WorksheetsThe Amazing Undersea Food Web
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
1. What step comes after mackerel eat herring in the section "The Food Web"?
Herring eat tuna.
Herring eat jellyfish.
Herring eat zooplankton.
Herring eat shrimp.
What is phytoplankton?
a shark that eats small creatures
a type of kelp that is used by seals
algae that is eaten by sea animals
a type of coral that lives in the tropics
Which of the following details expresses an opinion?
Marine snow drifts down through the ocean's layers.
Marine snow is disgusting and slimy to touch.
Marine snow consists of dead phytoplankton.
Marine snow feeds animals in the disphotic zone.
Where can you go to look for sea life without going into the water?
a tide pool
a coral reef
an ocean trench
the disphotic zone
Why would the author write this book from the viewpoint of phytoplanton?
to encourage readers to study phytoplankton
to tell a story about a phytoplankton's life
to convince readers that phytoplankton talk
to make the facts in the book more interesting
Sea otters use kelp like ...................
a life jacket
an anchor
a boat
a raft
Which of the following is a fact from the section "Let Me Introduce Myself"?
Phytoplankton is found near the ocean's surface.
Being food for everybody else is a powerful job.
Sunlight is better than darkness.
Phytoplankton is the most fascinating part of the food web.
Why can't the fish that live in the disphotic zone see?
Their eyes are too small.
They have no eyes.
It is too bright.
It is too dark.
What is the aphotic zone?
the bottom zone, which receives no sunlight
the middle zone, which receives little sunlight
the part of the bottom zone that includes the deep ocean floor
the top zone, which contains almost all ocean life
Which of the following is an opinion about the ocean's layers?
The disphotic zone doesn't have plant life.
Squids live in the euphotic and disphotic zones.
Ocean trenches are found in the aphotic zone.
The euphotic zone is the most important part of the ocean.
