Marine Plants & Plankton

What are Plankton?

• They are small plants and animals.
• They are any plants or animals that drift with the currents of the ocean.
• They are only microscopic animals.
• They are only microscopic plants.

Which is a kind of phytoplankton?

•  lion’s mane jellyfish
• sea butterfly 
• algae
• copepod 

Plankton that uses photosynthesis:

• Phytoplankton
• Zooplankton

Tags

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Jellyfish are categorized as:

• Holoplankton

• Zooplankton

• Phytoplankton

• Benthos

Diatoms are: 

• Phytoplankton
• Zooplankton

Tags

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Dinoflagellates can cause __________ which is toxic to fish, shellfish and humans.

• Green TIde
• Red Tide
• Malaria
• Algal Bloom

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Phytoplankton are grouped in what Kingdom?

• Monera
• Protista
• Plantae
• Animalia

What eats phytoplankton?

• Bacteria
• Zooplankton
• Mammals
• Humans

Tags

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What do dinoflagellates use to move?

• cilia
• 1 flagella
• 2 flagella
• spines

The larvae of crabs and krill belong to which group of plankton?

• Phytoplankton

• Zooplankton

• Holoplankton

• None of the above