PROTISTS OR PLANTS?
PROTISTS
PLANTS
Single cellular
SOME photosynthetic
ALGAE are photosynthetic
ALGAE are multicellular
ALGAE 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
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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 is
phycoerythrin – it’s bright red
They can live at great ocean depths
They do not need much sunlight