Marine Science Final Review

Which of the following is not a type of plankton

The zone between the low tide mark and the edge of the continental shelf is the what?

What is a risk of using dispersants/detergents on oil spills?

As carbon dioxide increases in the oceans, the ocean water becomes more ______.

Sediments that originate from organisms are called

During global warming, which of the following is the least likely to happen? 

Which of the following taxa is most general?

Which does not belong to phylum arthropoda?

Which of the following belong to the phylum Mollusca? 

Which is not an example of mariculture? 

Which of the following belong to the phylum of Annelida?

Which of the following is a type of plankton? 

What is the name of the deepest area in the ocean?

Which of the following features is not a defining characteristic of aquatic biomes?

All of the following are types of plate boundaries except:

Which of the following is not a major factor in shaping the climate of a local region?

In most ray-finned fish, eggs are fertilized

Which does not belong to phylum Echinodermata?

Which of the following factors has the least effect on aquatic biomes?

The marine lifestyle that consists of organisms that swim is called

Currents are caused by all of the following except: 

Tsunamis can be caused by

The ________ zone refers to the water portion of the ocean. The____ zone refers to the bottom.

Which of the following belong to the phylum Platyhelminthes?

Which of the following belong to the phylum Porifera? 

The higher the salinity the _____ the density

How are the Hawaiian Islands formed? 

The largest shark is the ____________, which eats ___________.

Which of the following terms describes all organisms on Earth plus their environments?

Which of the following would best be considered an aspect of climate?

Historically, an unusual aspect of the recent rise in CO2 levels is that

What is an example of emerging marine technology? 

Which of the following belongs to the phylum Chordata?

Lithification is the process of

Which is not something urbanization has caused

Which of the following is a marine invertebrate?

Where do materials like carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus originate from? 

Why are zooxanthellae important to corals?

Which is one way that ocean resources are not well managed? 

How can humans pollute the environment? 

Which is not a characteristic of the intertidal zone?

Organisms in class Reptilia share the characteristic of

How might tsunamis affect people? 

What is not a way that estuaries are helpful as nurseries for a lot of marine species?

Coral bleaching occurs when

Which of the following does not belong to phylum Cnidaria? 

Less ocean life lives in the hadopelagic zone because? 

Which of the following taxa is the most specific?

Tides are caused by

Organisms in class Chondrichthyes include ________ and _________.

The photic zone is the _____ area of the open ocean, whereas the aphotic zone is the

What are three domains of life?

Which of the following is a source of naturally occurring carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

The largest brown algae is ____. It is important because ____.

Which of the following is an example of a water transformation?

Coral and zooxanthellae form a _____ relationship.

How are vertebrates different from invertebrates? 

Carbon dioxide makes up approximately _____ percent of Earth’s atmosphere.

How can a hurricane affect people? 

Marine reptiles included all of the following except

Organisms in class Mammalia have what characteristic?

Erosion occurs because of

Coral bleaching happens when the coral is under