Chlorophyta

• What pigments do chlorophytes contain?

  Chlorophyll a and b, and carotenoids
• What are the different forms of chlorophytes?

  Unicellular, colonial, or multicellular
• Where do chlorophytes live?

  Ponds, lakes, streams, oceans

  Sometimes in tree bark, animal fur, snowbanks, flatworms, sponges, rocks, or lichen
• Different forms of chlorophyta

  
• When did green algae start to make it's transition to land?

  400 million years ago, gave rise to green plants like coleochaete
• What does coleochaete grow as?

  Epiphytes on stems of submerged plants, indirect ancestor of land plants
• What shared features of land plants does coleochaete have?

  Parenchyma-like cells

  Development of cell plate during cell division

  Production of a lignin-like compound
• What is the sporophyte?

  Diploid spore production stage, a reproductive cell that develops into a gametophyte without uniting with another cell

  
• Gametophyte?

  Haploid gamete producing stage

  
• Isogamy?

  Gametes are the same size and shape

  
• Oogamy?

  Larger nonmotile egg, with smaller motile sperm

  
• Gametangium?

  cell or structure where gametes are produced

  
• What shows the alteration of generations?

  Ulva, sea lettuce

  
• Does it form watermelon snow?

  Yes