Answer:
In the case of the algae, each individual cell is responsible for absorbing its own water. This makes the algae nonvascular compared to the highly vascular plant species. In this connection, algae also lack several key structures that are normally present in ordinary plants like the leaves, roots and stem.
Oxygen is made and so is glucose (its actually sugar, but glucose is better sounding) by combining carbon dioxide and water using light energy as a source of energy. Also like to make sugars.
Carbohydrates are broken down and they release energy.