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Marine Bio
Chap 16
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An important feeding adaptation among deep-sea fishes: | Ability to eat prey bigger than themselves |
| Bacteria thriving around deep-sea hydrothermal vents are: | Chemosynthetic |
| In addition to food, deep-water animals depend on the surface for: | Oxygen |
| Photophores are: | Light-producing organs |
| The deep-sea benthos consists mostly of: | Deposit feeders |
| The deepest of ocean waters are classified as: | Hadopelagic |
| The energy source for the bacteria that thrive around deep-sea hydrothermal vents is: | Hydrogen sulfide |
| The giant deep-sea hydrothermal vent tubeworm feeds on: | It filter-feeds on chemosynthetic bacteria |
| The presence of bioluminescent organs on the underside of mid-water fishes is involved in: | Counterillumination |
| The zone immediately below the bathypelagic zone is called the: | Abyssopelagic |