EBK CAMPBELL BIOLOGY IN FOCUS
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Author: Reece
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Chapter 8, Problem 14TYU
SYNTHESIZE YOUR KNOWLEDGE
“Watermelon snow” in Antarctica is caused by a species of photosynthetic green algae that thrives in subzero temperatures (Chlamydomonas nivalis). These algae are also found in high-altitude year-round snowfields. In both locations, UV light levels tend to be high. Based on what you learned in this chapter, propose an explanation for why this photosynthetic alga appears reddish-pink.
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“Watermelon snow” in Antarctica is caused by a certain species of photosynthetic green algae that thrives in subzero temperatures (Chlamydomonas nivalis). These algae are also found in high-altitude, year-round snowfields. In both locations, Uv light levels tend to be high. Propose an explanation for why this alga appears reddish-pink.
Watermelon snow” in Antarctica is caused by a species of photosynthetic green algae that thrives in subzero temperatures (Chlamydomonas nivalis). These algae are also found in high altitude year-round snowfields. In both locations, UV light levels tend to be high. Based on what you learned this week, propose an explanation for why this photosynthetic alga appears reddish-pink.
"Watermelon snow" in Antarctica is caused by a species of photosynthetic green algae that thrives in subzero temperatures (Chlamydomonas nivalis). These algae are also found in high altitude in year-round snowfields. In both locations, UV light levels tend to be high. The reddish-pink color of these algae is due to the presence of carotenoid pigments, which absorb blue light while reflecting red light. Those pigments protect the chloroplast from ultraviolet radiation, as well as absorbing heat, which provides the algae with liquid water as the snow melts around it. This molecular variation in plants illustrates
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relative fitness because the molecular adaptations in chlorophyll pigments have passed to the next generation
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innate variability because plants have evolved molecular differences to an environmental stimuli
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unselective adaptation because plants have evolved molecular differences to adapt to different wavelengths of light
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inclusive…
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EBK CAMPBELL BIOLOGY IN FOCUS
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