Marine Bio Final Exam

Holdfasts, stipes, blades & pneumatocysts are found

• on red algae

• on mangroves

• on Sargassum

• on kelp

What part of sea grasses help stabilize the plant and prevent erosion?

• Stems

• Roots

• Leaves

Sea grass beds help filter water and make it more clear.

• true

• false

Single-celled primary producer with a whip-like tail

• Diatom

• Dinoflagellate

• Primary consumer

• Krill

How are seaweed classified or sorted in to groups?

• By their pigment

• By their length

• By the water they are found in

• By their shape

Which seaweed can withstand the least amount of light and can grow the deepest?

• red

• brown

• green

• blue

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Algae are

• Autotrophic

• Heterotrophic

• Omnitrophic

• Parasitic

Phytoplankton are associated with the photic zone because they rely on the sun for the process of:

• Respiration
• Photosynthesis
• Chemosynthesis
• Heterotrophs

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Protists are prokaryotes.

• true

• false

Sea grasses are

• prokaryotic.

• eukaryotic.