Question 1

What are trophic levels? Why is it better to eat organisms lower on the tropic pyramid?

Accepted Answer

Answer should include:
•	Trophic levels

Question 2

Most biological productivity in the ocean occurs in the euphotic zone.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Taxonomy is the study of biological classification schemes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Living organisms represent the flow of energy towards decreasing order or chaos.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which classification is so large it is considered a domain?

Accepted Answer

A)  Monera 
B)  Plantae 
C)  Bacteria 
D)  Animalia 
A)  Monera 
B)  Plantae 
C)  Bacteria 
D)  Animalia

Question 6

Which zone is the deepest seabed zone?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bathyal zone 
B)  Hadal zone 
C)  Littoral zone 
D)  Abyssal zone 
A)  Bathyal zone 
B)  Hadal zone 
C)  Littoral zone 
D)  Abyssal zone

Question 7

Phytoplankton is responsible for the synthesis of 90% to 96% of the surface ocean's carbohydrates.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What is the difference between an artificial system of classification and a natural system of classification? Which do we use today? Explain our current taxonomic system.

Accepted Answer

Answer should include:
•	Artificial clas

Question 9

A salmon migrates from the ocean to freshwater rivers to spawn. What is the freshwater environment like for the salmon?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hypertonic 
B)  Hypotonic 
C)  Isotonic 
D)  Equitonic 
A)  Hypertonic 
B)  Hypotonic 
C)  Isotonic 
D)  Equitonic

Question 10

What is the largest biogeochemical cycle?

Accepted Answer

A)  Global Carbon cycle 
B)  Global Nitrogen cycle 
C)  Global Phosphorus cycle 
D)  Global Silicon cycle 
A)  Global Carbon cycle 
B)  Global Nitrogen cycle 
C)  Global Phosphorus cycle 
D)  Global Silicon cycle

What are trophic levels? Why is it better to eat organisms lower on the tropic pyramid?

Most biological productivity in the ocean occurs in the euphotic zone.

Taxonomy is the study of biological classification schemes.

Living organisms represent the flow of energy towards decreasing order or chaos.

Which classification is so large it is considered a domain?

Which zone is the deepest seabed zone?

Phytoplankton is responsible for the synthesis of 90% to 96% of the surface ocean's carbohydrates.

What is the difference between an artificial system of classification and a natural system of classification? Which do we use today? Explain our current taxonomic system.

A salmon migrates from the ocean to freshwater rivers to spawn. What is the freshwater environment like for the salmon?

What is the largest biogeochemical cycle?

The Origin of the Ocean

A History of Marine Science

Earth Structure and Plate Tectonics

Ocean Basins

Ocean Sediments

Water and Ocean Structure

Ocean Chemistry

Circulation of the Atmosphere

Circulation of the Ocean

Waves

Tides

Coasts

Plankton, Algae, and Plants

Marine Animals

Marine Communities

Marine Resources

The Ocean and The Environment

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Exam 13: Life in the Ocean

What are trophic levels? Why is it better to eat organisms lower on the tropic pyramid?

Most biological productivity in the ocean occurs in the euphotic zone.

Taxonomy is the study of biological classification schemes.

Living organisms represent the flow of energy towards decreasing order or chaos.

Which classification is so large it is considered a domain?

Which zone is the deepest seabed zone?

Phytoplankton is responsible for the synthesis of 90% to 96% of the surface ocean's carbohydrates.

What is the difference between an artificial system of classification and a natural system of classification? Which do we use today? Explain our current taxonomic system.

A salmon migrates from the ocean to freshwater rivers to spawn. What is the freshwater environment like for the salmon?

What is the largest biogeochemical cycle?

The Origin of the Ocean

A History of Marine Science

Earth Structure and Plate Tectonics

Ocean Basins

Ocean Sediments

Water and Ocean Structure

Ocean Chemistry

Circulation of the Atmosphere

Circulation of the Ocean

Waves

Tides

Coasts

Plankton, Algae, and Plants

Marine Animals

Marine Communities

Marine Resources

The Ocean and The Environment

Filters