Algae
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
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





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 |



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


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


A plant in which sporophytic generation is represented by zygote:

The common mode of sexual reproduction in Chlamydomonas is

The product of conjugation in Spirogyra or fertilization of Chlamydomonas is

Sexual reproduction involving fusion of two cells in Chlamydomonas is


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


Hormogonia are formed during the fragmentation in some algae?
