Marine bio unit 3 review

warm shallow waters; muddy sediment on seafloor, nutrient rich. Trees provide shelter & nursery for many marine organisms (fish, crabs, oysters, etc)

• Mangrove Forest

• Coral Reef

• Open Ocean

• Rocky Shore

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Sunny; shallow and warm tropical waters; extreme biodiversity (many fish, sharks, sea turtles, etc.) stony formations build up the base of the ecosystem.

• Mangrove Forest

• Coral Reef

• Open Ocean

• Rocky Shore

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Why can photosynthesis only occur in the top 200m of the ocean?

• Fewer nutrients below 200m

• No carbon dioxide below 200m

• No glucose below 200m

• No light below 200m

Zones of upwelling often coincide with regions of----

• warm surface water

• high productivity

• little marine life

• low nutrient levels

Salt water provides support to many marine organisms because of its relatively high--

• polarity

• temperature

• salinity

• density

Ocean water contains stream-like movements of water called _____________  _____________.

• ocean currents
• ocean temperature
• surface currents
• deep current

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

True or False: Near the equator, the winds blow ocean water east to west.

• True
• False

True or False: The winds blow ocean water west to east near the poles.

• True
• False

The apparent curving of moving objects from a straight path due to Earth's rotation is called the _____________  effect.

• Coriolis
• Jupiter
• sun
• continental

Warm-water currents begin near the _______ and carry ______ water to other parts of the ocean.

• pole, warm
• equator, warm
• equator, cold
• pole, cold

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5