Plankton

Plankton

​Anything that drifts.

Open Ended

What is plankton?

Multiple Choice

Plankton are

• Microscopic and non-microscopic

• organisms that can't swim against the current

• Found deep and at the surface.

• All of these

Multiple Choice

Plankton are only microscopic, single celled organisms.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Plankton are important as a food source and to produce oxygen.

• True

• False

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Phytoplankton are​

Select answer

. Zooplankton are​

Select answer

Multiple Choice

Phytoplankton is found in the deep ocean

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which of the following phytoplankton has a glass shell?

• Diatoms

• Dinoflagellates

Multiple Choice

Diatomaceous earth is used for

• decorations

• fertilizer and filters

• food

Multiple Choice

What is saxitoxin?

• A type of phytoplankton

• A neurological toxin released during Red Tide

• The signal for dinoflagellates to start to rapidly reproduce

• A beneficial substance that dinoflagellates release in the water

Multiple Choice

Which type of plankton stay plankton forever? FOR.EV.VER.

• Holoplankton

• Meroplankton

Multiple Choice

A fish embryo hatches and the larvae is released into the water. It cannot swim against currents, but eventually it will be able to. Is it a meroplankton or a holoplankton?

• Meroplankton

• Holoplankton

Multiple Choice

Are radiolarians meroplankton or holoplankton?

• Meroplankton

• Holorplankton

Multiple Choice

The test (shell) of foraminiferans is made of silica.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Is krill a zooplankton or a phytoplankton?

• Zooplankton

• Phytoplankton

Categorize

Options (8)

Plants

Animals

Diatoms and dinoflagellates

Larvae

plants

animals

Found at the surface

Found deep and at the surface

Categorize phytoplankton and zooplankton.

Phytoplankton

Zooplankton

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Plankton that are drifters for their entire life are called​

Select answer

. Plankton that are temporary plankton are called ​

Select answer

.

Categorize

Options (4)

Match the larvae with the correct name.

Crab Larvae

Lobster Larvae

Squid Larvae

Horseshoe Crab Larvae

Categorize

Options (4)

Organize these options into the right categories

Diatom

Dinoflagellate

Copepod

Radiolorian

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