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Green algae are more closely related to plants than they are to kelp.Why is this so?

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Answer: Green Algae are closely related to plants.

Explanation: Green Algae are closely related to plants because of they possess photosynthetic pigments as plants.

Green algae and plants are closely related in that they can manufacture their own food from nutrients and sunlight through the process of photosynthesis

Green algae also possess the same carotenoids and chlorophyll a and b as land plants which make them closely related.

Kelps don't have these characteristics.

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