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Botany Exam #1
Question | Answer |
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All green plants photosynthesize using | Chlorophyll a & b |
_________ is an important product and source of essential vitamins in Japan. It comes from Porphyra, which is part of the Red algae. | Nori |
_________________ are the most closely related group of algae to the land plants and some retain a developing zygote on the gametophyte body | Charophytes |
__________________ are found primarily in fresh water, can be unicellular or filamentous; they are also known to be found in extreme environments like snow and desert sand. | Green algae |
Chlorophyll a, carotenoids & ____________ are found in Red Algae (Rhodophyta) allowing them to absorb light for photosynthesis deep in the ocean? | Phycobilin |
________________are able to photosynthesize because of a secondary endosymbiosis event that involved a Eukaryotic cell engulfing a red algae. | Green algae (chlorophyta) |
Diatoms are one of the most abundant and useful algae on earth. What is true about this group? | They produce about 25% of Earth's CO2 fixation |