Apologia Marine Biology Review Modules 1-7

A starfish is an:

The Pacific Ocean is the world's largest ocean

Heterotrophic Bacteria cannot make their own food, so they are

The process that creates new sea floor as plates move away from each other at mid ocean ridges

Two types of support for sponges are spicules and spongin

Organisms that break down dead, organic matter into smaller molecules

Whales that feed on very small plankton are called

The four parts of an algae are the stipe, the blades, the holdfast and:

Referring to the top (0r back) of an animal

The theory that continents are slowly moving away from each other is:

The process of shedding an exoskeleton and replacing it with a new one

A clam is:

Which is not an adaptation of sea turtles that allows them to survive in a marine environment?

A sea turtle is in:

Sharks do not have bones

1. Special cells that have half as many chromosomes as the parent’s usual cells are called:

Runners, budding and fission are all types of sexual reproduction

Seagrasses do not need big showy flowers because:

Organisms that are able to produce their own food are:

A sponge is in:

A jellyfish is in phylum:

As the salinity of water increases, the density decreases

Most sea life is found on the

An octopus is:

An expression of a helpful trait

All members of Kingdom Monera are bacteria

A snail is in class:

Cnidarians are found in two forms: medusa and sponges

A relationship between two or more organisms in which both species benefit

Photosynthesis is how an organism makes its own food using the

Class Agnatha is classified by what it doesn’t have. What characteristic do they not have?

Organisms that cannot make their own food and must obtain it from other organisms are called:

Animals with this type of symmetry are most likely to have a brain

A penguin is in class:

referring to the bottom (or belly) surface of an animal

Class Bivalvia, Class Cephalopoda, and Class Gastropoda are all members of which phylum?

Lichens are the result of a symbiotic relationship between a fungus and a plant

The movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration is

A sea lion is in class:

Photosynthesis and Respiration are opposite processes

A crab is in phylum:

Most of the fish in the world are classified as:

Naming an animal by its genus and species is called

Sea stars, sand dollars, sea urchins and sea cucumbers are all echinoderms

What do all chordates have at some point in their development?