Quiz about Plankton

Question 1

Plankton that uses photosynthesis is called:

Accepted Answer

Phytoplankton

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Zooplankton

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Red Tide

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Green TIde

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Malaria

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Algal Bloom

Question 3

Zooplankton are grouped into which kingdom?

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Animalia

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Monera

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Protista

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Plantae

Question 4

Plankton that are called dinoflagellates can produce red tide are which type of plankton?

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both

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phytoplankton

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zooplankton

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neither

Question 5

Animal plankton are also called

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zooplankton

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phytoplankton

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both

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neither

Question 6

Plant plankton are also called

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phytoplankton

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zooplankton

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both

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neither

Question 7

Copepods are

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zooplankton

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phytoplankton

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both

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neither

Question 8

The larval stages of crabs and fish are

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meroplankton

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holoplankton

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both

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neither

Question 9

Jellyfish larva are

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zooplankton

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phytoplankton

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both

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neither

Question 10

Which plankton is bioluminescent?

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dinoflagellates

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diatoms

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jellyfish

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meroplankton

Question 11

A plankton that has characteristics of both plants and animals is the

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dinoflagellate

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diatom

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phytoplankton

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foraminaferin

Question 12

An example of an animal with meroplankton stages is the

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crab

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whale

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arrow worm

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diatom

Question 13

Phytoplankton that have a silica shell with two equal halves are

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diatoms

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dinoflagellates

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foraminiferans

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coccolithophores

Question 14

Long, threadlike structures that hang from some organisms and may contain dangerous stinging cells are called

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tentacles

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pseudopods

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megalops

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larva

Question 15

The young planktonic larval stage of the crab is called a

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zoea

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mesh

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mysis

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radiolarian

Question 16

The most common zooplankton that is a small crustacean with two long antennae for movement and gathering food is the

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copepod

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foraminiferan

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megalops

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zoea

Question 17

What is a cone-shaped net of fine mesh that is pulled through the water to collect plankton called?

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plankton net

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larva

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mysis

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grab net

Question 18

What are planktonic shrimp larva called?

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mysis

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larva

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plankton net

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pseudopod

Question 19

What is the common name for this larva and is it holoplankton or meroplankton?

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crab, meroplankton

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shrimp, holoplankton

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shrimp, meroplankton

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crab, holoplankton

Question 20

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

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plankton

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organisms

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abiotic factor

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insects

Question 21

Plankton that uses photosynthesis is called:

Accepted Answer

Phytoplankton

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Zooplankton

Question 22

Dinoflagellates can cause __________ which produces a toxin andis toxic to fish, shellfish and humans.

Accepted Answer

Red Tide

Answer

Green TIde

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Malaria

Answer

Algal Bloom

Question 23

Zooplankton are grouped into which kingdom?

Accepted Answer

Animalia

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Monera

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Protista

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Plantae

Question 24

These horseshoe crab larvae are termed_________ since they are not plankton their whole life and grow into entirely different adult forms.

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meroplankton

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ultraplankton

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holoplankton

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macroplankton

Question 25

Organisms that drift in the ocean and are unable to swim against the currents are called

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plankton

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benthos

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nekton

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epifauna

Question 26

Any green plant or any of the various microorganisms that can convert light energy or chemical energy into organic matter is called

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Primary producer

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Heterotroph

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Marine Snow

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Bacteria

Question 27

An organism that cannot produce its own food, but takes nutrition from other sources of organic carbon, mainly plant or animal matter is a

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heterotroph

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chemoautotroph

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mixotroph

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autotroph

Question 28

A type of heterotrophic plankton that ranges from microscopic organisms to large species, such as jellyfish.

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zooplankton

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meroplankton

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holoplankton

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phytoplankton

Question 29

Plankton composed of organisms that spend their whole lives floating, drifting, or swimming weakly in the water.

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holoplankton

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meroplankton

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zooplankton

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phytoplankton

Question 30

A wide variety of aquatic organisms that live in or near the bottom of the sea, and stay planktonic for only part of their life (sea urchins, seastars, fish) are called

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meroplankton

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zooplankton

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holoplankton

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phytoplankton

Plankton

31 questions

Which of the following is a kind of phytoplankton?

Plankton that uses photosynthesis is called:

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

Zooplankton are grouped into which kingdom?

Plankton that are called dinoflagellates can produce red tide are which type of plankton?

Animal plankton are also called

Plant plankton are also called

Copepods are

The larval stages of crabs and fish are

Jellyfish larva are

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