The goal of basic science is: A. to solve a specific problem.
B. to apply a new technology to an old problem.
C. to understand the world around us.
D. todesign a new product.

C. because the common goal of basic science is to understand how things work, whether it is a cell, an organism, or a entire ecosystem. 

the food storage products of chrysophytes are oils or the polysaccharide laminarin.   formerly classified as plants, the chrysophytes contain the photosynthetic pigments chlorophyll a and c all but the yellow-green algae also contain the carotenoid pigment fucoxanthin.