Lesson 2 Test (Zoo 2, 2nd ed)

Which term describes plant-like drifting creatures that use the sun to make their own food?

• Phytoplankton

• Zooplankton

• Nekton

• filter feeders

What is the name given to a sudden multiplication of plankton which can make the water cloudy?

• urchin barren

• Plankton bloom

• Sessile

• Nekton

Animals that stick themselves to one place and stay there are called:

• Nekton

• Sessile

• Benthos

• Plankton

Which of the following best describes the correct order of animal classification categories from broadest to most specific?

• Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

• Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom

• Phylum, Kingdom, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

• Kingdom, Order, Phylum, Class, Family, Genus, Species

If a scientist discovers a new animal that scurries, crawls, hops, burrows, scoots, or slithers but does not swim, which term from the list would best describe it?

• Nekton

• Benthos

• Sessile

• Plankton

Coral releases a substance which becomes very hard and over time forms rock-like structures. Crustaceans may live here.

• open ocean

• reefs

• tide pools

• kelp forests

Long, brown seaweeds where you might find animals like fish, whales, seals, and sea urchins.

• kelp forests

• estuaries

• reefs

• mangrove forests

Thick underwater fields usually found in shallow, brackish waters, where you might see dugongs and fish.

• reefs

• mangrove forests

• seagrass beds

• hydrothermal vents

These usually grow in areas close to land, and are formed by the unusual trees that form a sort of shelter under which many animals live, such as crocodiles, snakes, and frogs.

• seagrass beds

• estuaries

• open ocean

• mangrove forests

In this habitat some sea creatures, like krill and turtles like to live where rivers merge with the ocean.

• mangrove forests

• tide pools

• pelagic zone

• estuaries