MS Quiz Marine Ecosystems and Invertebrate Taxonomy

An integrated management approach that recognizes the full array of interactions within an ecosystem, including humans, rather than considering single issues, species, or ecosystem services in isolation.

• Ecosystem Based Management

• Maximum Sustainable Yield

• Resource Management

• Climate Change

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Spartina alterniflora is a common cord-grass found along the North Carolina coast. The genus name of the plant is

• alterniflora

• cord-grass

• Plantae

• Spartina

Spartina alterniflora is one of the most important estuarine species because it...(click all that apply)

• is highly biologically productive

• stabilizes and builds up marsh wetlands by trapping sediment

• provides a protected nursery area for fish

• has rhizomes on the roots that develop into new plants

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Which light zone contains the majority of marine animals? 

• photic
• benthic
• aphotic
• pelagic zones

List the following pelagic zones in order from surface of the ocean to the bottom: 

• abyssopelagic,  bathypelagic,  epipelagic ,mesopelagic
• epipelagic, bathypelagic, abyssopelagic,  bathypelagic
• epipelagic, mesopelagic, bathypelagic, abyssopelagic
• mesopelagic,  epipelagic,     bathypelagic,    abyssopelagic

All marine organisms that can swim freely within the water column 

• nekton 
• benthic 
• Plankton

Marine organisms that move along the bottom and or live in the seafloor 

• nekton 
• benthic 
• plankton 

Which best describes prokaryotes? 

• unicellular 
• multicellular 
• has a nucleus 

Which class of Mollusks include clams, oysters, and mussels?

• Gastropods
• Bivalves
• Cephalopods
• Arthropods

The word 'arthropod' means...

• eight foot
• jointed foot
• flexible foot
• hard foot

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