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algae
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direct food source to various aquatic organisms, provide oxygen for the earth
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Plankton
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tiny microorganisms found in all bodies of water
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two plankton types
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zoo plankton: tiny floating animals or protozoans
phytoplankton: tiny floating photosynthetic organisms, predominately algae |
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3 uses for algae
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thickening icecream
wrapping sushi food to humans |
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aquaculture
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farming of ponds, lakes and seas
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thallus
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basic unit of algae
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holdfasts
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alga that are not free floating form
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sessile
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algae that grow attached to something
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zoospores
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newly formed, flagellated daughters that are inside the mother cell
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zygospore
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when the diploid zygote forms a thick protective covering and goes into a resting state
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isogametes
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specialized gamete cells that aren't obviously different
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heterogametes
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gametes that differ in size, structure, or both
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oogonium
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specialized gametangia that produce momnotile ovum (eggs)
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antheridium
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producesperm
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fragmentation
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when a colony of algae is separated by a natural disturbance
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euglenoid movement
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propulsion using wormlike contractions
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phylum chloropyta
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green algae that are mostly freshwater dwelling
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phylum chrysophyta
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golden algae, all photosynthetic and mostly freshwater dwelling
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phylum bacillariophyta
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the diatoms, found abundantly inalmost all environments
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phylum phaeophyta
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the brown algae, multicellular and all marine dwellers
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phylum rodophyta
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red algae, all multicellular and marine
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phylum dinoflagellata
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the dinoflagellates, unicellular and hae a flagella
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bloom condition
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when all factors of growth and reproduction are near optimum for an organism
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water mold
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a branching, filamentous growthof mold cells
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sporangia
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flagellated zoospores that swim away to search for food
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blight
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a disease that causes rapid destruction of leave and stems, causing death
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slime mold
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live in cool, moist environments. abundant in organic materials
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phylum acrasiomycota
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live as amoeba like organisms that crawl around as they eat
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phylum myxomycata
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or plasmodid slime molds: this formation moves alongthe gournd as it eats
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