zooplankton are ____.

primary consumers of phytoplankton

A red octopus probably lives deep in the ocean because it is ____

invisible to its prey, invisible to its predators

open ocean zones in the correct order

epipelagic, mesopelagic, bathypelagic, abyssopelagic, hadalpelagic

Climate change is ____ the pH of the ocean which ______.

decreasing/degrades marine animal shells

Two of the USA's favorite seafoods that overexploited.

Atlantic salmon and bluefin tuna

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1
Fishing to feed your family/community.
pole fishing
trawling
subsistence fishing
commercial fishing
2
Sound travels ____ in water than air.
it doesn't - sound can't travel in water
faster
slower
the same speed
3
Which is not a surface current?
eddy
RIP current
thermohaline circulation
gyre
4
brackish
less salty than average ocean
salty enough to presesrve food
less than 1% salt
saltier than average ocean
5
Which pH is the most acidic?
13
2
20
7
6
temporary ecosystem
coral reef
arctic
whale fall
cold seep
7
Marine plants use carbon dioxide and water to make _____ and oxygen.
glucose
sea shells
salt
water
8
zooplankton are ____.
all microscopic
omnivores
producers of the largest food chain in the world
primary consumers of phytoplankton
9
A red octopus probably lives deep in the ocean because it is ____
invisible to its prey
hiding in the red rock that are deep in the ocean
invisible to its predators
mimicking the red squid
10
Increase the density of the ocean.
more salt, cooler temp.
less salt, warmer temp.
less salt, cooler temp.
more salt, warmer temp.
11
The energy source for chemosynthesis is ____.
glucose
Hydrogen sulfide
carbon dioxide
water
12
Trenches form at ____.
mid-ocean ridges
divergent boundaries
convergent boundaries
transform boundaries
13
Least dense layer of Earth.
oceanic crust
mantle
core
continental crust
14
benthic organisms
autotrophic
bottom-dwellers
open-ocean-dwellers
heterotrophic
15
Phylum Echinodermata
sponges
squid, octopus, clams..
jellies, corals, anemones...
sea stars, sea urchins...
16
The highest high tides occur
during spring tide
during 3 quarter moon
during 1 quarter moon
during neap tide
17
open ocean zones in the correct order
epipelagic, mesopelagic, bathypelagic, hadalpelagic, abyssopelagic
epipelagic, mesopelagic, bathypelagic, abyssopelagic, hadalpelagic
epipelagic, mesopelagic, abyssopelagic, bathypelagid, hadalpelagic
epipelagic, bathypelagic, mesopelagic, abyssopelagic, hadalpelagic
18
Climate change is ____ the pH of the ocean which ______.
increasing/degrades marine animal shells
decreasing/bleaches coral.
decreasing/degrades marine animal shells
increasing/bleaches coral
19
The Coriolis Effect is a result of ____.
wind
tides
Earth's rotation
the Global Conveyor Belt
20
littoral zones
intertidal and neritic
epipelagic and mesopelagic
intertidal and epieplagic
all photic zones
21
flowing solid, moves due to convection.
continental crust
oceanic crust
asthenosphere
core
22
Marine animals use ____ which is a form of ____ listening.
SONAR/ active
SONAR/passive
echolocation/passive
echolocation/active
23
what type of plankton?
diatom
phytoplankton
zooplankton
larva
24
Sea-floor spreading occurs at ___.
convergent boundaries
divergent boundaries
transform boundaries
subduction zones
25
Phylum Cnidaria
are porous animals
have a water vascular system
have an exoskeleton
have a polyp and medusa stage
26
Two of the USA's favorite seafoods that overexploited.
Atlantic salmon and bluefin tuna
Atlantic salmon and cod
shrimp and cod
cod and bluefin tuna
27
____ bring nutrients up from the ocean floor with the GCB.
Waves
Density stratification
Tides
Upwellings
28
ray-finned fish
sharks
rays
clownfish, sailfish
hagfish
29
The pencil appears broken because the water changes ___ which causes it to bend.
The color of light
The density of the pencil
The speed of light
The color of light
30
A bunch of volcanoes at convergent boundaries in the Pacific
white smokers
black smokers
hydrothermal vents
The Ring of Fire
31
____ are surface currents caused by wind.
Waves
Gyres
Tides
The Global Conveyor Belt
32
Water evaporating from the ocean ___
does not play a major role in the water cycle
is slightly salty
leaves saltier water behind
occurs fastest at the poles
33
Only marine iguanas
kimodo dragons
Galapagos
hela monsters
Tasmanian iguanas
34
Phylum Porifera
sponges
jellies, corals, anemones
sea stars, sea urchins...
squid, octopus, clams...
35
____ filled up the ocean basins as Earth formed.
melting of the mantle
outgassing from volcanoes
ice from comets
outgassing and ice from comets
36
_______________ is (are) the deep ocean current caused by density differences
The Global Conveyor Belt
Gyres
Tides
Waves
37
Coastal ocean ecosystem with trees and mixed salt and fresh water.
Delta
Rocky shore
Marsh
Mangrove forest
38
Percent of all of Earth's water that is marine.
97.5
71
29
65.6
39
_____ produces food at hydrothermal vents.
Photosynthesis
Tides
The sun
Chemosynthesis
40
More venomous than their land cousins
sea urchins
sea snakes
marine iguanas
sea cucumbers
41
Saltiest ocean.
A
C
D
B
42
Largest tidal bulges.
Spring Tides
Equatorial Tides
Neap Tides
Planar Tides
43
Phylum Mollusca
animals with a mantle
animals with a water vascular system
animals with an exoskeleton
porous animals made of cells
44
Climate change is ______ SST's which ____.
increasing/bleaches coral
decreasing/degrades marine animal shells
increasing/degrades marine animal shells
decreasing/bleaches coral
45
Zone only in trenches
epipelagic
mesopelagic
abyssopelagic
hadalpelagic
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lobe-finned fish
coelocanth, lung fish
sharks
sailfish
rays

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