Secret Life of Plankton

What does the Greek root word for Plankton mean?

• quick

• colourful

• attach

• wander

True/False.  Some plankton can be longer than a blue whale.

• True

• False

How many living plankton might you find in a teaspoon of water at Hampton Beach?

• a few hundred

• over a thousand

• about two thousand

• over a million

True/False.  Zooplankton are the base for the largest food web in the world.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The baby snapper was which of the following?

• carnivore, who ate the zooplankton from this story

• herbivore, ate plants on the edge of the water

• omnivore, ate both the plants and the animals

• detritivore, ate bits and pieces of food floating around from other feasts