Review for Quiz #1

Red tides are caused by .. .

• Krill

• Jellyfish

• Man "O" War

• Dinoflagellates

When a population of plankton explodes, the event is called...

• Bump

• Balloon

• Bomb

• Bloom

Plankton that uses photosynthesis:

• Phytoplankton
• Zooplankton

Diatoms are: 

• Phytoplankton
• Zooplankton

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

• Respiration
• Photosynthesis
• Chemosynthesis
• Heterotrophs

The formal name for seaweed; multicellular algae

• seagrass

• thallaus

• macroalgae

• microalgae

the stem-like portion of then of seaweeds

• thallus

• blade

• stipe

• pneumatocyst

• holdfast

the root-like portion of the seaweed

• thallus

• pneumatocyst

• stipe

• holdfast

• blades

pneomatocysts

• root-like structure of seaweeds

• leaf-like structure of seaweeds

• stem-like structure of seaweeds

• gas-filled bladders that sometimes keep their blades close to the sea surface

What is one reason that phytoplankton are important?

• they clean the water

• they make oxygen

• they are drifting animals

• they make the water warmer