Author Question: What is the correct classification for a marine organism that is visible but spends its larval or ... (Read 39 times)

audie · **on:** Aug 22, 2018

What is the correct classification for a marine organism that is visible but spends its larval or juvenile stages as a drifting organism?

a) Zooplankton, macroplankton, holoplankton
b) Phytoplankton, microplankton, meroplankton
c) Zooplankton, macroplankton, meroplankton
d) Phytoplankton, microplankton, holoplankton
e) Bacterioplankton, virioplankton, holoplankton

Question 2

Why do most marine organisms inhabit the benthic environment?

a) The benthic environment can have different sediments and therefore numerous habitats.
b) Benthic organisms can get food by deposit feeding or suspension feeding.
c) The ocean water of the benthic environment is uniform unless the organism is intertidal.
d) Many benthic organisms attach to the bottom substrates.
e) All of the above