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algae are autotrophs. algae use photosynthesis to convert light energy into food.

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What is different about a plant and algae?

While algae is a plant, it differs from other plants by lacking a stem and a root


Does algae eat plants?

Algae IS a plant. It gets energy from the sun, not other plants.


What are producers in an aquarium?

algae and any other live plants are the producers.


How are algae and plants different?

They do not have roots, stems, or leaves.


What are other plants in the same kingdom as the algae?

Non-vascular plants


Why do algae have different photosynthetic pigments from plants?

To live


Is algae a type of moss?

Algae is not a type of mold. Algae is an organism that is far different in its function than mold.


What is the lower plants such as algae?

Algae are plants.


Are algae decomposers?

Algae and other plants make their own food from sunlight, so they are producers.


Why do algae and fungi have their own kingdoms?

Algae and fungi posses characteristics that make them unique among all the organisms. Algae are different from plants because they perform cell division in a very different way, their reproductive structures are completely nude, while in plants the reproductive structures are covered with a sterile layer of cells. Fungi lack photosynthetic machinery, which differences them from algae, plants and some bacteria. So, fungi and algae posses a wide range of characteristics that are enough to separate them from other kingdoms and have their own.


What animal eats plants algae and other producers?

herbivore


What is the main producer of tidal flats and salt marshes?

The autotrophs that are the main producers of tidal flats and salt marshes are algae. Algae can also be found in other environments as well.