What pigment makes Red Algae red?
phycobilins
What algae produce "Zygospores"? Hint: 3 Answers
Clamydomonas Spirogyra Cladophora
Which of the following diseases causes malaria?
Plasmodium
What are diatoms cell walls composed of?
silicon dioxide
What organism is sought by geologists to help locate oil strata within the earth?
Foraminifera
What organism is thought to have bit Charles Darwin and led to his demise?
Assassin bug
What protist is the most common killer of humans in history?
Plasmodium
What is the primary function of algal conceptacles?
store sex cells
What was the name 'algae' derived from?
sea weeds
What is considered the most primative protozoans?
flagellates
What transmits malaria to humans?
The anopholes mosquito
Does xanthophyll color brown algae brown?
no
What are the cell walls of algae primarily composed?
cellulose
Are dinoflagellates bio-luminesent?
yes
Cladophora spends half it's life as a diploid sporophyte and the other half as what?
a haploid gametophyte
Where do club mosses of the Phylum Lycophyta house their spores?
Strobili
How do liverworts reproduce sexually?
haploid sperm and eggs
Where is the location of the true fern archegonia?
under prothallus
What living organism produces spores on their strobili?
Equisetum
What is the species name for a "Marginal Wood Fern"
marginalis
What are land plants thought to evolve from?
Green freshwater algae
Do Bryophyte mosses have vascular tissue?
no
How would you describe the Salvinia fern?
Aquatic and heterosporus
What protects fern spores?
Indusium
Where do you find a true fern sori?
the ventral side of a prothallus
What is considered to be the second most numerous land plant on earth?
True Ferns
What plants are also known as scouring rushes?
horsetails
What grows from Gemmae?
liverworts
Where do Bryophyte mosses house their spores?
sporophyte capsule
What kingdom does Mnuim Antheridia belong to? Is it haploid or diploid?
Kingdom Plantae haploid
