Bacteria, Archaea, and Plankton Review

Question 1

List the classification system of life in order from the broadest to the most specific.

Answer 1

Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

Question 2

What is the kingdom name for the Domain Archaea?

Answer 2

Archaebacteria

Question 3

What type of organisms are included in the domain/kingdom archaea?

Answer 3

bacteria like organisms

Question 4

Describe the organisms that exist in the kingdom Archaebacteria.

Answer 4

Simple organisms that lack a nucleus, microscopic, and single celled.

Question 5

What type of chemicals do Sea Floor archaebacteria rely on and what do they produce as a byproduct?

Answer 5

Hydrogen sulfide - carbohydrates, carbon dioxide, dissolved oxygen, and sulfuric acid.

Question 6

Archaebacteria can live in both freshwater and saltwater.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Archaebacteria are all microscopic

Answer 7

False

Question 8

What setting or environment do archaebacteria form the base of the food webs for?

Answer 8

vent ecosystems

Question 9

What bacteria can be found in plants, animals, or in the human gut and is part of the nitrogen cycle?

Answer 9

Proteobacteria

Question 10

What bacteria can lead to blindness and is a common STD?

Answer 10

Chlamydia

Question 11

What bacteria can cause syphilis and lyme disease?

Answer 11

Spirochetes

Question 12

What bacteria is partially responsible for the world’s oxygen supply?

Answer 12

Cyanobacteria

Question 13

What bacteria can decompose organic matter and is found in anthrax and botulism?

Answer 13

Gram-positive

Question 14

Survives in pH 3 or below

Answer 14

Acidophiles

Question 15

survives in pH 9 or above

Answer 15

Alkaliphiles

Question 16

Survives in 140-176F

Answer 16

thermophiles

Question 17

survives in 176-250F

Answer 17

Hyperthermophiles

Question 18

survives in 5 to -50F

Answer 18

Psychrophiles

Question 19

Survives in high salt concentrations

Answer 19

halophiles

Question 20

Survives in high sugar concentrations

Answer 20

Osmophiles

Question 21

When were deep sea vents discovered?

Answer 21

1977

Question 22

Riftia pachyptila

Answer 22

tube worm

Question 23

Calyptogena

Answer 23

Clam

Question 24

Thermarces cerberus

Answer 24

eel pout fish

Question 25

Methanococcus

Answer 25

Bacteria

Question 26

Saxipendium coronatum

Answer 26

Spaghetti Worm

Question 27

Alvinella pompejana

Answer 27

Pompeii worm

Question 28

Rimicarus exoculata

Answer 28

vent shrimp

Question 29

Munidopsis

Answer 29

Squat lobster

Question 30

Cerianthus

Answer 30

Anemone

Question 31

Bathymodiolus

Answer 31

mussel

Question 32

Bathograea

Answer 32

Brachyuran Crab

Question 33

Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis

Answer 33

Octopus

Question 34

What type of organisms do plankton describe?

Answer 34

abundant, tiny organisms that drift passively or swim so weakly they can't fight a current, live by the surface.

Question 35

How much of the oceans biomass does plankton constitute?

Answer 35

95%

Question 36

Why are plankton considered crucial to the oceans?

Answer 36

They sustain the food chain of the open ocean.

Question 37

What are 3 ways plankton are classified?

Answer 37

The kind of organism, how long they exist, and by size.

Question 38

What is the name given to plankton that is plant like?

Answer 38

Phytoplankton

Question 39

What is the name given to plankton that is animal like?

Answer 39

Zooplankton

Question 40

What is the name of plankton that lives their entire lives as plankton?

Answer 40

holoplankton

Question 41

What is the name of plankton that only live part of their lives as plankton?

Answer 41

meroplankton

Question 42

Where do phytoplankton generally live?

Answer 42

at or near the surface, euphotic zone, 80 meters or shallower

Question 43

What type of plankton are known as the cows of the sea?

Answer 43

Zooplankton

Question 44

What are zooplankton that eat phytoplankton called?

Answer 44

herbivores

Question 45

What are Zooplankton that eat Zooplankton called?

Answer 45

Carnivores

Question 46

What are Zooplankton that eat phytoplankton and zooplankton called?

Answer 46

Omnivores

Question 47

What is an example of small fish that school and feed on plankton?

Answer 47

Anchovies

Question 48

What is the largest fish in the ocean that feeds on zooplankton?

Answer 48

Whale Shark

Question 49

What is the worlds largest animal that feeds almost entirely off of plankton? How Much?

Answer 49

Blue Whale, 2 tons of krill

Question 50

List 2 other sessile organisms that feed off plankton

Answer 50

corals and sponges

Question 51

Describe the relationship between zooplankton and phytoplankton. How does one rely on the other to survive?

Answer 51

When phytoplankton pop increases, the zooplankton has more to eat and their population will increase too.

Question 52

List 3 exceptionally large zooplanktons. Why are they considered zooplankton?

Answer 52

giant salp colonies, giant jellyfish, and ocean sunfish- swim so poorly they can't fight a current.