Kelp Forest

What is C pointing to?

• Blade

• Holdfast

• Gas Bladder / Bulb / Pneumatocyst

• Stipe

What is E pointing to?

• Blade

• Holdfast

• Bulb / Gas Bladder / Pneumatocyst

• Stipe

How much can giant kelp grow in a day in good conditions?

• Close to a foot (30 cm)

• half a foot (15 cm)

• an inch / 2.5 cm

• a meter (3 feet 3 inches)

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Which of the following animals is NOT typically found in a kelp forest?

• Sea otter

• Garibaldi

• Clownfish

• Sea urchin

Provides support and height to the leaf-like structures of the seaweed.

• Blade

• Holdfast

• Pneumatocyst / bulb / gas bladder

• Stipe

Attaches the seaweed to a rocky surface

• Blade

• Holdfast

• Bulb / gas bladder

• Stipe

Primary photosynthetic structure of the seaweed (where the photosynthesis takes place)

• Blade

• Holdfast

• Bulb / Gas Bladder Pneumatocyst

• Stipe

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Allows the leaf-structures of the seaweed to float

• Blade

• Holdfast

• Bulb / Gas Bladder / Pneumatocyst

• Stipe

Which group of algae contains the larges species of seaweed, including kelp and sargasso?

• red algae

• green algae

• purple algae

• brown algae

What is B pointing to?

• Blade

• Holdfast

• Pneumatocyst / Gas Bladder / Bulb

• Stipe