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World Oceans Test
Test #3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sediment development | Construction and dredging. Filling swamps. Clear-cutting rain forests. Impact: smothering. |
| Pollution- Addition of nutrients. | Sewage outfalls. Fertilizer and insecticide use. Disposal in Karst Areas. Impact: algal-bacterial growth/band disease, and crown of thorns starfish. |
| Garbage disposal. | Dumping at sea. Plastics. Land fills. |
| Physical damage | Boat groundings. Anchoring and mooring. Tourism. Bombs. |
| Biological damage. | Fishing, trapping. Marine specimens. Collecting corals. |
| Physical controls | Temperature. Water depth. Density. Water movement. Turbidity. Bottom (substrate). Light. |
| Chemical Controls | Salinity. Oxygen. Carbon Dioxide. Nutrients. |
| Biological Controls on marine life include: | Reproductive partners, predator-prey relations, number of animals occupying a space, parasites. |
| What is considered to be a major physical control on marine life? | Light. |
| Which of the following are considered to be major physical controls on marine life. | nutrients. DO. |
| A plant or animal that moves through the water. | Nekton. |
| A critter that is attached to the surface of the substrate. | Sessile epifaunal. |
| A critter that can make its own food. | An autotroph. |
| A critter that swims in deep waters beyond the continental shelf is known as. | Oceanic. |
| A sea cucumber is an example of a. | Deposit feeder. |
| True algae (not cyanobacteria) are classified within 2 different kingdoms. They are either members of the Plantae or the kingdom... | Protoctista. |
| Nematocysts are cells that are found in: | Cnidaria. |
| A water vascular system id found in: | Sea Lilies. |
| Chordate critters that are closely related to the vertebrates are known as tunicates or... | Sea Squirts. |
| Spicules are found in: | Porifera. |
| Pogonophorids are unusual types of: | Worms. |
| Sea cucumbers are classified in the phylum with: | Starfish. (echinodermata) |
| The medusa is a floating form of: | Cnidaria. |
| Members of the Kingdom Monera (bacteria): | Cyanobacteria. |
| Members of the kingdom Protoctista: | Dinoflagellates and coccoliths. |
| The phylum Annelida includes: | Segmented worms. |
| The phylum porifera includes: | Sponges. |
| The phylum arthropoda includes: | Isopods. |
| The common name for a brachiopod is a: | Lamp Shell. |
| Scallops move by: | Jet propelling themselves through the water. |
| A turtle is an example of a marine: | reptile. |
| A ray is a member of the: | Chondrichthyes. |
| The cnidarian class that has no medusa form is the class: | Anthozoa. |
| The portuguese Man O' War belongs to the class: | Hydrozoa. |
| A coral or sea anemone belongs to the class: | Anthozoa. |
| A squid belongs to the class: | Cephalopoda. |
| Snails are members of the class: | Gastropoda. |
| The class that uses jet propulsion to move through the water is: | Cephalopoda. |
| Crinozoans (or Crinoids) have the common name: | Sea Lily. |
| Starfish belong to the | Phylum echinodermata, class asteroidean. |
| Sea horses are members of the: | osteichthyes. |
| In a sponge, the holes at the sides are used to: | Allow water to enter. |
| Mangroves are examples of marine: | Trees. Phylum Tracheophyta. |
| What shows the relationship between marine critters most realistically: | Food Webs. |
| What characteristics would be necessary for a group of organisms to be considered a community: | Complex commensal relations. |
| Fish with large heads and long, thin bodies might be found in these communities: | Deep water. |
| Chemotrophic organisms are most common in what communities: | hydrothermal vents. |
| A reef is defined as an organic (plant and animal) structure that has: | wave resistance. |
| A circular reef with a central lagoon and no island is known as: | An atoll. |
| What is most likely to occur in deep water reefs: | Flat plate corals. |
| What group contains reef cementers: | Sponges. |
| A manatee is an example of a marine: | mammal. |
| Juvenile fish would be most likely to occur in what communities: | Lagoon. |
| Communities have: | Mappable distribution. Recognizable. Recurring. |
| Rocky intertidal communities. | Harsh extremes. Moisture, temperature, and salinity. |
| Lagoonal grass beds. | Nursery ground for the marine environment. |
| Hydrothermal vents. | Chemosynthetic communities. |
| Chemotrophic worms: | pgonaphorid. |
| Nematocysts: | Cnidaria. |
| Stromatolites: | Bacteria. |
| Segmented worms. | Annelids. |
| Chitons. | Molluska. |
| Arthropods. | Barnacles. |
| Echinoderms: | Starfish, brittle star, sand dollar. |
| Tunichets: | Sea squirts. |
| Benthic Infauna: | Live IN the bottom. |
| Benthic Epifauna: | Live ON the bottom. |
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Jenni_B
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