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  • What are the three colors of algae and why are there different colors of algae?
    The three colors are brown, red, and green; algae comes in different colors depending on the amount of light that can reach it.
  • What do producers and decomposers do?
    Producers make oxygen and organic matter while decomposers recycle matter.
  • What are the main functions of plant stems?
    To transport substances (water, minerals, organic matter) and to support the leaves, flowers, and fruits.
  • What are the three main groups in the fungi kingdom?
    The three groups are yeasts, molds, and mushrooms.
  • What are the two ways fungi can reproduce?
    Yeasts reproduce mainly by budding and multicellular fungi reproduce by releasing spores.
  • What are the main functions of plant roots?
    To absorb water and minerals, to anchor the plant to the ground, and to store reserves of nutrients.
  • What is the difference between angiosperms and gymnosperms?
    Angiosperms produce fruit whereas gymnosperms do not.
  • What are the main characteristics of a plant?
    Plants are multicellular organisms with autotrophic nutrition and they are capable of making tissues.
  • What are the two sub-groups of bryophytes and what is the difference between them?
    The two groups are hepatica, which don't have conductive vessels, and mosses, which have simple conductive vessels.
  • Are protozoa heterotrophic or autotrophic? And are they multicellular or unicellular?
    Protozoa are heterotrophic and unicellular.
  • What process do plants use to get glucose and in which organelle does this process take place?
    Photosynthesis, which takes place in the chloroplast.
  • What is one disease that is caused by protozoa?
    Malaria