Oceans 11 Practice Test #3 12/14/2014

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1 Practice test #3 1. The following is an advantage to living in a marine environment: (a) water s density is high (b) abundance of water available (c) salt content (d) all of these Name: 2. This includes the simplest life forms with cells lacking a nucleus: (a) Domain Bacteria (b) Domain Archea (c) Domain Eukarya (d) all of these 3. This domain includes all complex organisms: (a) Domain Bacteria (b) Domain Archea (c) Domain Eukarya (d) all of these 4. A simple group of microscopic bacteria-like creatures falls into: (a) Domain Bacteria (b) Domain Archea (c) Domain Eukarya (d) all of these 5. Which is not a kingdom of organisms? (a) Monera (b) Animalia (c) Mammalia (d) Fungi 6. The classification of living things by two Latin names is called: (a) Monera (b) Eukarya (c) taxonomy (d) binomial nomenclature 7. Which of the following is the correct class for a Human? (a) Primate (b) Mammalia (c) Hominidae (d) Cetacea 8. Which of the following is the correct species for a bat star? (a) sapiens (b) delphis (c) Miniata (d) Mammalia 9. Which of the following taxonomic terms is the same between a human, dolphin, and a bat star? (a) Chordata (b) Cetacea (c) Animalia (d) Plantae 10. What is the name for organisms that drift in the ocean currents? (a) plankton (b) benthos (c) nekton (d) all of these 11. Which of the following types of plankton are most likely to have chlorophyll? (a) zooplankton (b) icthyoplankton (c) bacterioplankton (d) phytoplankton 12. A squid spends part of its life as plankton. This makes its larvae: (a) zooplankton (b) phytoplankton (c) meroplankton (d) virioplankton 13. Which of the following terms does not describe the deep ocean? (a) cold (b) still (c) dark (d) all of these describe the ocean 14. What type of life is found at hydrothermal vents? (a) eukaryotes (b) bacteria (c) archea (d) none of these 15. Which of the following terms refers to organisms that live on or within the sea floor? (a) nekton (b) plankton (c) benthos (d) all of these 16. The microbial revolution started in: (a) 1950s (b) 1960s (c) 1970s (d) 1980s

2 17. Photosynthetic bacteria are responsible for of the ocean productivity. (a) 25% (b) 50% (c) 75% (d) 100% 18. Productivity is the rate at which an ecosystem increases its (a) numbers (b) producers (c) consumers (d) biomass 19. The has fueled the microbial revolution. (a) oil industry (b) discovery of new and diverse forms of microbes (c) paradigm shift (d) none of these 20. A change in the way people think is called: (a) paradigm shift (b) microbial revolution (c) productivity (d) biomass 21. The rate of production of organic matter by phytoplankton and other producers: (a) Primary Productivity (b) Secondary Production (c) Tertiary Production 22. Plankton that use the sun s energy to produce carbohydrates are called: (a) zooplankton (b) bacterioplankton (c) meroplankton (d) phytoplankton 23. Which of these do not exist on the 1st trophic level: (a) macroscopic algae (b) seed bearing plants (b) photosynthetic bacteria (d) all of these are 24. The only organisms from the Kingdom Plantae are: (a) macroscopic algae (b) seed bearing plants (b) photosynthetic bacteria (d) all of these are 25. Seed bearing plants exist in waters. (a) deep (b) shallow (c) all (d) Arctic 26. Green algae are found in the common phylum: (a) plantae (b) algae (c) Chlorophyta (d) Greenae Algaea 27. This form of green algae is 20 feet thick? (a) sea lettuce (b) brown algae (c) Sponge Weed (d) Red Algae 28. Red algae are from the phylum. (a) Phaeohyta (b) Chlorophyta (c) Rhodophyta (d) none of these 29. The colour of red algae depends on: (a) temperature (b) nutrients (c) depth (d) none of these 30. Diatoms are a class of algae that are contained in a microscopic shell called a: (a) test (b) Synechococcus (c) Coccoliths (d) flagella 31. Slow moving fish use a to maintain buoyancy. (a) rigid gas container (b) swim bladder (c) swimming technique (d) all of these 32. Microscopic forms of zooplankton are surrounded by a hard shell called a: (a) test (b) shell (c) cell wall (d) none of these

3 33. It takes day(s) for copepod eggs to hatch. (a) 1 (b) 7 (c) 21 (d) Which word best describes a Portuguese man of war? (a) Copepods (b) Radiolarian (c) Krill (d) hydrozoan 35. A method of camouflaging is: (a) schooling (b) commensalism (c) counterillumination (d) all of these 36. What is an example of an organism with a rigid gas container? (a) perch (b) Nautilus (c) salmon (d) shark 37. Microscopic shrimplike animals are called: (a) rotifers (b) flat worms (c) Copopods (d) jellyfish 38. A fish that lays in wait for its prey, ambushing it is called a(n): (a) cruiser (b) lunger (c) amphibian (d) perch 39. How many deaths per year are caused by shark attacks? (a) 100 (b) 0.4 (c) 10 (d) What is not an adaptation for organisms in the pelagic organisms for hunting? (a) mobility (b) swimming speed (c) cold/warm blood (d) Deep water adaptations 41. A grouping of fish together to try and confuse prey is: (a) counterillumination (b) Schooling (c) Confusion effect (d) all of these 42. Which is not a type of symbiotic relationship? (a) commensalism (b) mutualism (c) parasitism (d) all of these are 43. What is the name of the world s largest fish? (a) blue whale (b) whale shark (c) great white shark (d) blue fin tuna 44. If a smaller organism lives on or around an organism without harming it is is called: (a) commensalism (b) mutualism (c) parasitism (d) none of these 45. If an organism robs energy from a host this is: (a) commensalism (b) mutualism (c) parasitism (d) all of these are 46. If both organisms benefit from a relationship it is: (a) commensalism (b) mutualism (c) parasitism (d) all of these are 47. An invertebrate lacks which key body part? (a) head (b) legs (c) spinal column (d) mouths 48. Invertebrates are organisms. (a) unicellular (b) bicellular (c) multicellular (d) lack cells 49. The kingdom that includes Cephalopods, Cnidarians, and Echinoderms is: (a) Animalia (b) Chordata (c) Mollusca (d) Plantae

4 50. All mollusks have a(n): (a) shell (b) eyes (c) tentacles (d) gills 51. The files like organ within the mouth of most mollusks is the: (a) beak (b) gill heart (c) radula (d) chromatophores 52. The largest invertebrate is m long (a) 1.67 (b) 10 (c) 50 (d) Which of these organisms are not a member of the Cephlopods? (a) squid (b) cuttlefish (c) Nautilus (d) sea star 54. Which of these organisms is a Cnidarian? (a) Man-of-war (b) Colossal Squid (c) Sea Urchin (d) all of these are 55. How many, approximately, known species of cephalopods are there? (a) 25 (b) (c) 800 (d) The world s largest mollusk is: (a) Giant Octopus (b) Giant Squid (c) Giant Clam (d) none of these 57. The squid s internal shell is also called a: (a) pencil (b) pen (c) mollusk (d) Gill 58. All cephalopods have a(n) response. (a) flight (b) attack (c) ink (d) fear 59. Which phylum has a 5-point radial symmetry. (a) Mollusks (b) Echinoderms (c) Cnidarians 60. Which of the following organisms are not an echinoderm? (a) Box Jellyfish (b) sea star (c) sand dollar (d) sea urchin 61. The biggest difference between a colossal squid and a giant squid is: (a) their phylum (b) their gills (c) their tentacles latching (d) their eyes 62. The colossal squid is found in the ocean. (a) Atlantic (b) Pacific (c) Indian (d) Southern 63. Which of the following organisms are devastating to Kelp forests? (a) sea stars (b) Cnidarians (c) Sea Urchin (d) The squid 64. Which of these organisms have tube feet? (a) squid (b) octopus (c) sea star (d) Man-of-War 65. The jelly that makes up a Cnidarian body is called: (a) mucus (b) mesoglea (c) cnidocyte (d) venom 66. The Cnidarians get their phylum name from: (a) how they swim (b) body shape (c) specialized cells (d) none of these

5 67. A true jellyfish, Scyphozoa, has a(n) stage life cycle(s) (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) The largest jellyfish on the world is called: (a) Man-of-War (b) Box Jellyfish (c) Lion s Mane (d) colossal jellyfish 69. Which of these animal types is most like a sea urchin? (a) squid (b) sea star (c) sand dollar (d) box jellyfish 70. The body of a jellyfish is called its. (a) cnidocyte (b) mantle (c) siphon (d) medusa 71. Which jellyfish is of class hydrozoa? (a) Box-jellyfish (b) True Jellyfish (c) Man-of-war (d) Lion s Mane 72. When comparing the Benthic environments of Spain and North America: (a) Spain has more Benthic Organisms (b) North America has more Benthic organisms (c) They have the same diversity (d) none of these are accurate 73. The Gulf Current warms the coast. (a) North America (b) African (c) European (d) all of these 74. There are times the amount of benthic organisms in Spain compared to North America. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) Organisms that live on the surface are part of the (a) Infauna (b) Epifauna (c) It depends on the temperature 76. Organisms that live within the surface layers are called: (a) Infauna (b) Epifauna (c) It depends on the temperature 77. Which of these is not an intertidal environment: (a) high tide (b) middle tide (c) low tide (d) intermediate tide 78. Which of the following is not an adverse condition affecting benthic life. (a) Predators (b) Lack of Space (c) Strong Waves (d) all of these are adverse 79. How do algae adapt to strong wave activity? (a) They open up to allow the waves to travel through them (b) They release a neurotoxin (c) They have a thick exterior (d) None of these are adaptations. 80. What adverse condition would stinging cells help an organism within the intertidal zone? (a) drying out (b) predators (c) Finding a mate (d) all of these would help 81. What is the highest zone in the intertidal zone? (a) highest high tide (b) high tide (c) highest low tide (d) spray zone 82. What word best describes being attached to the bottom? (a) sessile (b) Fucus (c) clam (d) mutualism

6 83. A stinging cell on an anemone can be called: (a) cnidocyte (b) nematocysts (c) stingers (d) tentacles 84. The genus for the Caribbean lobster is: (a) Americanus (b) Panulirus (c) Homarus (d) none of these 85. The largest Maine lobster caught was m long. (a) 0.75 (b) 2.0 (c) 1.0 (d) Kelp is attached to the ground by an appendage called a : (a) holdfast (b) Panulirus (c) Pneumatocyst (d) Blade 87. Individual corals are called: (a) reefs (b) polyps (c) corals (d) coral reefs 88. The name of the algae which has a mutualistic relationship with coral polyps. (a) coral reefs (b) bull kelp (c) zooxanthellae (d) biomass 89. The erosion of a reef by living things, like the Parrotfish, is called: (a) erosion (b) Icthyoerosion (c) Bioerosion (d) Archea 90. One of the largest threats to kelp forests are called: (a) sea stars (b) corals (c) sea urchins (d) sand dollars 91. An area that has been stripped by sea urchins is said to be: (a) urchin barren (b) sea urchin effect (c) barren (d) urchin void 92. Coral reefs can exist between 18 C to C. (a) 20 (b) 19 (c) 30 (d) Which of the following conditions is not needed for good coral growth? (a) strong sunlight (b) strong waves or currents (c) Salt water (d) Fresh Water 94. In a relationship where algae provide a steady supply of food to a coral, it is called: (a) mutualism (b) hermatypic (c) mixotroph (d) none of these 95. How long could a dead whale exist on the deep sea floor? (a) 1 month (b) 2 months (c) 3 months (d) 4 months 96. What benthic organism is most threatened by the corn-of-thorn sea stars? (a) Clams (b) Oysters (c) corals (d) whales 97. A hypersaline seep biocommunity has ocean sea water with a salinity of % (a) 3.5 (b) 10 (c) 35.8 (d) Only of the food produced in the euphotic (sunlit) zone makes it to the deep ocean floor. (a) 10 20% (b) 1 3% (c) 6 9% (d) 50-60% 99. The genus for the Caribbean lobster is: (a) Americanus (b) Panulirus (c) Homarus (d) none of these 100.The largest Maine lobster caught was m long. (a) 0.75 (b) 2.0 (c) 1.0 (d) 1.1

7 Part B: Diagrams 1. Label the following diagrams: (a) Kelp (b) Oyster-drilling Snail

9 Short Answer: 1. What are the 3 domains of life? Explain what each entail. 2. What are the five kingdoms of organisms? 3. What is meant by binomial nomenclature and why is it better than what was done before? 4. What is a mollusk and how does the squid fit into that class of organism?

10 5. Explain the interaction, in detail, between the kelp, El Nino (defining El-nino) and the Sea Urchins. 6. Why are we still finding many forms of new life in our oceans? 7. Define and describe the phylums: Mullusca, Encinodermata, and Cnidaria. What do they all have in common?

Unit 9: Food Chains and Food Webs

Unit Focus Unit 9: Food Chains and Food Webs This unit reviews energy production in plants and animals, feeding relationships, and symbiosis in the ocean. Students will become familiar with the hierarchy