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

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.

most community's take hundreds of years to become stable

starchy vegetables are high in carbohydrates.

starchy vegetables contain more carbohydrates than non-starchy vegetables.

explanation:

there are two primary categories of carbohydrates, essentially differentiated on the basis of their carbohydrate content (which is in the form of starch - a complex carbohydrate):

those vegetables which contain little amounts of starch are termed as non-starchy vegetables, and some examples include: artichokes, broccoli and bean sprouts.

vegetables high in their starch content are distinguished as starchy vegetables, and some examples include: potatoes, chickpeas and corn.