Question

For which of the following reasons are the green algae believed by biologists to be ancestors of land plants?

• A. They store starch
• B. They have a cellulosic cell wall
• C. They contain chlorophyll
• D. All of these

Answer 1

The correct option is D All of these

The green algae are a large, informal grouping of algae consisting of the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/Streptophyta, which are now placed in separate divisions, as well as the potentially more basal Eustigmatophyceae, Chlorophyceae and Spirotaenia. The land plants, or embryophytes, are thought to have emerged from the charophytes.[3] Therefore, cladistically, embryophytes belong to green algae as well. However, because the embryophytes are traditionally classified as neither algae nor green algae, green algae are a paraphyletic group. Since the realization that the embryophytes emerged from within the green algae, some authors are starting to include them. Green algae have chloroplasts that contain chlorophyll a and b, giving them a bright green color, as well as the accessory pigments beta carotene and xanthophylls, in stacked thylakoids. The cell walls of green algae usually contain cellulose, and they store carbohydrate in the form of starch.

So the correct option is 'all of these'.