Batrachospermum Occurrence:- (1) Batrachospermum is fresh water alga. (2) It is found in clear, cool, and running streams. (3) Deepwater plants are dark violet or reddish in color. But the shallow-water species are olive green. (4) The intensity of light changes the color of pigments. (5) The thallus is attached to the substratum. Vegetative structure (1) The thallus of an adult plant is soft, thick, filamentous. (2) It is freely branched and gelatinous. (3) The central axis is made up of a single row of large cells. Whorls of branches of limited growth are developed on this axis. (4) These branches are filamentous and dichotomously arranged. (5) The main axis is corticated. It consists of a row of elongated cylindrical cells. (6) It is differentiated into nodes and internodes. (7) There are two types of branches that arise from the nodes: Branches of limited growth Branches of unlimited growth Batra
Practice Questions for AIIMS Q.1.Wings a pigeon, bat, and mosquito shows ? A. Atavism B. Convergent evolution C. Divergent evolution D. Mutation, Q.2.Gelatin, an important raw material for the preparation of photographic emulsion is a by-product of ? A. Chicken B Forest C Cattle D Fish, Q.3.The phylogenetic system of classification includes ? A. Evolution trends only B. Genetic trends only C. Evolution as well as morphology D Behavior trends in environment, Q.3.Red tide’ is caused by ? A. Gonylax B Ceratium C Taceratium D All of these, Q.4.A person sitting at rest experiences a temporary cessation of breathing after forced deep breathing for a few minutes. This is due to ? A High amount of co2 in blood B High amount of o2 in blood C Little amount of co2 D Little amount of o2, Q.5.Physiological response of plants to the duration of light and darkness are a ? A Daily Phase cycle