In two separate boating incidents, one as a teenager on the Mississippi River and one on the Great Lakes, President Lincoln got his boats stuck in shallow waters, known as shoals.. These two experiences inspired Lincoln to invent a solution to help him navigate his boat through shallow waters.
Algae are simple plants. The biggest similarity with more  'regular' lants is that they both contain chlorophyll    Green algae and plants are sister taxon, that is, tâ¦hey share a  common ancestor.    For this reason, they both have double membrane bound plastids that  contain chlorophyll a and b.
Name one adaptation that distinguishes plants from algae. Plants have a way to keep water in their bodies, they obtain water and nutrients from the soil, and they also have support for their bodies from vascular tissue. 12. Describe the life cycle of a typical plant.