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Plankton Flashcards

1
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What do you call the largest plankton based on their size?

A

Megaplankton

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2
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Examples of meroplankton

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lobster larvae, coral

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3
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Examples of kinetic plankton?

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Krill, Daphnia

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4
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Plankton that can move

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Kinetic

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5
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archaeans and bacteria

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Bacterioplankton

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6
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free viruses (the most abundant plankton of all)

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Viriplankton

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7
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ALL THINGS that drift and float in the ocean (BOTH LIVING + NON-LIVING); particles suspended in the ocean

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Seston

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actively swimming organisms, essentially independent of wave and currant action

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Nekton

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9
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Plankton that can’t move

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Akinetic

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10
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heterotrophic (can’t produce it’s own food) organisms that have to eat other organisms like phytoplankton.

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Zooplankton

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LIVING organisms that drift or weakly swim, suspended in the water.Their horizontal position is to dependent on the mass flow of water rather than their own swimming effort; living/drifting seston

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Plankton

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autotrophic (can produce it’s own food) organisms that float in the ocean; primary producers

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Phytoplankton

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13
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Examples of zooplankton

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Jellyfish, Daphnia

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14
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Examples of Akinetic plankton

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Diatoms, Radiolarians

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15
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Examples of phytoplankton

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Diatom, algae

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16
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NON-LIVING things that drift and float in the ocean, non-living seston, mineral particles and detritus

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Tripton

17
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Planktonic organism that actually BREACH the surface of the ocean and are carried by wind as well as ocean currents

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Pleuston

18
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What has the biggest affect on the abundance of plankton?

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Sunlight

19
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planktonic organisms that LIVE AT OR NEAR the ocean surface

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Neuston

20
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Organisms spend their ENTIRE life drifting in the ocean; organisms that are planktonic throughout entire life

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Holoplankton

21
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Less diverse diatoms and invertebrate meroplankton

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Oceanic

22
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Distinguished by presence of meroplankton and diverse diatoms

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Neretic

23
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Meroplankton

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Organisms that only spends PART of its life drifting; Planktonic larvae that will grow into non-planktonic organisms

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