All About Plankton
Porifera
Cnidaria
All Things Inverts
Just For Fun
100
How do phytoplankton and zooplankton differ in how they get food?
Phytoplankton - photosynthetic autotrophs
Zooplankton - primary consumers
100
True or False: Sponges have bilateral symmetry.
False - asymmetrical
100
Jellyfish are in this Cnidarian class.
Scyphozoa
100
Cnidarians have this type of larvae.
Planular
100
Identify this football team:
Buffalo Bills
200
Which part of the ocean must phytoplankton remain in to survive?
The photic zone
200
This is the large opening of a sponge that allows for gas exchange and removal of excess water and waste.
Osculum
200
All Cnidarians have stinging cells known as...
Cnidocytes (Nematocyst)
200
True or False: Poriferans, Cnidarians, and Ctenophores can all reproduce asexually by either budding, fragmentation, or regeneration.
True
200
Who is this former SNL comedian who recently dated Kim Kardashian?
Pete Davidson
300
This type of plankton is made of calcium carbonate.
Cocolithophores
300
These specialized cells line the gastrovascular cavity and capture food.
Choanocytes
300
True of False: Jellyfish have a sessile period in their life cycle.
True - poly phase before medusa
300
These marine invertebrates look like jellyfish, but contain non-stinging sticky cells to capture prey.
Ctenophores (Tentaculata) - "Comb Jellies"
300
Name the show AND character that said the following quote:
"David, what you did was impulsive, capricious, and melodramatic. But it was also wrong."
Moira Rose
Schitt's Creek
400
This type of phytoplankton has an armor made of cellulose, and can cause red tides.
Dinoflagellates
400
Sponges are broadcast spawners. What does this mean?
Gametes are released and fertilization occurs externally
400
Which Cnidarians spend their entire lives sessile in the polyp stage?
Corals and Sea Anemones
400
Organisms that spend their entire life in the plankton form, such as phytoplankton, are referred to as...
Holoplankton
400
Finish the TikTok sound:
"You know what it never was....
"...that serious, it was never that serious."
500
These TWO types of phytoplankton are made of silica and create siliceous sediment when they die and sink to the benthos.
Diatoms and Silicaflagellates
500
These structures assist in digesting and distributing food throughout the sponge.
Amebocytes
500
Cnidarians reproduce sexually by either broadcast spawning or brooding. What is the difference?
Broadcast Spawning - fertilization is external in the water column
Brooding - male gamete released and feralization occurs internally
500
The skeletal structure of a sponge contains a network of fibers and these structures, made of either calcium carbonate or silica.
Spicules
500
Bad Bunny opened the Grammys by performing two songs from his album "Un Verano Sin Ti". What were the two songs?
"El Apagon" and "Despues de la Playa"