Marine Science Midterm Review 2021

a symbiotic relationship in which one partner benefits and the other is harmed

What is the apparent deflection of the paths of winds and currents resulting from earth’s rotation?

What is the range of environmental factors to which an organism is best adapted?

a symbiotic relationship in which one partner benefits and the other neither benefits or is harmed

In Oparin and Haldane's theory, what provided energy to convert atmospheric compounds to organic molecules?

a symbiotic relationship in which both partners benefit

A quadrat is most similar to what shape?

What is NOT a major contributor to eutrophication?

What organism would exhibit a type III survivorship curve?

What type of bacteria were responsible for the Great Oxygenation Event?

benthic organisms that live within the sediment

organisms that are carried by the ocean’s currents

Evolution is the process whereby ______ change over time.

What are tubular structures that allow water to enter the mantle cavity of bivalves, preventing sediment from entering?

In the figure, which of the following graphs represents a positive correlation?

Interpolation is the process of creating a mathematical model to predict values outside of the collected data set.

What can a correlation NOT tell you about a pair of variables?

Which of the following organisms are primarily responsible for harmful algal blooms (HABs) and red tides?

Which of the following is NOT a use of mathematical models?

The evolution of similar traits across multiple lineages that lacked the trait ancestrally is _____ evolution.

Why is cyanobacteria important to the marine environment?

What brings nutrients to the surface of an area, increasing productivity?

What type of feeding is the general removal of suspended food particles from the water?

organisms that can swim against the ocean’s currents

Which of these does NOT need to be taken into account when collecting data?

Why marine fungi are mainly microscopic?

If two variables are strongly correlated, that means that they have a cause-and-effect relationship.

What is the depth at which daily or seasonal light penetration can support photosynthesis?

Which is a bilaterally symmetric organism?

Extrapolation is the process of creating a mathematical model to predict values outside of the collected data set.

Which of the following is not a factor that has contributed to the prolonged success of the phylum arthropoda?

The process by which two unrelated groups become uniquely adapted to interact with one another is _____ evolution.

What type of survivorship curve is represented by a straight line?

What is the rate at which energy-rich food molecules are being produced from inorganic materials?

benthic organisms that live on top of the sediment

Which of the following is NOT a shape of bacteria?

What do the two parts of a scientific name represent (in the correct order)?

How does habitat complexity relate to microhabitats? 

A p-value GREATER THAN 0.05 means that there is a significant difference between experimental groups

The alternative hypothesis states that there is no significant difference between experimental groups.

What is a region so far removed from an organism’s optimal range that it can neither reproduce, nor survive.

a viral particle

Which is a radially symmetric organism?

Which of the following would be the least likely to fossilize well?

How many mass extinctions have there been?

In what type of feeding does an organism draw water across a structure or membrane to remove nutrients from the water?

Which is NOT a part of the fossilization process?

What was the largest mass extinction in history?

The correlation between rock music quality and US oil production is an example of

The sign of the r-value (correlation coefficient) indicates whether a correlation is positive or negative.

Which is NOT an advantage that bilaterally symmetric organisms have over radially symmetric ones?

Which of the following terms would NOT describe an index fossil?

What is a legitimate reason why the results of a study might be valid, even though the study contains small sample sizes

Which of the following Kingdoms contains extremophiles?

In the figure , which graph represents a negative correlation?

What is the mechanism for continental drift?

In what type of feeding does an organism remove nutrients from sediments?

Which of the following would be a K-strategist?

What cells are responsible for an octopus changing colors?

Two closely related species becoming less similar through time is _____ evolution.

What compounds preserved in some fossils are used to determine the color of the extinct animal?

What usually happens when a keystone species is removed from a system?