The cell wall polysaccharides of some red algae are the source of:
1. a sugar substitute
2. a source of salt
3. glucose for the study of photosynthesis
4. agar for growing bacteria and other organisms
Oogamous sexual reproduction is seen in:
1. | Ulothrix | 2. | Spirogyra |
3. | Udorina | 4. | Fucus |
Which of the following is not true regarding algae?
1. Thallophytes that contain chlorophyll
2. Autotrophic
3. Body made of pseudo-parenchyma
4. Cellulosic cell wall
Sexual reproduction takes place through non flagellated gametes that are similar in size in:
1. | Ulothrix | 2. | Spirogyra |
3. | Volvox | 4. | Fucus |
Which of the following would not be true regarding importance of algae?
1. They increase level of dissolved oxygen in water
2. Many can be used as food source
3. They are the source of most antibiotics known to man
4. Products like hydrocolloids [algin] and agar are useful to man
Gracilaria and Gelidium, that are source of Agar, belong to:
1. | Chlorophyceae | 2. | Rhodophyceae |
3. | Phaeophyceae | 4. | Fungi |
Which one of the following statements is wrong?
1. | Laminaria and Sargassum are used as food. |
2. | Algae increase the level of dissolved oxygen in the immediate environment. |
3. | Algin is obtained from red algae, and carrageenan from brown algae. |
4. | Agar-agar is obtained from Gelidium and Gracilaria. |
Which of the following pairs is of unicellular algae?
1. | Gelidium and Gracilaria |
2. | Anabaena and Volvox |
3. | Chlorella and Spirulina |
4. | Laminaria and Sargassum |
Zygotic meiosis is characteristic of
1. | Marchantia | 2. | Fucus |
3. | Funaria | 4. | Chlamydomonas |
Porphyra, Sargassum and Laminaria are all:
I: | brown algae |
II: | marine edible algae |
1. Only I is correct
2. Only II is correct
3. Both I and II are correct
4. Both I and II are incorrect