A | B |
Accessory Pigment | Compound other than chlorophyll that absorbs light energy and passes it on to the primary photosynthetic pigment |
Alternation of Generations | The switching back and forth between the production of diploid and haploid cells |
Colony | Group of cells that are joined together and show few specialized structures |
Egg | Female gamete |
Filament | In a plant, the long, thin structure that supports the anther. In algae, a thread like colony farmed by many green algae |
Gametophyte | Haploid plant that produces gamete |
Heterogamy | Production of two different kinds of gametes within the same species |
Holdfast Cell | Specialized cell that attaches an algal filiment to the bottom of a lake or pond |
Isogamy | Condition in which with gametes of a species appear identical |
Sperm | Male gamete |
Sporophyte | Diploid plant that produces spores |
Syngamy | The fusing of algal gametes |
Zoospore | Haploid cell involved in asexual reproduction in algae |