Ecosystem/Plankton Quiz

What is a threat to the Neustonic Ecosystem?

• plankton

• oil rigs

• nutrients

• chemical runoff

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Plankton that uses photosynthesis:

• Phytoplankton
• Zooplankton

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which of the following ecosystems will have antifreeze proteins in their fishes?

• Coral Reefs

• Polar

• Deep

• Neustonic

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The second smallest type of plankton is...

• Microplankton

• Macroplankton

• Nanoplankton

• Ultraplankton

These horseshoe crab larvae are termed_________ since they grow into entirely different adult forms.

• ultraplankton

• meroplankton

• holoplankton

• macroplankton

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A shower of yummy fecal matter and dead organic material falling from upper waters to the deep ocean.

• Heterotroph

• Primary producer

• Marine Snow

• Bacteria

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The primary Threat to our Polar Seas is

• water

• marine snow

• oil rig pollution

• runoff

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Organisms down deep in hydrothermal vents that do not rely on sunlight to survive use this process ?

• chemosynthesis

• photosynthesis

• hydropower

• thermal heat

Organisms that drift in the ocean unable to swim against the currents.

• benthos

• plankton

• nekton

• epifauna

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Which of the following in NOT a factor affecting the deep sea?

• Pressure

• Temperature

• Lack of sunlight

• Salinity