PROTISTS OR PLANTS?

PROTISTS

PLANTS

Single cellular

SOME photosynthetic

ALGAE are photosyntheticALGAE are multicellularALGAE 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

- 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 isphycoerythrin – it’s bright

red They can live at great ocean depthsThey do not need much sunlight