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Plankton - Quiz
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  • 1. What is the primary source of energy for phytoplankton?
A) Seawater
B) Volcanic heat
C) Chemical energy
D) Sunlight
  • 2. What is the process of zooplankton feeding on phytoplankton called?
A) Burrowing
B) Grazing
C) Erosion
D) Pollination
  • 3. Which organism is considered a primary producer in the plankton community?
A) Herring
B) Shrimp
C) Jellyfish
D) Phytoplankton
  • 4. What type of plankton feeds on other plankton as part of the marine food chain?
A) Virioplankton
B) Bacterioplankton
C) Zooplankton
D) Phytoplankton
  • 5. What is the dominant form of plankton in highly productive coastal waters?
A) Diatoms
B) Shrimp
C) Copepods
D) Krill
  • 6. What is the process by which zooplankton migrate vertically in the water column called?
A) Static suspension
B) Diel vertical migration
C) Horizontal dispersion
D) Sedimentation
  • 7. Which of the following is a common feeding strategy of zooplankton?
A) Scavenging
B) Photosynthesis
C) Predation
D) Filter feeding
  • 8. What structures do some phytoplankton have that help them regulate their buoyancy?
A) Muscles
B) Eyes
C) Gas vacuoles
D) Stingers
  • 9. What is the main gas used by plankton in the process of photosynthesis?
A) Oxygen
B) Nitrogen
C) Hydrogen
D) Carbon dioxide
  • 10. Which of the following is a type of phytoplankton that can produce bioluminescence?
A) Amoebas
B) Roundworms
C) Dinoflagellates
D) Flatworms
  • 11. What type of plankton are bacteria that drift in the water column?
A) Bacterioplankton
B) Phytoplankton
C) Zooplankton
D) Virioplankton
  • 12. What is the term for plankton that spend their entire life cycle as part of the plankton community?
A) Phytoplankton
B) Holoplankton
C) Zooplankton
D) Meroplankton
  • 13. What is the term for tiny particles that are transported by ocean currents and provide a surface for plankton to attach to?
A) Coral reefs
B) Marine snow
C) Seaweed
D) Mangroves
  • 14. What is the general term for small marine organisms that drift with ocean currents?
A) Plankton
B) Tuna
C) Krill
D) Shark
  • 15. Plankton play a crucial role in the global carbon cycle by performing which process?
A) Photosynthesis
B) Decomposition
C) Respiration
D) Chemical weathering
  • 16. What is the term used to describe plankton that can move against currents?
A) Nekton
B) Benthos
C) Tychoplankton
D) Holoplankton
  • 17. Which of the following is a type of harmful algal bloom caused by excess plankton growth?
A) Yellow tide
B) Red tide
C) Blue tide
D) Green tide
  • 18. Plankton are primarily found in which habitat?
A) Deserts
B) Aquatic environments
C) Mountains
D) Tundras
  • 19. Which of the following is not a type of plankton?
A) Zooplankton
B) Phytoplankton
C) Bacterioplankton
D) Jellyfish
  • 20. What is the term for plankton that spend only part of their life cycle as part of the plankton community?
A) Meroplankton
B) Holoplankton
C) Bacterioplankton
D) Zooplankton
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