Jan 06, 2016
PROTISTS OR PLANTS?
PROTISTS
PLANTS
Single cellular
SOME photosynthetic
ALGAE are photosyntheticALGAE are multicellularALGAE reproduce like plants ALGAE have cell walls
Phylum Chlorophyta – green algae
Phylum Chlorophyta – green algae
Phylum Chlorophyta – green algae
Phylum Chlorophyta – green algae
Phylum Chlorophyta – green algae
- These are the fresh water algae- They can be found in moist places- Their cell walls are made of cellulose- They have both chlorophyll a and b
Phylum Phaeophyta – GIANT KELP
Phylum Phaeophyta – GIANT KELP
Phylum Phaeophyta – GIANT KELP
Phylum Phaeophyta – GIANT KELP
Phylum Phaeophyta – GIANT KELP
Phylum Phaeophyta – brown algae
- Pronounced “fay-o-fite-a”- These are the faded algae- their only photosynthetic pigments are those that we see in brownish leaves in the fall
Phylum Rhodophyta – red algae
Their photosynthetic pigment isphycoerythrin – it’s bright
red They can live at great ocean depthsThey do not need much sunlight