Oc Chapter 5

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Macroscopic algae do not have?

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true stems , roots, or leaves

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Macroscopic algae are found in what phylum

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Protista

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Where are plants found in great abundance

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where land and sea meet

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Marine plants are classified by ____________and are i kingdom ______

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having true stem, leaves and roots.....Plantae

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drbris is composed of

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jetsam and flotsam

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these are multicellular algae that live in the sunlight waters of the ocean

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sea weeds

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found in tooth paste and ice cream

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products from sea weed

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organisms made up of mare than 1 cell

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multicellular

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strand line is composed of

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seaweed and debris

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Why is sea lettuce --ulva-- bright green?

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chloroplasts in cells

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Sugar glucose is manufactured in

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chloroplasts--food factories

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Explain what happens when an algae dies?

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it decompses--nutrients are released into water--microscopic animal like organisms feed upon--these are filtered from the water

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What are algae classifed by?

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color of pigments in cells

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Name the 3 main groups of algae

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green--brown--red

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The leafy part of the seaweed is called

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thallus

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What is the reproductive cell that contains the organisms haploid number of choromosomes called in a ulva

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spore

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What are the reproductive cells that contain the haploid number of chromosomes for sexual reproduction called

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gametes

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2 gamestes fuse to form a

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zygote--which is a fertilized egg

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Explain reproductive cycle of a ulva

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pg 120

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What is alternation of generations?

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The type of reproductive cycle where 1 generation follows anothee--sporophyta then gametophyta--sexual --asexual

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Green algae are found in what phylum

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Chlorophyta

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What algae are most closely related to plants

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chlorophyta

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Green algae are nonvascular plants which means?

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they do not have special water conducting cells

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How does water pass into a green algae if they are nonvascular

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directly from their surroundings

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The largest 1 celled organism in the world

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Caulerpa

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What makes Caulerpa a nuisance?

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grows 1cm a day and is invading eel grass beds in calif..in florida is covering reefs

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brown algae are in what phylum

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Phaeophyta

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what 2 pigments mix to give brown algae its color

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chlorophyll and xanthophyll
green yellow

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Another name for fucus

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rock weed

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A fibrous pad of tissue used to anchor fucus to rocks

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holdfast

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What do air bladders do for the fucus

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help stay a float so can photosynthesize

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At low tide on a rocky coast the thick mats on the rocks are

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fucus--rockweed

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Largest seaweed in the ocean are

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brown algae known as kelp

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What is the cehmical found in kelp used in industries

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algin

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Where does the brown sea weed sargassum orginate

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Sargasso sea in atlantic

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an area found in the atlantic supports a rich community of organisms

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sargasso sea

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Most abundant algae
Most commercially valulable

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red--rhodophyta

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What 2 pigments are found in red algae

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phycoerythrin--red
phycocyanin--blue
chlorophyll but masked by red

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algaes found in deep water

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red

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Porphya is also called

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nori

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Tasty sea weed cultivated in Japan

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nori

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carrageenan is found in

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irish moss

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What is the binding agent in ice cream and toothpaste called

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carrageenan

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This is used for medicinal products and as a medium to grow bacteria

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agar

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Why are there very few plants in the lower beach area.

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hi tides, heavy surf makeit difficult for plants to take root
salty conditions and misty air

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What holds dunes in place

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roots of beach plants

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Where does the golden rod store its water

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stem

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Why do trees not grow taller than the dunes

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winds have a dryng effect taking off top growth

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What phylum are beach plants found in

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tracheophyta--vascular plants

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another name for cord grass is

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Spartina

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Why is cord grass important to the marsh areas

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breaks down industrial polluants releasing the chemicals as harmless gases

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What allows cord grass to survive in salt water

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special glands in the leaves--secrete salt

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What is another name for glasswort

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pickle weed

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What area is the most biologically productive ecosystem

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saalt marshes

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Name 2 types of sea grass

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eel grass and turtle grass

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Underwater stems found in Thalassia(turtle grass)

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rhizomes

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A tree that grows in Florida bays and inlets

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mangrove

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What are the 3 types of mangroves

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red
black
white

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What do prop roots do?

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anchor tree to muddy sand--
trap organic debris --provide nutrients --provide hiding places for animals

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What is unusal about the prop root

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roots are covered at high tide but tems and leaves remain above water

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Largest seaweed in the ocean is the brown algae

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kelp