Question

Identify the 6 characteristics of the present day members of the algae and plant groups

Answer 1

1. Plant can grow both in land and water while algae grow exclusively in water

2. Both plant and algae cell is made of cellulose (25%)  

3. In both plants and algae convert light energy into glucose, which acts as food for further metabolic process

4.  Both fertilizes through male and female gamete

5. Plant possesses vascular system while algae obtain nutrition separately for each cell

6. Algae are partially or completely heterotrophs while green plants are autotrophs

Answer 2

- green algae are part of kingdom Protista, but plants are unicellular

- plants and algae contains chlorophyll, making it green in color

- some generic evidence suggests that green algae evolves to land plants

- 5 characteristics that green algae and land plants share are: clation to charophyceans, multicellular, chlorophyll, cellulose, and photosynthetic