Which of the following pairs is of unicellular
algae?
Explanation:
Chlorella and Spirulina are considered unicellular organisms in NCERT. Chlorella is a simple, single-celled green alga. Spirulina is described as a blue-green alga (cyanobacterium) and, for the purposes of NCERT multiple-choice questions, treated as unicellular. Thus, this pair represents unicellular algae.
? Did You Know?
Other options include multicellular forms: Laminaria and Sargassum (brown algae), Gelidium and Gracilaria (red algae), and Anabaena (cyanobacterium) with Volvox (colonial green alga), not unicellular.
? NCERT Memory Line:
Unicellular green algae like Chlorella, and unicellular blue-green algae (spirulina) are examples used to illustrate single-celled photosynthetic organisms in NCERT discussions.
Read the following statements and choose the set of correct statements:
In the members of Phaeophyceae,
A. Asexual reproduction occurs usually by biflagellate zoospores.
B. Sexual reproduction is by oogamous method only.
C. Stored food is in the form of carbohydrates which is either mannitol or laminarin.
D. The major pigments found are chlorophyll a, c and carotenoids and xanthophyll.
E. Vegetative cells have a cellulosic wall, usually covered on the outside by gelatinous coating of algin.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
In which one of the following, the ovules are not enclosed by an ovary wall and remain exposed?
Gymnosperms such as Pinus bear naked ovules that are not enclosed within an ovary. Angiosperms have enclosed ovules, while bryophytes do not produce ovules.