My Notes
Identify the incorrectly matched pair:
1. Diatoms: Chief producers in oceans
2. Dinoflagellates: Red tides
3. Slime moulds: Spores dispersed by water
4. Euglenoids: Protein rich pellicle
Match each item in Column I with one in Column II and select your answer from the codes given below:
| Column I | Column II | ||
| A. | Diatoms | a. | Protein-rich layer of pellicle |
| B. | Dinoflagellates | b. | Cell wall embedded with silica |
| C. | Euglenoids | c. | Spores with true walls |
| D. | Slime moulds | d. | Cellulose plates in the cell wall |
Codes:
| A | B | C | D | |
| 1. | b | a | c | d |
| 2. | b | d | a | c |
| 3. | b | c | a | d |
| 4. | b | a | d | c |
Myxomycetes are
(1) saprobes or parasites, having mycelia, asexual reproduction by fragmentation, sexual reproduction by fusion of gametes
(2) slimy mass of multinucleate protoplasm, having pseudopodia-like structures for engulfing food, reproduction through fragmentation or zoospores
(3) prokaryotic organisms, cellular or acellular, saprobes or autotrophic, reproduce by binary fission
(4) eukaryotic, single-celled or filamentous, saprobes or autotrophic, asexual reproduction by fusion of two cells or their nuclei
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