Identify the incorrect statement regarding algae:
1. | Algae contain chlorophyll |
2. | Algae are autotrophic |
3. | Body of an alga is composed of pseudoparenchyma and hyphae |
4. | Cell wall of an alga is composed of true cellulose. |
1. | Both zoospores and gametes in brown algae are motile and have equal sized flagella. |
2. | Zoospores are non-motile while gametes are motile, both lacking flagella. |
3. | Zoospores are motile with two flagella, while gametes are non-motile. |
4. | Zoospores and gametes are both motile and similar in the number of flagella. |
I: | Ectocarpus is profusely branched and may reach a height of 100 meters. |
II: | Kelps are simple branched filamentous brown algae. |
1. | Chlorophyll a and Chlorophyll c are dominant photosynthetic pigments |
2. | Pyriform gametes |
3. | Floridean starch is the stored food |
4. | 2 unequal and lateral flagellar insertions |
1. | are found primarily in fresh water habitats. |
2. | possess chlorophyll a, c, carotenoids and xanthophylls. |
3. | store food as glycogen. |
4. | do not reproduce asexually. |
I: | They possess chlorophyll a, c, carotenoids and xanthophylls. |
II: | Food is stored as complex carbohydrates, which may be in the form of laminarin or mannitol. |
1. | Rhodophyceae | 2. | Chlorophyceae |
3. | Phaeophyceae | 4. | Ferns |
1. | Frond | 2. | Stipe |
3. | Holdfast | 4. | Rhizoid |
1. | Asexual reproduction in brown algae |
2. | Asexual reproduction in red algae |
3. | Sexual reproduction in brown algae |
4. | Sexual reproduction in red algae |