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Worksheets5.2 - Plankton
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 19mins
Select the organisms that is considered Nekton
both autotrophs and heterotrophs
Microscopic
Large (macro)
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
According to this map of nitrate levels, where would you most likely find the highest concentrations of phytoplankton given there is plenty of light available.
The Gulf of Mexico and Florida
Tropical Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean Around Antarctica
Equatorial Atlantic Ocean
