Green Algae
Brown Algae
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Red Algae
100

Brilliant white when bleached in sun.

What is cactus algae?

100

Turns dark brown on beach.

What is pelagic sargassum?

100

Have bitter chemicals that discourage grazing by fish

What is iridescent-banded algae?

100

Where branching coralline algae grows?

What is shallow seagrass beds?

200

Which green algae has place rhizomes with with green branches?

grape caulerpa 


200

how do balloon seaweed appear as?

green-brown bubble-balls that appear partially flattened

200

What do currents in the North Atlantic bring to the center of an ocean-spinning gyre?

sargassum 
200

where do all red seaweed grow? 

shallow water

300

what is another name for bubble algae?

sailors eye 

300

what id the difference between paid a and iridescent banded algae?

padina has curled margins 
300

Why is salior’s eye greatly known in science?

it is a single cell

300

thicket algae’s roots are evenly forked where? 

the holdfast

400

how does salior’s eye attach to reefs and seagrasses?

with hairlike threads 

400

what does the three cornered hat algae do when free?

floats

400

What is the white beach at the keys made of?


pulverized cactus algae

400

which 2 red red algae grow on shallow hard bottom?

red grapes and thicket algae 

500

What is the toxin of caulperathat is invading the Mediterranean Sea?

c taxifolia 

500

what part of the attached sargassum has air bladders?

longest branches (blades)

500

what do red algae have that absorbs blue light?

a photosynthetic pigment 

500

red grapes can be att to?

a shell or pebble