Marine Producers

Which of the following marine producers create habitats that are often called "nurseries of the sea" ?

• Seagrass meadows

• Kelp forests

• Salt marshes

• Mangrove forests

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Organisms having a shell made of silica (SiO2):

• Foraminiferans

• Diatoms

• Cyanobacteria

• Stromatolites

• Ciliates

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Macroalgae/seaweeds can be best differentiated from true plants because macroalgae/seaweeds:

• Have no true roots, leaves, or stems

• Are mostly unicellular

• Are photosynthetic

• Have no chlorophyll

• Are prokaryotic

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The root-like structures of seaweed is called the

• thallus

• blades

• holdfast

• stipes

These are the gas-filled bladders that help seaweeds float to the surface so that they can get more sunlight.

• Blades

• Pneumatocysts

• Stipe

• Holdfast

Kelp are a type of __ algae.

• green

• brown

• red

• blue

What pigment makes brown algae brown?

• chlorophyll

• phycoblins

• carotenoids

• fucoxanthins

B is the __.

• thallus

• holdfast

• bladder/pneumatocyst

• blade

• stipe

C is the __.

• thallus

• holdfast

• bladder/pneumatocyst

• blade

• stipe

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

E is the __.

• thallus

• holdfast

• bladder/pneumatocyst

• blade

• stipe