Test 3

Question 0

Aquatic

Answer 0

Environment that consists of water

Question 1

Agar

Answer 1

Gelatinous substance obtained from algae or what’s inside the Petri dishes

Question 2

Endosymbiont hypothesis

Answer 2

Theory proposed by Lynn Nargalis that states that the first eukaryotic cell was formed from a symbiosis among several prokaryotes

Question 3

Alternation of generation

Answer 3

The switching back and forth between the production of diploid and haploid cells

Question 4

Bloom

Answer 4

Enormous growth of algae, Protists and other organisms

Question 5

Bioluminescent

Answer 5

The production and emission of light by a living organism

Question 6

Diatom

Answer 6

Photosynthetic cell that produces cell walls rich in silicon

Question 7

Kelp

Answer 7

Large seaweed belonging to brown algae

Question 8

Dinoflagellate

Answer 8

Photosynthetic Protists that cause red tide

Question 9

Red tide

Answer 9

Common name for a phenomenon know as agal bloom (fire algae)

Question 10

Stigma

Answer 10

The eye spot of a euglena

Question 11

Producer

Answer 11

Organism that synthesizes energy-rich organic compounds

Question 12

Phytoplankton

Answer 12

Any small photosynthetic organism found in great numbers near the surface of the ocean

Question 13

Marine

Answer 13

Ocean habitat

Question 14

Diatomite(diatomaceous earth)

Answer 14

Siliceous sedimentary rock

Question 15

Fucus

Answer 15

Genus of brown algae found in rocky seashores

Question 16

Sargassum

Answer 16

A genus of brown algae found in oceans

Question 17

Filament

Answer 17

A threadlike colony formed by many green algae

Question 18

Slime mold

Answer 18

Protist that is amoeba like at one stage of its life and at other stages produces mold like masses that give rise to spores

Question 19

Zoospore

Answer 19

Haploid cell involved in asexual reproduction in algae

Question 20

Isogamete

Answer 20

Condition in which the gametes of a species appear identical

Question 21

Heterogamete

Answer 21

Production of two kinds of gametes within the same species

Question 22

Syngamy

Answer 22

The fusing of algal gametes

Question 23

Silicon dioxide

Answer 23

Chemical compound commonly found as quarts- S1O2- makes diatoms

Question 24

Air bladder

Answer 24

An air-filled bladder or sac found in certain plants and animals

Question 25

Thallus

Answer 25

Green twigs or vegetive tissue

Question 26

Stipe

Answer 26

A stalk or stemp

Question 27

Blade

Answer 27

The expanded part of a leaf or pedal

Question 28

Holdfast

Answer 28

Specialized cell that attaches on algal filament to the bottom of a lake or pond

Question 29

Blue-green algae

Answer 29

A phylum of bacteria like algae that obtain their energy from photosynthesis

Question 30

Spirogyra

Answer 30

Algae having chloroplasts in spirally twisted bonds

Question 31

Chlamydomonas

Answer 31

Genus of green alga consisting of unicellular flagellates

Question 32

Volvox

Answer 32

Forms spherical cronies of up to 50000 cells