You’ve reached the end of your free Videos limit.
#3 | Algae
(Botany) > Plant Kingdom

My Notes

Create your notes while watching video by clicking on icon in video player.
Related Practice Questions :

The pyrenoids are made up of

1. Proteinaceous centre and starchy sheath
2. Core of protein surrounded by fatty sheath
3. Core of starch surrounded by sheath of protein
4. Core of nucleic acid surrounded by protein sheath 
 59%
Level 3: 35%-60%
Hints
Links

Match each term with its definition and choose your answer from the codes given:

I.

Isogamy

1.

The union of two gametes

II.

Syngamy

2.

Two gametes, one larger than the other

III. 

Heterogamy  

3.  

Two kinds of gametes, one motile and other non motile

IV.

Anisogamy

4.

Two kinds of morphologically distinct gametes

V.

Oogamy

5.

Both gametes morphologically indistinguishable

Codes:

 

I  

II

III

IV

V

1.  

1     

2     

3     

4     

5   

2.

4

1

2

3

3.

5

1

2

4

3

4.   

3

1

2

4

5

 

 72%
Level 2: 60%+
Hints

Identify the incorrectly matched pair:

 1.  Chlamydomonas:   Microscopic unicellular algae
2. Volvox: Colonial algae
3. Ulothrix: Filamentous algae
4. Fucus: Isogamous algae
 80%
Level 1: 80%+
Hints
Links

Identify the incorrect statement regarding algae:

1. At least a half of the total carbon dioxide fixation on earth is carried out by algae through photosynthesis.
2. Around 70 species of freshwater algae can be used as food.
3. Certain marine brown and red algae produce large amounts of hydrocolloids (water holding substances), e.g., algin (brown algae) and carrageen (red algae) which are used commercially.
4. Agar, obtained from Gelidium and Gracilaria are used to grow microbes and in preparations of ice-creams and jellies.
 75%
Level 2: 60%+
Hints
Links

Sexual reproduction by non-flagellated but similar in size gametes is seen in:

1. Chlamydomonas

2. Volvox

3. Spirogyra

4. Fucus

 78%
Level 2: 60%+
Hints
Links