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Bio II Ch. 27 TSG
Sept 23
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| algae | autotrophic protists |
| alternation of generations | a sexual life cycle in plants and algae involving two or more phases |
| colonial algae | algae that have a structure that consists of groups of cells behaving in a coordinated manner |
| gametophyte | in plants and algae, a multicellular structure that produces gametes |
| holdfast | the part of an algal thallus that anchors it to a substrate |
| oogonium | a unicellular gametangium that produces eggs |
| phytoplankton | a photosynthetic, aquatic microorangism |
| sporangium | a spore bearing sac in plants, algae and fungi |
| sporophyte | one of the diploid generation of land plants that produces spores |
| thallus | the body of an alga |
| bioluminescence | the production of light by means of a chemical reaction in an organism |
| blade | the broad, flat portion of a typical leaf |
| diatom | an abundant coponent of phytoplankton; member of phylum Bacillariophyta |
| red tide | discoloration of sections of the ocean caused by a population explosion of certain dinoflagellates; contains a poisonous alkaloid produced by the dinoflagellates |
| blight | a disease of plants charaterized by quickly developing decay and discoloring of leaves, stems, and flowers |
| stipe | in some algae, the stemlike region of a thallus |
| multinucleate | multiple nuclei |
| plasmodium | the multinucleate cytoplams of a slime mold surrounded by a membrane that moves as a mass |
| four different types of alga | 1. Unicellular 2. Filamentous 3. Multicellular 4. Colonial |
| 7 different phyla of algae | 1. Green Algae 2. Red Algae 3. Dinoflagellates 4. Euglenoids 5. Brown Algae 6. Diatoms 7. Golden Algae |
| two different types of fungus like protists | 1. Slime Mold 2. Water Mold |
| different between reproduction in unicellular and multicellular algae | Unicellular- sexually and asexually Multicellular- sexually |