Exam 18: Life in the Oceans Depths

The limpet-like Neopilina's ancestors may have led to the following modern groups except:

Deep-sea fish with large mouths use this adaptation to:

Match the tropic level with the most closely associated vent community species. -Vestimentiferan worms

Male anglerfish often attach to the female so they can

Deep-sea bivalves differ from their surface relatives by using their siphons to:

MATCHING Match the use of bioluminescence with its most closely associated species. -Anglerfish

Bioluminescence occurs as a result of

Match the eye characteristic with the most closely associated depth. -Deep-sea

White smokers produce a fluid rich in:

A male fish that uses bright lights at the top of its tail fins to identify itself to females when breeding is a type of:

Match the characteristic with the most closely associated diversity component. -Abundance

The vampire squid was placed in the order Vampyromorpha on account of:

Describe why many vent animals that house chemosynthetic bacteria are not harmed by the sulfide compounds in their blood, which normally would be toxic to these animals.

Match the term with the most closely associated manned deep diving device. -Alvin

All of the following apply to the deep sea except:

All the following are major factors that affect animals living in the deep ocean except:

Symbiotic chemosynthetic bacteria obtain oxygen from their hosts through:

Describe what is known about the lifespan of hydrothermal vent communities and how organisms may have adapted to these factors.

Diversity is considered high in the deep sea due to:

Chemosynthetic bacteria can oxidize