What kingdom do algae belong to?
Kingdom Protista
What are multicellular algae known as?
Seaweed
How many phyla of algae are there?
Six
What are the three unicellular algae?
What are the 3 multicellular algae?
Describe the characteristics of brown algae
What are the structures of brown algae and what do they do?
What is a “hold fast”?
What is a “stipe”?
What is a “blade”?
Describe characteristics of Red algae
What was the first multicellular organism on Earth and how long ago did it appear?
Red Algae; 1.2 to 1.5 billion years ago
What length can red algae grow up to?
1 m
Where are red algae most abundant?
Warm coastal waters of tropical oceans
What are some uses for red algae?
Wrap sushi; make dairy products like ice cream
Name some properties of green algae
Which of the algae are the most related to plants and why?
Green algae; reasons:
What are considered to be the closest evolutionary relatives to plants?
Green algae
Define plant
A multicellular photosynthetic Eukaryote with cellulose-based cell walls
What evidence suggests that green algae are the closest relative to land plants?
When did the shift to land occur?
460 million years ago
What are some of the adaptations that occurred when the shift to land happened?
Did all of the adaptions to land occur at once?
No; happened over long time period
Before the adaptions occurred what did plants do?
Plants were small and lived in moist places; relied on osmosis and diffusion to obtain nutrients and water