Marine Ecology Unit 3 Quiz Review

Drifting or weakly swimming organisms suspended in water. Their horizontal position is to a large extent dependent on the mass flow of water rather than on their own swimming efforts.

• Phytoplankton
• Zooplankton
• Plankton
• Autotroph

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

An organism that derives nourishment from other organisms because it is unable to synthesize its own food molecules.

• Autotroph
• Heterotroph
• Phytoplankton
• Meroplankton

Animal members of the plankton community.

• Phytoplankton
• Meroplankton
• Holoplankton
• Zooplankton

Diatoms are: 

• Phytoplankton
• Zooplankton

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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

• Respiration
• Photosynthesis
• Chemosynthesis
• Heterotrophs

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which is a kind of phytoplankton?

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

Plankton that uses photosynthesis:

• Phytoplankton
• Zooplankton

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

All phytoplankton are ...

• autotrophic

• heterotrophic

• meroplankton

• macroplankton

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What silica-coated organism(s) are pictured here?

• Diatoms

• Dinoflagellates

• Zooplankton

• Nekton

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

• Phytoplankton

• Zooplankton

• Holoplankton

• None of the above