1.

Algae is a one-celled plant that can grow in your pool if

conditions are favorable
2. There are over 20,000 known varieties of algae
3. Algae are mainly found in marine or freshwater environments
4. Algae produce oxygen which other aquatic life uses.
5. Algae are important to humans in the form of food and
medicine.
6. Algae are vital in many food chains acting as the primary
producer of organic matter.
7. In some areas of the Indian ocean the sea surface lights up at
night. It is so bright that one can read a newspaper. This light is
caused by tiny sea algae, the Dino-flagellata. Sometimes the
lightened surface has a diameter of more than 1.5 km.
8. Algae are used in many wastewater treatment facilities, reducing
the need for harmful chemicals, and are used in some power
plants to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
9. Red algae are important members of coral reefs. Red algae are
unusual among the algae because they can include in their cell
walls calcium carbonate which makes the plants hard and
resistant to wear.
10. Brown algae are found mainly in the tidal zones of
temperate to polar seas, but some exist in the deep ocean.
Among the brown algae are the largest and most complex of the
algae; well-known forms include the giant kelp and the free-
floating sargassum weed.
11. Algae have chlorophyll and can manufacture their own
food through the process of photosynthesis.
12. Kelps are the largest algaes. They can be more than 200
feet.
13. It is the major food for fishes.
14. The oceans cover about 71% of the Earth’s surface, yet
algae produce more than 71% of the Earth’s oxygen; in fact,
some scientists believe that algae produce 87% of the world’s
oxygen.
15. They also help remove huge amounts of Carbon Dioxide.
16. Oxygen was poisonous to the organisms that populated the
early Earth. By producing oxygen, the first algae may have
created the greatest toxic waste crisis in history.
17. Fossilized Algae are used to make dynamite.
18. Algae may be able to help save the planet