Plankton

Phytoplankton are considered

• Consumers

• heterotrophs

• autotrophs

• predators

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Select each example of phytoplankton from the list (select all that apply)

• Crab Zoea Larva

• Copepods

• Cyanobacteria

• Krill

• Dinoflagellates

Select each example of Zooplankton (select all that apply)

• Diatoms

• Crab Zoea Larvae

• Dinoflagellates

• Jellyfish

• Cyanobacteria

Zooplankton undergo vertical migration in order to

• Access food resources

• Avoid predation

• Avoid Fishing nets

• hide in the surface waters during the day

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Zooplankton that are plankton only part of their lives

• Meroplankton

• Picoplankton

• Holoplankton

• Net Plankton

According to this map of nitrate levels, where would you most likely find the highest concentrations of phytoplankton given there is plenty of light available.

• The Gulf of Mexico and Florida

• Tropical Indian Ocean

• Southern Ocean Around Antarctica

• Equatorial Atlantic Ocean

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Diatoms are: 

• Phytoplankton

• Zooplankton

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which organism is at the base of a marine food web?

• crab

• phytoplankton

• whale

• zooplankton

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Animal members of the plankton community.

• Phytoplankton

• Meroplankton

• Holoplankton

• Zooplankton

What organism(s) are pictured here?

• Diatoms

• Dinoflagellates

• Zooplankton

• Nekton

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2