Exam 12: Life in the Ocean

A _______________ is a group of organisms linked by complex feeding relations.

Photosynthetic organisms live in the ___________ of the ocean.

The requirements for photosynthesis include all of these EXCEPT:

In photosynthesis, the energy of sunlight ultimately rests in:

Which of the following domains would a protistan primary producer belong to?

Most marine organisms have an internal temperature very close to that of their surroundings. They are known as ____ organisms.

The aphotic zone is the upper layer of the ocean where there is enough light for photosynthesis and vision.

Why is evolution important in the study of the ocean?

When carbon dioxide dissolves in water, the water becomes slightly more:

An example of a nutrient that is important for primary productivity is:

Marine organisms are limited in terms of where in the ocean they can live because of the enormous amount of pressure in the deep sea.

Scientists can observe primary productivity in the ocean from space by measuring the ____.

The organisms that are capable of converting carbon dioxide into glucose are called:

Primary productivity measures the grams of carbon bound into organic material per square meter of ocean surface area per year.

An example of a primary producer is:

Carolus Linnaeus was one of the first persons to classify organisms into natural categories. Which system of taxonomy did he develop?

Which of the following statements best characterizes natural selection?

The oxidation of inorganic molecules such as hydrogen sulfide into carbohydrates is called:

Life is categorized into two domains: one for all the prokaryotic organisms and one for all the eukaryotic organisms.

The scientific name of an organism includes the genus and species name.