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