Marine Microorganism Review

Question 1

What forms symbiotic relationships with corals, anemones and some jellyfish?

Accepted Answer

zooxanthallae (dinoflagellate)

Question 2

In which Kingdom do protozoans belong?

Accepted Answer

Protista

Question 3

These groups contain organisms with eukaryotic cells.

Accepted Answer

two answers are correct

Question 4

Dinoflagellates belong to this taxonomic group.

Accepted Answer

Kingdom Protista

Question 5

Why do dinoflagellates reproduce sexually during favorable conditions?

Accepted Answer

to ensure a variety of characteristics within the species

Question 6

Organisms possessing prokaryotic cells are found in which Domains?

Accepted Answer

2 are correct

Question 7

Organisms that are eukaryotic and unicellular belong to this taxonomic group.

Accepted Answer

Kingdom Protista

Question 8

Golden brown algae with skeletons of calcium carbonate or silica.

Accepted Answer

diatoms

Question 9

Which Kingdom contains organisms with both plant-like and animal-like characteristics?

Accepted Answer

Protista

Question 10

The Domain to which true bacteria belong.

Accepted Answer

Domain Bacteria

Question 11

These form dense mats called stromatolites

Accepted Answer

cyanobacteria

Question 12

Diatoms are of commercial value to humans because they produce

Accepted Answer

two answers are correct

Question 13

Organisms that rely on decaying matter for food are in this Kingdom.

Accepted Answer

Fungi

Question 14

Offspring of binary fission would compare how to the original cell?

Accepted Answer

identical/clone

Question 15

Often parasitic or pathogenic.

Accepted Answer

bacteria

Question 16

An example of a bioluminescent organism is

Accepted Answer

Noctiluca

Question 17

As a group these are called the protozoans.

Accepted Answer

forams, radiolarians, and tintinids

Question 18

Diatoms belong to this taxonomic group.

Accepted Answer

Kingdom Protista

Question 19

Which type of plankton spends its entire life as plankton (ex diatom)

Accepted Answer

holoplankton

Question 20

This is the type of asexual reproduction in which the organism simply splits in half.

Accepted Answer

binary fission

Question 21

Bioluminescent refers to organisms that are able to

Accepted Answer

create their own light

Question 22

These are protozoans that have cilia, flagella, or use ameboid movement

Accepted Answer

all are correct

Question 23

Caused a massive die off of manatees in 1996.

Accepted Answer

dinoflagellates

Question 24

What impact might a red tide have on humans?

Accepted Answer

all are correct

Question 25

What does a chemosynthetic organism use to make its own food?

Accepted Answer

Energy from chemical reactions

Question 26

These produce a rotten egg smell in swamps because they are anaerobic.

Accepted Answer

purple/green bacteria

Question 27

This taxonomic group contains fossils that date back 3.4 million years.

Accepted Answer

Archaea

Question 28

What is responsible for the eel grass die off in Europe?

Accepted Answer

slime mold

Question 29

These cause a beautiful glow in Phosphorescent Bay of Puerto Rico.

Accepted Answer

dinoflagellates

Question 30

These are responsible for forming diatomaceous earth and oil.

Accepted Answer

diatoms

Marine Microorganism Review

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Marine Microorganism Review

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