Marine Bio

the first marine biology lab in US

which of the following was not a contribution of darwin's

a control can be best defined as

glucose is an example of a

organisms that make their own food are known as

what is missing from the following equation for photosynthesis?

co2+h2o+_____--> Glucose+o2

one of the by-products of photosynthesis is

the most important nutrients for plant growth in the ocean are

which of the following is not apart of all cells?

aerobic respiration takes place in this organelle

these are long protein filaments that aid in cellular locomotion

a clam living in the sediment at the bottom of the ocean would be considered

a group of mussels of a particular type living together on a rock back is an example of

organisms whose body temperature changes with changes in external temperature are known as

which of the following is not part of the theory of natural selection

moths changing color based on the floor of the tree in which they live is an example of

the fossil record is incomplete because

which of the following evolve?

4 characteristics of all living organisms

along with water all living things are made up of four types of biological molecules

outer barrier of the cell allowing only certain things into and out of

membrane-bound organelle where biological molecules are modified, stored and packaged

where photosynthesis takes place

gelatinous contents of the cell

all marine animals have gills so whales have gills

A control can be best defined as

A marine biologist observes that mako sharks, sardines, and salmon leap out of the water. An example of induction from these observations is

An experiment can be best described as

Charles Darwin, who proposed the theory of evolution, was actually a marine biologist who specialized in

How much of the Earth's oxygen is generated by marine organism

Jacques Cousteau is best known for helping to perfect which marine technology?

One of the following is outside the realm of science

Science is limited since it cannot

Scientific knowledge is ultimately traced to

The Challenger expedition made collections of marine organisms

The factors that might affect observations are called

The first marine laboratory in the world was established in

Which of the following statements about Charles Darwin is not true?

An example of an island arch along a trench

Black smokers form as a result of the accumulation of

Density is

How much of the Earth's surface is covered by the world ocean?

Lithogenous sediments are those that come from

Oceanographers often use the name "Southern Ocean" to refer to the body of water

Sea level naturally fluctuates through geologic time. What is occurring now with regards to sea level?

The earth's magnetic field is thought to be caused by movements of liquid metal in which of the earth's layers?

The east coast of the United States is a passive margin characterized by

The most biologically rich part of the ocean is the

The process by which a lithospheric plate descends into the mantle is called

The solid layer of the earth found below the crust is called the

The steepest part of the continental margin is known as the

The type of plate boundary where plates move past each other is called

The world's smallest and shallowest ocean

There is evidence that the earth and the rest of the solar system formed about

Which of the following is not true of mid-ocean ridges?

Which of the following is not true of oceanic crust?

A cold current flows almost into the Equator along the

the super continent that existed 190 million years ago

sea floor spreading overs at these geological features

the bond that form between molecules of water are called

the salinity of water is expressed

average salinity of the ocean is

shells of microorganism that sink to the bottom of the ocean are considered this type of sediment

pressure increases with depth by adding one atmosphere of pressure for every

which gas dissolves best in water

coriolis effect is the direct result of

a species in an ecosystem that plays a central role in the health of that ecosystem and whose removal may cassette collapse of the ecosystem

primary reason the southern sea otter nearly went extinct by the early 1900's?

which of the following is most common interaction between species

a fundamental role of decomposers

Food from the sea represents about _____ of all food eaten by humans.

The highest catches of finfish are

If one looks at the world commercial catches of seafood, the total amounts

Which of these fisheries of the Grand and Georges Banks off eastern Canada and the northeastern United States once provided one of the richest fisheries in the world but now are nearly gone and was thus closed in 1992?

The sustainable yield for a fishery is

The maximum sustainable yield of a harvested fish population depends on all of these except

Even if fishing is stopped on an overexploited species, it may not recover its population levels because of all of these factors but which one?

When underutilized species of marine animals caught as a result of valuable species of animals being caught and usually discarded this is called:

Open mariculture is used to grow mainly which of these

Recreational fisheries can damage fish stocks because they

While desalination currently is being used in a few countries such as Saudi Arabia and is expanding elsewhere, the main factor that prevents it from being used to produce drinking water in arid parts of the U.S.A. is:

Off-shore oil and gas production may soon be expanded to the

Feminization of male fish has been linked to chemicals in sewage. The chemicals are from the urine of women on birth control pills

Most of the polluting oil in North America comes from tanker and pipeline spills

Because of biological magnification, which of these animals would accumulate the most pesticides per body weight?

Not all threatened or rare marine species have been over-exploited for food, hides or oil. For what other purpose have many such as corals, mollusks, or turtles been taken and killed?

Marine thermal pollution is detrimental to local areas of water because

A major cause of the spread of exotic or alien species is

All of the following threaten or destroy coral reefs except for which activity?

The term endangered species is defined as:

Earth’s temperatures are stable because we are surrounded by ________ which allows the right amount of sunlight in to warm the Earth

This layer keeps us “not too hot in the summer” and “not too cold in the winter.” Scientists call this the ________ effect

Certain gases in the atmosphere – water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide – help maintain the Earth’s temperatures and climate. These are called: __________

The correlation between CO2 levels in the atmosphere and mean global temperature shows that increased CO2 levels cause a rise in mean global temperature.

The variations in solar irradiance on Earth associated with small periodic changes in the Earth's orbit around the Sun are called

Evidence for global warming is provided by which of the following

Considering climate change, melting of ice sheets and glaciers causes the`

Considering climate change, increased global temperatures causes the

Considering climate change, rise in water level in oceans and seas due to melted ice sheets and glaciers causes

The most abundant greenhouse gas is

Which is not a major greenhouse gas

hich of the following gases are mainly responsible for the atmospheric greenhouse effect

Which of the following processes acts to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

Seawater and carbon dioxide combine in the ocean to form what compound?

Which organisms in the ocean are the first to be affected by ocean acidification?

Increased carbon dioxide in seawater decreases the availability of this compound used for shell building

Eutrophication is

A limiting nutrient, what does that mean?

Algin is a natural product extracted from seaweeds. It is used as

Coralline red algae receive this name due to their ability to

Encrusting algae are commonly found living

Green algae are characterized by:

Mangroves live in coastal waters that

Marine flowering plants can be best differentiated from seaweeds by the fact that the marine flowering plants

Marine flowering plants include all of the following except

one of these groups of algae is found mostly in fresh water and on land, that is, only a small number is actually marine

Reproduction in seaweeds can be very complex

Salt-tolerant plants such as salt-marsh plants are called:

Seaweeds and many bacteria are primary producers. In contrast to most of the bacteria that are primary producers, however, all seaweeds

Seaweeds are included among the Protista. Some biologists, however, place them instead in the

Seaweeds can be best differentiated from true plants because seaweeds

The most complex and largest of all the seaweeds is included among one of these groups:

The root-like, anchoring structure of many seaweeds is called the

The thallus of a seaweed refers to its