Topic 13: Green Algae Flashcards
- In what type of environments can you find Green Algae?
Nearshore marine environments
Freshwater ponds
Rocky shorelines of eutrophic lakes and streams
Terrestrial surfaces (rocks, wood, mud)
Snow
Symbiotic (corals, lichens, anemones)
- Describe a Chlamydomonas cell.
This is a biflagellate unicell
Can respond to light stimuli
- Name one unique characteristic of Green Algae.
Starch inside chloroplast (in stroma)
- What body types are found in this group?
They can be:
Unicells
Colonies
Large bodied coecocytes
Filaments
Blades
- What are the different kinds of cell coverings present in Green Algae
Naked
Cellulose wall (Chlamydomonas has glycoprotein)
Scales
Some are calcified (Halimeda CaCO3)
- Are there intercellular connections in some Green Algae? What are they called
Yes there are they have plasmodesmata
This intercellular pores that allow for cytoplasmic streaming
- Using a labeled diagram, describe the zygotic life cyle of Chlamydomonas
- Using a labeled diagram, describe the sporic life cycle of Ulva.
- Can Green Algae be found in symbiotic relationships? Provide two examples
Yes they form symbiotic relationships with:
Lichens
Anemones
Sea slugs
- What are the differences between Chlorophytes and Streptophytes?
Chlorophytes can be found in marine, fresh or terrestrial but Streptophytes cannot be found in marine
Closed mitosis in Chlorophytes and open in Streptophytes
Streptophytes are more closely related to land plants
- Briefly provide characteristics of each one of the five major groups within green algae
Prasinophytes:
Earliest diverging
No unique characters
marine
Trebouxiophyceae:
FW and terrestrial
Large diversity
Oils and lipids for floatation
Lichens
Ulvophyceae:
Marine
Larges most conspicuous greens
Some calcified
Chlorophyceae:
FW and terrestrial
Explosive growth
Decay resistant hydrocarbon polymers
Streptophyte:
FW and terrestrial
Most closely related to land plants
Cell walls rich in distinctive cellulose
Many land plant characters