Simulation · Biology · Class 11
Three ways two gametes meet
"Three ways two gametes meet" is a free, interactive Class 11 Biology simulation for NEET, built on the lesson "Algae: body and reproduction" in Plant Kingdom. Set whether the two gametes are the same size and which of them carries flagella. The panel names the kind of sexual reproduction and gives an alga from the chapter that shows it. Same size: isogamy (Ulothrix with flagella, Spirogyra without). Unlike size: anisogamy (Eudorina). Large still egg plus small male: oogamy (Volvox, Fucus).
From the lesson Algae: body and reproduction in Plant Kingdom. Change the values and watch what happens.
Three ways two gametes meetBiology · Class 11
The idea behind it
NCERT §3.1
- Algae are simple, thalloid, autotrophic organisms that carry chlorophyll. Most live in water, fresh or marine, but some grow on moist stones, soil and wood, some live with fungi in lichens, and some live on animals such as the sloth bear.
- Their size and form vary a lot: colonial Volvox, filamentous Ulothrix and Spirogyra, and marine kelps with very large plant bodies.
- Vegetative reproduction is by fragmentation; every fragment grows into a new thallus.
- Asexual reproduction is by spores of several kinds. Zoospores are the commonest; they carry flagella, swim, and germinate into new plants.
- Sexual reproduction is the fusion of two gametes. When the two are of similar size it is isogamy: the gametes may both be flagellated (Ulothrix) or both lack flagella (Spirogyra).
- When two gametes of unlike size fuse it is anisogamy, as in species of Eudorina.
- When a large, non-motile female gamete fuses with a smaller, motile male gamete it is oogamy, as in Volvox and Fucus.
Questions
2 answers
- What does the "Three ways two gametes meet" simulation show?
- Set whether the two gametes are the same size and which of them carries flagella. The panel names the kind of sexual reproduction and gives an alga from the chapter that shows it.
- Is this simulation free?
- Yes. It is free and runs in the browser on a phone or a laptop. It belongs to the lesson "Algae: body and reproduction" in Plant Kingdom (Class 11 Biology).
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