Algae

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Algae: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Stored Food in Algae, Algae, Sexual Reproduction in Algae & Economic Importance of Algae etc.

Important Questions on Algae

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A research student collected certain alga and found that its cells contained both chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b as well as phycoerythrin. The alga belongs to

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Floridean starch is found in

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Ulothrix can be described as a

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Brown algae is characterised by the presence of

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Ulothrix filaments produce

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Match column-I with column-II and choose the correct option:

  Column-I   Column-II
A. Phaeophyceae I. Funaria, Sphagnum
B. Rhodophyceae II. Equisetum, Pteris
C. Pteridophytes III. Ectocarpus, Laminaria
D. Bryophytes IV. Polysiphonia, Gracilaria

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An alga very rich in protein is

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Agar is commercially obtained from

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The absence of chlorophyll, in the lowermost cell of Ulothrix, shows

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In Chlorophyceae, sexual reproduction occurs by

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In Ulothrix/Spirogyra, reduction division (meiosis) occurs at the time of:

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Mannitol is the stored food in:

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A plant in which sporophytic generation is represented by zygote:

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The common mode of sexual reproduction in Chlamydomonas is   

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The product of conjugation in Spirogyra or fertilization of Chlamydomonas is

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Sexual reproduction involving fusion of two cells in Chlamydomonas is 

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Study of Algae is called:

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Name the term used for the vegetative reproduction during which a small part of the parent body can form a new individual.

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Fragmentation is a type of asexual reproduction.

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Hormogonia are formed during the fragmentation in some algae?