Misc. 1
Plankton
El Nino/Coriolis
Misc. 2
Primary Production
100
Layer of the ocean where most photosynthesis occurs
What is epipelagic
100
Float and drift with the current
What is plankton
100
Causes the deflection of moving water to the right when north of the equator.
What is the Coriolis Effect
100
What type of plankton are Radiolarians, Foraminiferans and copepods?
What is zooplankton
100
The most important function of phytoplankton
What are photosynthesis
200
Least abundant feeder in the epipelagic
What is deposit feeder
200
Organisms that spend their whole lives as plankton
What is Holoplankton
200
Upward movement of nutrients in the ocean
What is upwelling.
200
Large spines and projections increase _________ in plankton
What is surface area
200
The conversion of CO2 into organic matter by autotrophs is called
What is primary production
300
These animals are large strong swimmers
What is nekton
300
Organisms that are temporary plankton
What is Meroplankton
300
The major surface currents of the ocean rotate counterclockwise in the _________ hemisphere
What is southern
300
These organisms eat both plants and animals
What is an ominvore
300
_______ % of energy is converted by epipelagic herbivores from one trophic level to the next
What is twenty
400
Blooms of toxic dinoflagellates are called
What are red tides
400
The most abundant mumbers of the net zooplankton
What is copepods
400
Name two things that slow down or stop during El Nino
What is the trade winds stop, upwelling stops, cold water currents are pushed back
400
Two examples of meroplakton
What are invertebrates and fish larvae
400
Two of the most important types of phytoplankton
What are diatoms and dinoflagellates
500
Describe the basic flow of energy in an epipelagic food web.
What is phytoplankton to zooplankton to small nekton to large nekton to top predators.
500
These are dominant zooplankton in polar seas
What is krill
500
List 2 reasons why major surface currents of the world's oceans are important
What is equatorial upwelling, distribution of plankton, and transport of heat to the poles
500
Describe 2 adaptations that allow plankton to stay in the photic zone and give an example of each.
What is buoyancy (fats, oils, gas) and surface area (flat body shape, long projections or spines)
500
Two things phytoplankton need to perform photosynthesis
What is light and nutrients
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