| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Algae are plants | False | 100%
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| Cyanobacteria are eukaryotic or prokaryotic | Prokaryotic | 100%
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| According to Guiry (2012) How many algal species are there | 72,500 - 200,000 | 67%
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| Lichen dominates what % of surface area of the planet | 8 | 67%
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| Plant-like protists, including algae, have been separated from animal-like protists. What is the name of the new kingdom for plant-like protists | Chromista | 67%
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| Algae have vascular systems | False | 67%
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| Algae are all descended from a common ancestor | False | 67%
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| Dinoflagellates are always multicellular | False | 67%
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| Lichen is a symbiote of algae and what | Fungi | 67%
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| Diatoms contribute to what % of global carbon fixation | 20 | 33%
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| Cyanobacteria produced the first oxygen rich environment how long ago | 2.4 bya | 33%
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| Coccolithophores are characterised by the 'plates' they contain, what are these 'plate made of | Calcium carbonate | 33%
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| Which type of chlorophyll does cyanobacteria contain | chlorophyll a | 33%
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| Which type of chlorophyll do green algae contain | chlorophyll a & b | 33%
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| Brown algae gets its brown appearance through what pigment | Fucoxanthin | 33%
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| Branched filaments of algae that grow on benthic substrates are known as | Peryphyton | 33%
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| Red algae gets its red appearance through what pigment | Phycoerythrin | 33%
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| Branched filaments of algae that are floating in water columns are known as | Phytoplankton | 33%
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| Algae are classified under which kingdom (Whittaker 1969) | Protista | 33%
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| Which of these three algae is typically are found the deepest | Red | 33%
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| Chlorophyll a works best in which type of environment | Shallow surface water | 33%
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| Membrane-bound organelles found within cyanobacteria are known as what | Thylakoids | 33%
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| Cyanobacteria are prokaryotic | True | 33%
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| DMS, a product when DMSP breaks down after being produced by algae, is known to affect what | Weather | 33%
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| Which type of chlorophyll do coccolithophores contain | chlorophyll a & c | 0%
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| Which type of chlorophyll do diatoms contain | chlorophyll c | 0%
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| Which main type of algae is capable of permanently locking away carbon as bacteria cannot consume it | Diatoms | 0%
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