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Marine Biology Final Review
Marine Biology Final Review
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Ocean Characteristics Fish Ecology and Habitat Taxonomy
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TRUE or FALSE.
The ocean has the same depth, temperature, salinity, and currents, everywhere.
True
False
2
What do we call the science of classifying living things?
Taxonomy
Genetics
Ecology
Biology
3
Coral reefs build upwards on the skeletal remains of older colonies
True
False
4
Where does aquaculture take place?
In factories and buildings
In foreign countries
ponds, rivers, bays, and oceans
on aquaculture boats
5
How are muscles good for the environment?
They filter water
They store carbon
They add good waste
They produce O2
6
What is one of the three reasons discussed, contributing to the collapse of coral reefs?
Hobby collection
tourism
ocean acidification
Increased water temperature
7
The symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit is called...
Mutualism
Interspecific Competition
Parasitism
Commensalism
8
Rivers and Streams are considered
Marine water lotic systems
Marine water lentic systems
Freshwater lentic Systems
Freshwater lotic systems
9
What does the global conveyor belt do?
Exchange water and nutrients between oceans
Manufactures new seafloor
Causes hot water to move but cold water to stay put
create gyres with the Coriolis effect.
10
When organisms from different species compete for a resource we call this
Mutualism
Commensalism
Interspecific Competition
Intraspecific Competition
11
What does "haline" in "thermohaline" refer to?
Current
Density
Salinity
Temperature
12
Sea urchins belong to the _______ family
Mammalia
Echinodermata
Arthropods
Cnidarians
13
What two countries rely heavily on coral reefs for food security?
Mexico and Thailand
South Africa and The Philippines
Japan and Indonesia
The United States and Australia
14
Dolphins belong to the _______ family
Arthropods
Cnidarians
Mammalia
Echinodermata
15
The domains are,
Ecosystem, genetics and species
Kingdom, Genus and Species
Bacteria, Archea, and Eukarya
Plant, Animal and Insect
16
True or False: Cold water is denser than warm water
False
True
17
Winds and currents create
a worldwide movement or conveyor of water and nutrients called
Coriolis effect
Gyres
Currents
Thermohaline Circulation
18
The habitat that has characteristics of both streams and lakes are
Reservoir
Ponds
Estuaries
Rivers
19
The seafloor spreads because of the
Coriolis Effect
Tectonic plates spit apart and move under each other
Underwater volcanoes called hydrothermal vents
The continental shelf expands
20
The physical makeup of an organism by which they are classified into the following groups
Active or Passive feeders
Mammal or Fish
Asymmetry, Symmetrical, Radially Symmetrical
Sessile or Motile
21
A nearly circular current system
wave
current
Gyre
tide
22
Ocean currents influence what 2 factors?
Hurricanes and Tornadoes
Floods and droughts
Weather and climate
Tides and waves
23
Sponges belong to the _______ family
Porifera
Cnidarians
Molluscs
Arthropods
24
What is interdependence?
The way organisms are harvested in aquaculture
a full story of how other organisms depend on one another in an ecosystem.
When countries divide and form new countries
Being independent of other organisms in a food web.
25
Fish born in freshwater, and spends most of their life in the sea, only returning to spawn are
Stenohaline species
anadromous species
Euryhaline species
catadromous species
26
the enrichment of water with nutrients, (phosphorus and nitrogen), stimulates the growth of algae & aquatic plants is
Ocean Acidification
a good thing
Eutrophication
symbiosis
27
A food web and a food chain diagrams what?
Waste lost
Which organism eats what
Energy Flowing in an ecosystem
Symbiotic relationships
28
What causes the water to sink?
The hydro-thermo vents erupt
The water gets colder and denser
The water gets warmer and denser
The water gets more salinity and nutrients
29
The symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits while the other is harmed is called...
Mutualism
Parasitism
Interspecific Competition
Commensalism
30
How is salinity measured in fish tanks?
PPB
mg/L
PPT
PPM
31
Which water quality parameter influences the metabolism of organisms?
Temperature
Salinity
Nitrate
pH
32
What language is typically used for scientific names?
Spanish
Latin
French
Portorguese
33
Binomial nomenclature uses a unique three part name.
True
False
34
Sessile organisms depend on the water flow and turbulence to bring food within their reach, and also for reproduction
True
False
35
The symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits while the other is neither harmed nor benefits is called...
Commensalism
Parasitism
Mutualism
Interspecific Competition
36
Linnaeus was a
geneticist that created our classification systems
botanist that created our classificaiton system
geologist that created our classificaiton system
geneticist that created our clssificaiton system
37
What percent of the earth's surface is covered with ocean water?
71%
55%
63%
92%
38
The stinging cells of corals used for capturing prey are called
Nematocyst
Tentacles
Calyx
Polyps
39
How can nitrite, nitrates, and ammonia be removed?
using chemicals
weekly water changes
increasing the oxygen
don't feed the fish for a month
40
Crabs belong to the _______ family
Cnidarians
Molluscs
Arthropods
Porifera
41
Where are fingerlings raised?
fish tanks
rivers and oceans
hatchery
McDonald's
42
Most organisms have adapted to life in water of a specific pH and may die if it changes even slightly.
True
False
43
True or false: Temperature is determined by the source of the current
False
True
44
At extremely high or low pH values, the water becomes unsuitable for most organisms.
True
False
45
Wind patterns created by the _______ effect influence water currents.
Coriolis
wave
thermohaline
Sun/solar
46
An example of a littoral habitat is
Abyssal Plain
Estuaries
Lakes
Coral Reef
47
When organisms from the same species compete for a resource we call this
Commensalism
Interspecific Competition
Mutualism
Intraspecific Competition
48
Linnaeus based his system on ______, or the physical form and structure of living things.
Morphology
Genetics
Phylogeny
Chemistry
49
How is dissolved oxygen measured in fish tanks?
PPT
PPM
mg/L
PPB
50
What is aquaculture?
studying the culture in water
studying water quality
farming food with fish and water
Farming food with water only
51
How does a rise in the salt content change the density?
The water has no density
The water becomes more dense
It does not change density
The water becomes less dense
52
Phosphates are added to the environment as...
a by-product of mineralization of dead matter
feces
uneaten food
fish slime
53
What are the two main categories of fish?
mammalian fish and amphibians fish
Cartilaginous fish and bony fish
Freshwater and Saltwater fish
Lentic and Lotic Fish
54
Coral reefs are home to what percentage of marine species
25%
50%
33%
73%
55
Fish that can tolerate only a very narrow range of salinity are known as
anadromous species
Euryhaline species
catadromous species
Stenohaline species
56
The lower the pH the more basic the solution is.
False
True
57
Pelagic fish live in
Along land masses
Estuaries
Open water
Reefs
58
Homologous traits are traits that stem from a common evolutionary ancestor.
False
True
59
True or False:
Water exerts less pressure on the body than air.
True
False
60
Each level of organizaiton: kingdom, phylum, class, and so on is called a....
Trophic Level
Taxa
Category
Group
