Question

Give the general characters of algae with two examples.

Answer 1

1) algae are chlorophyll containing ,simple,thalloid and autotrophic organisms. 2)algae are largely aquatic,either marine or freshwater. 3)algae are of variable size and forms- unicellular-in chlamydomonas colonial-volvox filamentous-spirogyra 4)vascular tissues are absent 5)sexual reproduction can be- isogamous anisogamous oogamous 6)asexual rep. By zoospores(commonly) 7)vegetative reproduction by fragmentation eg. of algae- volvox,ulothrix,fucus,polysiphonia,etc.