Final Review for Marine Science Hon

What type of scales do sharks have?

All of the following are a part of a deep-sea vent community,  except:

Fish can change their color rapidly with color and reflective cells in their skin pigmentation.

Shark part that helps expand the stomach:

Which characteristic do bony fish (Osteichthyes) lack?

The three most dangerous sharks do not include: (which one?)

Ovoviviparous is a shark that lays eggs. True or False

What is the largest fish in the Ocean?

Basking sharks feed on:

Rays and skates feed on:

The Coriolis causes objects to shift to the ________ in the North Hemisphere and to the _______ in South Hemisphere.

The lowest point of the wave:

The number of waves that pass a fixed point in one second is the ____:

Most deep sea sharks have how many gill slits?

Purpose of the rectal gland is to:

The vertical measurement from trough to crest:

Factors that affect Maximum wave size include:

Two unequal high and low tides daily is called a ____ tide.

Which of the following is false concerning oceanic ridge systems?

Oxygen in the deep sea comes from?

What occurs when the Earth, Moon and Sun are aligned at perigee and perihelion

Sharks have a skeleton

animals that live in extremes like the hydrothermal vents are nown as.....

Wave speed equals:

Sharks who's pups eat undeveloped eggs or other siblings are known as:

The lowest tides are when moon and sun are at right angles. They are called:

The mesopelagic zone refers to the ocean depths in which there is:

Which of the following is a synonym of spawning:

Spring tides ...

What do we call an incoming tidal current, outgoing tidal current

What was a new discovery in the Gulf of Mexico?

Tsunamis are caused by  ________.

The purpose of the nictitating membrane is to:

Photophores are:

Sharks have 5 to 7 gill slits, but lack an operculum.

Two equal high and low tides daily are:

What great events occurred in 1977?

What would a fish with a tiny pointed mouth eat?

Which shark part secretes mucus, so bites of food can pass through the esophagus?

In the deep sea, the metabolic rates of crustaceans:

The circular flow in each ocean basin is called a _________.

Why is the shark's intestine so short?

Common adaptations of mesopelagic fishes include all of the following, except:

What organ allow sharks to take in water, even if their mouth and gills are buried?

Sharks who's embryos take nutrients from the mother's reproductive tract are: 

What organ does the shark use as it's sixth sense?

The energy source for the bacteria that thrive around deep-sea hydrothermal vents is _____ :

Sharks regulate their buoyancy by:

Bacteria thriving around deep-sea hydrothermal vents are _______:

Air is about _____% nitrogen

Single high and single low tide daily is:

particulate organic matter from dead animals and plants that sink to the bottom of the ocean?

The giant deep-sea hydrothermal vent tubeworm feeds on:

The lateral line in sharks and bony fish:

_____ is the distance between the identical spot on two waves:

Storm surges are caused by:

Forces that create waves are known as:

Sharks that release eggs which are fertilized into the water are known as: 

Tides are caused by gravitational pull of?

The Coriolis effect is caused by: