Marine Primary Producers Quiz

eukaryotic, simple, photosynthetic organisms

• Algin

• Algae

• Dinoflagellates

• Mangroves

unicellular, microalgae, most productive algae, associated with algal blooms

• Diatoms

• Agar

• Red Algae

• Chlorophyll

unicellular microplankton, capable of bioluminescence; important to reef building; symbiotic relationship with corals

• Red Algae

• Angiosperms

• Dinoflagellates

• Algae

photosynthetic (green ) pigment that captures light energy for photosynthesis

• Asexual Reproduction

• Red Algae

• Chlorophyll

• Algin

seaweed, mostly marine, primary producers that are found in temperate and polar coasts, may be olive green

• Diatoms

• Spores

• Brown Algae

• Mangroves

seaweed that has the most species, they have phycoerythrin, some have calcium carbonate in cell walls

• Red Algae

• Spores

• Dinoflagellates

• Algin

about 10% are marine, contain Chlorophyll A & B, have holdfasts

• Dinoflagellates

• Agar

• Green Algae

• Algin

the most common way seaweeds reproduce

• Spores

• Seagrasses

• Red Algae

• Asexual Reproduction

some seaweeds reproduce with these reproductive cells that can disperse even in unfavorable environments.

• Spores

• Brown Algae

• Angiosperms

• Algin

phycocolloids in seaweed used in dairy products, baking products, cosmetics, fertilizers, plastics, and textiles  

• Algin

• Green Algae

• Salt-Marsh Grasses

• Angiosperms