Modes of Life

Question 1

true or false:

aquatic animals have varying modes of life.

Answer 1

true

Question 2

Planktonic:

describe plankton

Answer 2

• small plants/animals that float/drift/swim weakly

Question 3

Planktonic:

describe phytoplankton

Answer 3

plants & plant-like plankton, such as
* diatoms
* coccolithophores of zooplankton

coccolithophore - a type of algae phytoplankton thingy

Question 4

Planktonic:

describe zooplankton

Answer 4

animals & animal-like plankton such as
* foraminifera
* radiolaria

Question 5

Nektonic:

desribe nektonic organisms

Answer 5

swimming animals, live within water column

water column - volume of water in a certain area of ocean

Question 6

Benthic:

describe benthic organisms

Answer 6

bottom dwellers, can be either
* infaunal
* epifaunal

Question 7

Benthic:

describe infaunal organisms

Answer 7

living beneath sedimant surface

Question 8

Benthic:

describe epifaunal organisms

Answer 8

living on top of sediment surface

Question 9

Benthic:

bottom dwellers capable of movement are called

Answer 9

vagile or vagrant

Question 10

Benthic:

bottom dwellers that don’t move are called

Answer 10

sessile