ALC1 MS WS Plankton 1

Choose the correct word for the following definition:

an animal that hunts, kills, and eats other animals

• prey
• predator
• herbivore
• omnivore

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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pulsing symmetrical clones; the last stage of a jellyfish before adulthood

• tentacle
• medusa
• ephyrae
• polyp

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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to move slowly, especially as a result of outside forces, with no control over direction:

• Drift
• Float
• Sprint
• Zoom

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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a free-swimming, flattened, ciliated, bilaterally symmetric larval form of various cnidarian species (like jellyfish)

• planula
• polyp
• tentacle
• medusa

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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the process of animals travelling to a different place, usually in large numbers

• emigration

• immigration
• translocation
• migration

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat

• jellyfish
• lobster
• crab
• copepod

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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someone who moves from one place to another rather than living in one place all of the time

• plankton

• station

• nomad
• immobile

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

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relating to a form of an insect or an animal such as a frog that has left its egg but is not yet completely developed

• grown
• larval
• mature
• adult

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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Something or someone that is _____ is so good or important that you could not manage without it

• Unnecessary
• Expendable
• Indispensable
• Insignificant

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Choose the correct word for the following definition:

a small, simple, tube-shaped water animal

• fish
• polyp

• bird
• insect

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A