Ocean Food Chain Quiz

Who is the “me” in this story?

• Phytoplankton

• The ocean

• Zookplankton

• The sun

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What is the first step in the ocean food chain?

• When the plants catch the sunlight.

• When the fish start to swim in circles.

• When it gets dark at night.

• When the seaweed grows along the shore.

As you (a human) eat food, your body is breaking apart______.

• Carbon Dioxide

• Sugar

• Plants

• Oxygen

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Read the following sentences. Animals like you eat the plants or other animals. As you eat, the sugar breaks apart and you use its energy. You breath out carbon dioxide. What is the next step in the process of the chain of life?

• The boy eats a bag of apples.

• Plants pour sugar on top of them.

• Plants pull the carbon dioxide back in.

• The sun goes down for the night.

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You learned that 50% of the oxygen you breathe comes from plants on land. The other 50% comes from the phytoplankton floating in the seas. What does this tell you about the oxygen we breathe?

• The oxygen we breathe from the ocean is more important.

• All the oxygen in the air comes from plant life.

• The plants must be green to be able to breathe it in.

• You have to take a deep breath in order to come from plants.

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True or false? Phytoplankton grows very fast.

• True

• False

Why isn’t the ocean overloaded with phytoplankton?

• You can’t see it.

• It disappears into the ocean.

• Phytoplankton grows slow.

• Zooplankton (tiny animals) eat phytoplankton every day.

Why do some sea creatures have lights on their bodies?

• The light keeps them warm.

• So the boats can see them.

• They need to see their food in the dark.

• It makes them look beautiful.

How do sea creatures that live in the pitch black at the bottom of the ocean get food?

• They use their glowing lights to lure animals and eat them.

• They swim up at night to feed phytoplankton.

• They wait for marine snow.

• All of the above.

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Which statement is true about ocean sunlight?

• All living things are connected.

• Animals can only eat plants to complete the food chain.

• Phytoplankton can be found anywhere in the ocean.

• The sun does not help the food chain.

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