Simple Marine Organisms 2.2

Question 1

Organisms are multicellular and heterotrophic, meaning they acquire energy through ingestion rather than synthesizing it from inorganic substances.

Answer 1

Kingdom Animalia.

Question 2

Organisms are multicellular and autotrophic, meaning they can synthesize their own food from inorganic substances using light or energy. Photosynthesis is a good example of this synthesis.

Answer 2

Kingdom Plantae.

Question 3

Kingdom Fungi.

Answer 3

Organisms are multicellular and heterotrophic.

Question 4

The “none of the above” category that includes both unicellular and multicellular organisms that may be autotrophic or heterotrophic.

Answer 4

Kingdom Protista.

Question 5

________ are the oldest, smallest, and most simply structured organisms.

Answer 5

Prokaryotes.

Question 6

Phylum Ochrophyta

Answer 6

Brown algae.

Question 7

Phylum Rhodophyta.

Answer 7

Red algae.

Question 8

Something is unable to make its own food and must obtain it by eating other organisms, such as plants or animals.

Answer 8

Heterotrophic.

Question 9

Autotrophic.

Answer 9

Makes its own food.