Zooplankon

Select the organisms that is considered Nekton

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Select all that apply to the term Plankton

• Can swim against curents

• Includes both heterotrophs and autotrophs

• are only microscopic

• Include larvae forms of many fish and invertebrates

Zooplankton are considered

• Heterotrophs

• Autotrophs

• Self feeders

• producers

Phytoplankton are considered

• Consumers

• heterotrophs

• autotrophs

• predators

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

Zooplankton that stay plankton their entire lives are called

• Meroplankton

• Picoplankton

• Holoplankton

• Net Plankton

Zooplankton that are plankton only part of their lives

• Meroplankton

• Picoplankton

• Holoplankton

• Net Plankton

The larvae of crabs and krill belong to which group of plankton?

• Phytoplankton
• Meroplankton
• Holoplankton
• None of the above