Plankton and coral reef

Coral reefs need deep warm water to grow well

• True
• False

The Great Barrier Reef runs for 300 km along the coast of Queensland

• True
• False

Coral polyps are algae

• True
• False

Coral polyps produce limestone which forms the reef. This is one of the biophsyical processes which connects the biosphere and the lithosphere

• True
• False

What are tiny organisms that float near the surface of the water?

• plankton
• organisms
• abiotic factor
• insects

What organism(s) are pictured here?

• Diatom

• Dinoflagellate

• Zooplankton

• Nekton

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What organism(s) are pictured here?

• Diatoms

• Dinoflagellates

• Zooplankton

• Nekton

Which is a kind of phytoplankton?

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

Plankton that uses photosynthesis:

• Phytoplankton
• Zooplankton

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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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