Those That Float
Those That Don't
In the Chesapeake
Amazing Adaptations
Produce This!
100
The silica frustules of these organisms are known for accumulating on the ocean to create diatomaceous ooze.
What are diatoms?
100
Used by seaweed to remain in place.
What is a holdfast?
100
Abbreviated by SAV.
What is submerged aquatic vegetation?
100
Used to stabilize seagrasses against wave action.
What is the horizontal stem system?
100
Ocean with the highest rate of primary productivity.
What is the Arctic Ocean?
200
Autotrophic organisms that are found at the surface specialize in this process.
What is photosynthesis?
200
Land trees and bushes that have adapted to marine environments.
What are mangroves?
200
Three benefits to SAV in the environment.
What is food, habitat, and reducing wave action?
200
Not needed by seaweed since they are surrounded by water that provides them with needed materials including gases.
What is a vascular system?
200
Group of organisms conducting the highest amount of photosynthesis in the ocean.
What are phytoplankton?
300
Unicellular eukaryote organism group known as the "first animals."
What are protozoans?
300
Grasses found in mudflats that cannot survive being fully submerged for extended periods of time.
What are cordgrasses?
300
A year with low rainfall values has this effect on SAV acreage.
What is increases SAV coverage?
300
Box-like, clear shell found in diatoms.
What is a frustule?
300
Largest limiting factor in the open ocean.
What are nutrients?
400
Protists known for their characteristic two flagella.
What are dinoflagellates?
400
A marine example (because they aren't very many) of this group would include dead man's fingers.
What is green algae?
400
States and districts in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
What is NY, PA, MD, DE, VA, WV, and DC.
400
Prokaryotes that are characterized by their conducting photosynthesis.
What is cyanobacteria?
400
Process required to bring nutrient rich waters back to the surface.
What is upwelling?
500
The group name associated with free-floating organisms (which are typically unicellular) that go through the process of photosynthesis.
What are phytoplankton?
500
The official name for the structure used in seaweed to keep them upright and towards the surface for photosynthesis.
What is a pneumatocyst?
500
The reason why excess nutrients hinder photosynthesis in SAV.
What is eutriphication (excess nutrients block sunlight to the SAV by causing excess algal blooms)?
500
Mangrove seeds conduct this process while still attached to the parent tree.
What is germination?
500
Measurable pigment directly required for photosynthesis?
What is chlorophyll a?
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