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MS Quiz Marine Ecosystems and Invertebrate Taxonomy

Authored by Scott Kucera

Science

10th - 12th Grade

NGSS covered

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MS Quiz Marine Ecosystems and Invertebrate Taxonomy
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An integrated management approach that recognizes the full array of interactions within an ecosystem, including humans, rather than considering single issues, species, or ecosystem services in isolation.

Ecosystem Based Management

Maximum Sustainable Yield

Resource Management

Climate Change

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Spartina alterniflora is a common cord-grass found along the North Carolina coast. The genus name of the plant is

alterniflora

cord-grass

Plantae

Spartina

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Spartina alterniflora is one of the most important estuarine species because it...(click all that apply)

is highly biologically productive

stabilizes and builds up marsh wetlands by trapping sediment

provides a protected nursery area for fish

has rhizomes on the roots that develop into new plants

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which light zone contains the majority of marine animals? 

photic
benthic
aphotic
pelagic zones

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

List the following pelagic zones in order from surface of the ocean to the bottom: 

abyssopelagic,  bathypelagic,  epipelagic ,mesopelagic
epipelagic, bathypelagic, abyssopelagic,  bathypelagic
epipelagic, mesopelagic, bathypelagic, abyssopelagic
mesopelagic,  epipelagic,     bathypelagic,    abyssopelagic

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

All marine organisms that can swim freely within the water column 

nekton 
benthic 
Plankton

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Marine organisms that move along the bottom and or live in the seafloor 

nekton 
benthic 
plankton 

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