Clade Archeaplastida

Question 1

Clade *Archeaplastida

Answer 1

Archea= old
result of primary endosymbiosis
2 pigments: red & green
closest relatives of land plants

Question 2

Red algae

Answer 2

“Rhodophyta”
marine group of seaweeds live in the deeper and typically warmer waters
multicellular
chl a, d, and accessory pigments called phycobilins
phycoerythrin
include edible speciessuch as nori
source of agar

Question 3

phycobilins

Answer 3

absorb wavelengths of light that penetrate the deepest in the sea (blue end of the spectrum)

Question 4

Green algae

Answer 4

"Chlorophyta"
majority live in fresh water 
unicellular, colonial, macroscopic forms
chl a and b
cell walls: cellulose and all store starch
ancestors of plants

Question 5

ex: desmids

Answer 5

fr green algae

• non-flagellated
• variety of bi-loved shapes
• resemble snowflakes and others are more elongated

Question 6

ex: spirogyra

Answer 6

filamentous green algae
spiral chloroplasts
filaments lie adjacent
conjugation tubes
forming diploid zygote

Question 7

ex: chara

Answer 7

multicellular branched green algae
resembles a true plant
growing in muddy/sandy bottoms of lakes/ponds