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Which type of protist is most like a plant-?

Algae protists are the most similar to plants due to their ability to perform photosynthesis and produce their own food using sunlight, just like plants.


What type of algae are most closely related to green plants?

Green algae are considered the most closely related to green plants, as they share similar photosynthetic pigments and cell structure. The chlorophytes and charophytes groups of green algae are particularly close relatives to land plants.


Are green algae multicellular?

Green Algae is unicellular because it only grows on non-vascular plants which are plants with no tubes to carry nu trains and oxygen.


The cells of plants algae fungi and most bacteria get their shape from?

The cells of plants, algae, fungi, and most bacteria get their shape from the cell wall. It provides structural support and helps maintain the shape of the cell. In plants and algae, the cell wall is primarily composed of cellulose, while in fungi it is made of chitin.


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.

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What kind plants are most like algae?

mosses


Which type of protist is most like a plant-?

Algae protists are the most similar to plants due to their ability to perform photosynthesis and produce their own food using sunlight, just like plants.


What type of algae are most closely related to green plants?

Green algae are considered the most closely related to green plants, as they share similar photosynthetic pigments and cell structure. The chlorophytes and charophytes groups of green algae are particularly close relatives to land plants.


What might happen in a lake where plants and algae are growing?

Plants and algae can produce a slimy substance in a lake. Blue-green algae is the most dangerous type of algae for a lake to have because it can produce toxins.


How are algae different from other plants?

Algae lack true roots, stems, and leaves, which are typical features of most plants. They also do not reproduce through seeds, like flowering plants, but rather through spores or cell division. Additionally, algae can live in a wide range of habitats, including aquatic environments like oceans, lakes, and rivers.


How is a lichen different from most other plants?

Lichen is a mixture of algae / cyanobacteria and fungi. Lichens may look like plants but they do not reproduce with flowers. Lichens do not have roots like plants. They grow on plants as a substrate not as a parasite.


Are green algae multicellular?

Green Algae is unicellular because it only grows on non-vascular plants which are plants with no tubes to carry nu trains and oxygen.


What encloses the cells of plants algae fungis and most types of bacteria?

encloses the cells of plants, algae, fungi, and most bacteria


What are the 3 most important plants in coral reefs?

Seagrasses Kelp Marine Algae and Seaweed are the main plants in coral reefs


What ocean has the most fish?

the atlantic ocean


In the food chain what are most green plants?

probably most likely grass..............or algae because they give off most of the worlds oxygen....so grass or algae


The cells of plants algae fungi and most bacteria get their shape from?

The cells of plants, algae, fungi, and most bacteria get their shape from the cell wall. It provides structural support and helps maintain the shape of the cell. In plants and algae, the cell wall is primarily composed of cellulose, while in fungi it is made of chitin.