| 1. | It forms two thin overlapping shells. |
| 2. | It differentiates and forms fruiting bodies bearing spores. |
| 3. | It becomes photosynthetic. |
| 4. | It releases toxins to kill other marine animals. |
| Column -I | Column-II |
| A. Plasmodium | (i) Diatoms |
| B. Mixotrophic nutrition | (ii) Euglenoids |
| C. Red tide | (iii) Dinoflagellates |
| D. Oceanic chief producers | (iv) Slime moulds |
During unfavorable conditions, the plasmodium of slime moulds differentiates and forms fruiting bodies bearing
1. Spores at their tips
2. Gametes at their basal part
3. Gametes at their tips
4. Spores at their basal part
Slime moulds are _____(i)______protists. The body moves along decaying twigs and leaves engulfing
organic material under suitable conditions, they form an aggregation called_____(ii)______which may
grow and spread over several feet.
In above question (i) & (ii) are respectively.
1. (i) Autotrophic, (ii) plasmodium
2. (i) Chemosynthetic autotrophic (ii) plasmodium
3. (i) Saprophytic, (ii) Phycobiont
4. (i) saprophytic, (ii) plasmodium
_________ are saprophytic protists, whose body moves along decaying twigs and leaves engulfing organic material.
1. Euglenoids
2. Dinoflagellates
3. Chrysophytes
4. Slime moulds