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What are two characteristics of green algae are also common in plants?
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∙ 14y ago
Chlorophytes are actually within the plant kingdom, specifically Viridiplantae. Like all members of the plant kingdom, chlorophytes have cell walls with cellulose and gain nourishment through photosynthesis.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 14y agoGreen algae have cell walls made of cellulose and store food in the form of starch.
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∙ 10y agoCaulerpa is a type of green algae or seaweed. Characteristics that are both common to green algae and caulerpa that are also found in plants include the presence of leaves and a stem.
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What type of algae are most closely related to green plants?
Green algae due to the presence of chlorophyll a and b, as well as the presence of a 'whip-like' flagella; 'higher plants' and green algae share these characteristics.
How do do scientists study evolution of plants?
Plants and green algae have the same types of chlorophyll and carotenoids in their cells so scientists think plants and green algae have a common ancestor.
Green algae often differ from land plants in that some green algae?
Some green algae are unicellular
Why do biologists classify red and green algae with land plants?
Red and green algae are photosynthetic and are thus autotrophs. Otherwise, they are aquatic and (in the case of green algae) can be unicellular. But these are similarities that are not sufficient to define algae as true plants. All plants in the Kingdom Plantae are multicellular and terrestrial (ancestrally terrestrial in the case of waterlilies). Green algae are important in the study of plants as they show the base of the plant kingdom, hinting at what a common ancestor to the whole kingdom may have looked like. In particular, the charophytes are probably close to the common ancestor of all land plants. Thus, in the study of land plants, green algae can be considered the most recently diverged outgroup. And, earlier still, red algae diverged.
Which trait is not common to all green algae and land plants?
Contain vascular tissue
What are two characteristics shared plants and green algae?
chloroplasts and cell walls
What type of algae are most closely related to green plants?
Green algae due to the presence of chlorophyll a and b, as well as the presence of a 'whip-like' flagella; 'higher plants' and green algae share these characteristics.
How do do scientists study evolution of plants?
Plants and green algae have the same types of chlorophyll and carotenoids in their cells so scientists think plants and green algae have a common ancestor.
Green algae often differ from land plants in that some green algae?
Some green algae are unicellular
Why do scientist think green algae and plants have a common ancestor?
They share chlorophyll.
What are the characteristics of green algae?
Green in color
Why do biologists classify red and green algae with land plants?
Red and green algae are photosynthetic and are thus autotrophs. Otherwise, they are aquatic and (in the case of green algae) can be unicellular. But these are similarities that are not sufficient to define algae as true plants. All plants in the Kingdom Plantae are multicellular and terrestrial (ancestrally terrestrial in the case of waterlilies). Green algae are important in the study of plants as they show the base of the plant kingdom, hinting at what a common ancestor to the whole kingdom may have looked like. In particular, the charophytes are probably close to the common ancestor of all land plants. Thus, in the study of land plants, green algae can be considered the most recently diverged outgroup. And, earlier still, red algae diverged.
What is the sequence that represents the correct order of development of chloroplasts of modern plants from their primitive ancestors?
Cyanobacteria > Red Algae > Green Algae > Land Plants
Are green algae plants?
Yes they are non-green plantsAdditional answerHey, no. There are plenty of green algae!
What characteristics do green algae share with plants?
They share their photosynthetic pigments and their cell wall composition.
Are algae non-green plants?
Yes they are non-green plantsAdditional answerHey, no. There are plenty of green algae!
Which trait is not common to all green algae and land plants?
Contain vascular tissue
