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What organelles are only found in plants

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Vacuoles, plastids, cell wall

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What organelles are found only in animal cells?

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Lysosomes and centrioles

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What is the function of lysosomes?

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Break down worn out organelles

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What is the function of centrioles?

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Form spindle during mitosis

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What is the function if vacuoles?

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Hold water for photosynthesis; create turgor pressure

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What is the function if plastids?

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Calibrating photosynthetic pigments

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What is the function of the cell wall?

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Maintain shape and adds protection to cell

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What is green algae’s scientific name?

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Chlorophyta

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What is brown algae’s scientific name?

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Phaeophyta

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What is red algae’s scientific name?

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Theosophy ya

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What is blue green algae’s scientific name?

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Cyanophyta

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What is golden brown algae’s scientific name?

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Chrysophyta

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What are the 3 major kingdoms represented by algae and marine plants?

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Monera(blue green algae)
Protista(green, red, golden brown)
Plantae(sea grass, salt marsh, mangroves)

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The thallus is called a sporophyte which produces spores that are diploid and have the same number of chromosomes as parent cell

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Asexual

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The thallus is called a gametophyte which produces gametes, which are sperm and egg which are haploid

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Sexual

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What are the 3 major challenges faced by algae/ seaweed that grow near shore waters?

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Dessication(drying out)
Grazing (being eaten)
Attachment to substrate( to withstand waves)

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What 2 major adaptations have seaweed/ macro algae made to survive along rocky shorelines?

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Holdfast & air bladder

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What is a fibrous filament that attaches kelp plants to Seabeds?

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Holdfast

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What helps float up stipe and blade if kelp to surface waters?

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Air bladder

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What are the 5 major uses of algae by humans?

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Used to prepare foods
Used in medicine
Used in manufacturing goods such as paint
Used in making paper products
Used in bacterial growth studies
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What 4 areas are necessary for the formation of salt marshes

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Distinctive tidal fluctuation
Low impact wave areas
Estuary areas
Salinity kept within tolerance level

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List the reasons salt marshes are important to animals found in estuaries?

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They provide nursery areas, food, and shelter

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What are the 3 types of mangroves?

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Rhizophoria mangle-water edge
Avicennia Germinas-mid range
Languncularia Racemosa- upper

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Mangroves are what kind of plants

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Emergent

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What are the 3 major reasons got the decline in sea grass?

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Dredge and fill operations
Degraded water quality
Runoff of pollutants and sediments

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What are the 5 ways mangroves aid in health of coastal life?

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Protect nurseries
Provide food
Provide shelter
Provide nesting sites
Provide attachment surfaces
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What 3 benefits do mangroves provide to humans?

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Protect uplands from storm winds/waves
Prevent erosion
Filter water to improve clarity

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What are the 3 reasons for the loss of Floridas mangroves?

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Commercial development
Waterfront development
Drainage of marshes