Stone Lab Plankton Questions

Microscopic life drifting with the movement of the water

• nekton

• plankton

• benthos

• lithos

plant plankton

• phytoplankton

• zooplankton

• benthos

• nekton

Animal plankton

• phytoplankton

• zooplankton

• benthos

• nekton

Most adult fish in the lake are considered

• phytoplankton

• zooplankton

• benthos

• nekton

Organisms living at the bottom of the lake (like mayfly larvae)

• phytoplankton

• zooplankton

• benthos

• nekton

Reorder the following from origin of energy and moving up the food chain.

• sun

• phytoplankton

• predator fish (perch, walleye)

• omnivorous fish (minnows)

• zooplankton

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

One of the most notable harmful algal blooms happening over the last 10 years. This blue-green alga is a floating cyanobacterium that affects the lake ecosystem as well as the tourists and boaters that visit Lake Erie each year.

• Microcystis

• dinoflagellates

• diatoms

• Scenedesmus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The lake has "Microcystis" in it every year, but the concentration varies from year to year due to the nutrient load from the Maumee River, which is driven by rainfall

• True

• False

• -

• -

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Phytoplankton in oceans and lakes produce over 50% of the world's oxygen

• true

• false

• -

• -

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Match the following types of lakes and representative energy pyramids with concentration of phytoplankton:

• wide base, more energy at early levels

• oligotrophic energy pyramid

• narrow base, less energy at early levels

• oligotrophic lake

• high concentration of phytoplankton lake

• eutrophic lake

• less phytoplankton lake

• eutrophic energy pyramid

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3