Which one of the following is wrongly matched?
- Spirogyra - Motile gametes
- Sargassum - Chlorophyll
- Basidiomycetes - Puffballs
- Nostoc - Water blooms
Answer
(1) Spirogyra - Motile gametes
Solution
Spirogyra reproduces sexually by conjugation, in which the gametes are non-motile (amoeboid); the contents of one cell pass through a conjugation tube into the other.
∴ " Spirogyra - Motile gametes" is wrongly matched.
∵ As per NCERT, Sargassum (brown alga) has chlorophyll a and c along with fucoxanthin, puffballs are basidiomycetes, and cyanobacteria like Nostoc often form blooms in polluted water bodies, options (2), (3) and (4) are correct.
Answer: (1)