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Choose a category. You will be given the answer. You must give the correct question. Click to begin. Click here for Final Jeopardy Marine Microbes Seaweeds Green Red Brown 10 Point 10 Point 10 Point 10 Point 10 Point 10 Point 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points Salt Marsh Seagrasses Mangroves Plants Converting chemicals into food energy in the absence of sunlight Chemosynthesis Viruses are made of DNA or RNA surrounded by this protein coat (capsid) Major ecological role of fungi Decomposers Bioluminescent bacteria produce this for their mutualistic hosts Light Microbes, chemically different from bacteria, that live in harsh environments Archaeons Another name for seaweeds Multicellular macroalgae Asexual reproduction where a piece of a seaweed breaks off an forms into a separate organism Fragmentation Type of cyclical reproduction commonly found in seaweeds Alternating generations Seaweeds that live longer than two years Perennials According to most scientists, seaweeds are not true plants because they lack this Vascular tissues Most diverse (6,000 species) Red Most of its species live in freshwater environments Green Perennials Brown Help add calcium carbonate to build coral reefs Red Used historically to prevent goiter Brown Segrasses do this to prevent a buildup of epiphytes Grows and sheds its leaves quickly Seagrasses reproduce by this type of pollination Water pollination Seagrasses most closely compare to these freshwater plants Lillies Term used to describe plants like seagrasses that live their lives completely underwater Hydrophytes During the drought in the early 2000’s, the place in the Chesapeake Bay where seagrasses grew back the most Middle Three general ecological roles shared by salt marsh plants with other marine flowering plants Food, habitat, and sediment stabililzation Climate in which salt marshes are found Temperate These help salt marsh plants retain water Succulent leaves, thick cuticle, and salt glands This ecological role played by salt marshes helps keep algal bloom from occurring Biological filter Salt marsh plants contribute to the food chain mostly by this method Adding to detritus (food for microbes) Mangroves are know for these unusual structures Roots Found in this climate Tropical Method of sexual reproduction found in mangroves Wind pollination Ecological role played by mangrove forests that is important in maintaining marine animal populations Nursery grounds Types of roots that grow from high on the trunk Prop roots Make your wager Feeding style(s) found in amoeboid protozoa Heterotrophic