The highest tides occur

When the sun, moon and the Earth are in a line

Carbon dioxide and water are used to produce glucose.

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Marine Bio - Quiz 2

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Ocean Circulation, Marine Life Zones, Marine Ecosystems, Fundamentals of Biology

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1
An important function of lipids for marine birds is which?
Carry oxygen in the blood
structural support
speeding up metabolic processes
keeping feathers dry
2
Mesopelagic is the zone that has sunlight for some vision but not enough for photosynthesis
True
False
3
In the Northen Hemisphere, currents curve to the right because of the
Coriolis Effect
moon's gravity
longshore drift
density
4
What is water?
A substance with a high specific heat
Hydrogen and oxygen units
All of the above
A polar molecule
5
Which animal could move vertically through the water with the least difficulty from pressure?
A deep-sea shrimp
A seal
A whale
A fish with a swim bladder
6
Water is most dense
At 3 degrees C
When it freezes
In Ice
At 4 degrees C
7
Marine Biology can best be described as:
the study of the marine environment
The study of life
All of the above
The study of marine animals
8
The highest tides occur
Only in spring
When the moon comes close to the Earth
When the sun and moon are at right angles to the earth
When the sun, moon and the Earth are in a line
9
About what percentage of the Earth's surface is covered by ocean?
71%
85%
50%
25%
10
Unlike animal cells, plant cells have which of these?
a cell wall
a nucleus
mitochondria
flagella
11
In sexual, but not asexual, reproduction
meiosis occurs
buds can break off
cell division occurs
offspring are genetically identical to the parent
12
Asexual reproduction in diatoms usually results in
naked offspring
fertilized eggs
same-sized progeny
one larger and one smaller cell
13
Siliceous sediments are biogenous oozes formed mostly from shells of microscopic organisms.
True
False
14
A barnacle exposed to air at low tide inhabits the
Epipelagic zone
Oceanic zone
Sublittoral zone
Littoral zone
15
In photosynthesis,
Carbon dioxide and water are used to produce glucose.
Glucose is broken down into carbon dioxide and water.
Carbon is converted to an inorganic form.
Energy stored in organic matter is transferred to ATP.
16
An example of a primary producer is
Killer whale
Small Fish
Copepod
Diatom

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