thickened cell walls

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18
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Cyanobacteria: how is nitrogen in heterocysts transported?

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Have connections to other cells for nitrogen fixation products to be transported

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19
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Green algae: phylum?

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Phylum chlorophyta

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20
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Green algae: domain?

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Domain Eukarya

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21
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Green algae: kingdom?

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Kingdom protista

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22
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Green algae: are they photosynthetic?

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Yes

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23
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Green algae: what colours them? Do they have chloroplasts

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Chlorophylls a and b, carotenoids

Yes, chloroplasts present

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24
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Green algae: what is stored as carbohydrate food reserve?

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Starch

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25
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Green algae: unicellular or filamentous?

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Can be either

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26
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Green algae: do they have flagella?

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May have flagella

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27
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Green algae: what is their habitat?

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Freshwater or marine

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28
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Green algae: plays an ecological role in water habitats similar to the role of?

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Plants in land habitats

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29
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Green algae: where are other odd places they can grow?

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Snow, tree trunks, in symbiotic associations with lichens, in soil, in desert microbiotic crusts

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30
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3 characteristics green algae share with plants:

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  1. Contain chlorophylls a and b
  2. Store starch as food reserve inside plastids
  3. Some green algae have firm cell walls with cellulose, hemicenulose and pectin, like plants
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31
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Class chlorophyceae are mainly _________ species

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Freshwater

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32
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Class chlorophyceae: flagelation species type?

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Both flagellated and non-flagellated species

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33
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Class chlorophyceae: are __________ cellular

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Unicellular, filamentous, colonial

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34
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Class chlorophyceae: what is order volvocales evolutionary sequence?

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Simple to complex

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35
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Order volvocales - chlamydomonas: 3 terms which describe the evolutionary stage

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Motile, unicellular, 2 flagella

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36
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Order volvocales -
chlamydomonas is a model system for molecular studies of?

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Genes regulating photosynthesis

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37
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Order volvocales -
chlamydomonas: do they have chloroplasts?

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Single chloroplast

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38
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Order volvocales -
chlamydomonas: what is inside the chloroplast for starch storage?

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Pyrenoid

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39
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Order volvocales -
chlamydomonas: what is missing in its cell wall?

40
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Order volvocales -
chlamydomonas: what structure collects excess water and discharge it from the call?

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Contractile vacuoles

41
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Order volvocales -
chlamydomonas: how does it reproduce?

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Sexually and asexually

42
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Order volvocales - colonial: describe the cell

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Simple to complex, motile

43
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Order volvocales - colonial: describe gonium (simplest)

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4 or 16 cells surrounded by gelatinous envelope

44
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Order volvocales - colonial: gonium shape is?

45
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Order volvocales - colonial: describe Pandorina (intermediate)

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8-16 cells surrounded by gelatinous envelope

46
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Order volvocales - colonial: what is pandorinas shape?

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Solid ball

47
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Order volvocales - colonial: describe Eudorina (advanced)

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16-64 cells surrounded by gelatinous envelope

48
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Order volvocales - colonial: describe Eudorinas shape

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Hollow ball

49
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Order volvocales - colonial - volvox: this is the most complex. How many cells are there?

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Can be 500-60,000 cells

50
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Order volvocales - colonial - volvox: describe cell type and shape

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Motile hollow sphere

51
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Order volvocales - colonial - volvox: has mostly vegetative cells for? And few specialized cells for?

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Photosynthesis, reproductive

52
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Order volvocales - colonial - volvox: what cells can form juvenile spheres? How?

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Reproductive cells, by mitosis

53
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Order volvocales - colonial - volvox: when mature, juveniles release an enzyme that does what?

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Dissolves the gelatinous matrix of the parent

54
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Order volvocales - colonial - volvox: how else can they reproduce?

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Sexual reproduction - oogamous

55
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Oedogonium is a member of which class?

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Class chlorophyceae

56
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Describe Oedogonium cell

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Unbranched, filamentous

57
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How are Oedogonium attached to underwater substrates?

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By a holdfast

58
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Oedogonium massive growths can form what?

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Floating blooms in lakes

59
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Which class are the closest living green algae relatives of the first plants?

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Class charophyceae

60
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Class charophyceae similarities to first plants (5)

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  1. Contain chlorophyll a and b
  2. Store starch in plastids
  3. Flagella structure in sperm
  4. Characteristics of cell division
  5. Presence of flavonoids
61
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Spirogyra is a member of which class?

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Class charophyceae

62
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Describe Spirogyra cell

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Unbranched, filamentous

63
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What masses do Spirogyra form in freshwater?

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Slimy floating masses

64
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What is the arrangement of chloroplasts in Spirogyra?

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Helical arrangement

65
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Spirogyra: how many pyrenoids?

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Numerous pyrenoids

66
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How do Spirogyra reproduce?

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Asexually and sexually

67
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How does Spirogyra reproduce asexually?

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By fragmentation

68
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How does Spirogyra reproduce sexually?

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By conjugation

69
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Spirogyra - sexual reproduction: zygote is surrounded by?

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Thick walls containing sporopollenin - zygospore

70
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How many species does order coleochaetales have?

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20 species

71
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Describe order coleochaetales cell type and growth?

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Branched filamentous and discoid growth

72
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Coleochaete and some hornworts have similar what?

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Chloroplasts and pyrenoids

73
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How does order coleochaetales reproduce?

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Asexually and sexually (oogamy)

74
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How many species does order Charales have?

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81 - 400 living species

75
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What habitat is order Charales mostly found in?

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Mostly freshwater

76
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What type of growth does order Charales exhibit?

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Apical growth

77
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How is the thallus differentiated in order Charales?

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Into nodal and internodal regions

78
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What does order Charales tissue organization resemble?

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Parenchyma

79
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order Charales has a pattern of ______________ connections that resembles plants

A

Plasmodesmatal

80
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order Charales has how many chloroplasts per cell?

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Numerous chloroplasts

81
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order Charales whorls of branches arise from _________?

82
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What is order Charales sexual reproduction?

83
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order Charales - what does oogamous mean?

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One gamete (egg) is larger and non-motile

84
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order Charales eggs are retained and encased in what?

85
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order Charales sperm are _______ and resemble what?

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Flagellated, bryophytes

86
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Where are order Charales sperm produced?

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In multicellular antheridia

87
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What does order Charales have in the tough walls surrounding zygotes?

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Sporopollenin

88
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Name some possible applications of algae in biotechnology

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Biofuels, food, animal feed, fertilizer, nutritional supplements, vaccines, cosmetics

89
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Why should we use algae?

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Replicate rapidly, produce biomass, oils, proteins, alcohols, starches, can grow in open or closed systems, many species can be genetically engineered, growth is scalable, renewable resource, can grow on non-arable land, recycle atmospheric carbon

90
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What are the challenges of algae use in biotechnology?

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Needs to be manipulated to increase productivity, scale-up, cost, open systems are sensitive to the environment, regulations

91
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Algae can be a replacement for what fuel?

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Fossil fuels

92
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What does algae provide for biofuels?

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Provides Renewable raw material

93
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What dues algae cultivation require or not require?

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Does not require agricultural land

94
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Algae biomass production can be how many times greater than land bused agriculture?

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5-10 times greater

95
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Name 3 ways to produce biofuels from algae

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  1. Fermentation of biomass
  2. Industrial growth for oil extraction
  3. Biomass burned as a fuel source
96
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What is algal turf scrubbers?

A

System for mass producing algae

97
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Explain the algal turf scrubbers process

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Algal grows in shallow basin with wastewater, algae produces oxygen b removes nutrients from wastewater, algae harvested

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