Quiz 2 Flashcards
autotrophic eukaryotes
red algae, green algae, charophytes and land
plants. They include unicellular, multicellular and colonial species
characteristics Supergroup Archaeplastida
are chloroplasts
surrounded by two membranes, mostly cellulose cell walls, and food stored as
starch
Alternation of Generations
members of a species exist in two body forms, one
sexual and one asexual. Alternation of generations is seen in some red and green algae
and all higher plants.
haploid gametophyte
sexual and produces male and female gametes
diploid sporophyte
undergoes meiosis to produce haploid spores that grow
into new gametophytes
red algae
mainly multicellular, lack flagella, and range in size from microscopic
unicellular protists to large multicellular aquatic organisms
chlorophyll
gives plants and algae their green color and helps them absorb energy from the sun
phycobilins
red or blue pigment in algae
Porphyra,
rhodophyta paper-thin, leafy flat thallus, known as nori or seaweed that we eat
Viridiplantae Superclade
Charophytes, Chlorophytes and Embryophytes
Derived shared characteristics of the Viridiplanta
chlorophyll a and b, carotenoids
* Starch contained within chloroplast
* Cell walls composed of cellulose
Chlorophyta Clade
unicellular, multicellular filamentous, and colonial green
algae
reproduce sexually and asexually, alternation of
generations.
isogamous
sexual reproduction where the gametes are of similar size
oogamous (heterogamous
type of sexual reproduction in which gametes are of different sizes
Stoneworts (Chara
CHAROPHYTE
freshwater algae slender stems whorled
branchlets
They are attached by rhizoids to
the substrate