Marine Habitats Quiz

Which of the following is NOT one of the five major Kingdoms in the taxonomy system developed by Robert H. Whittaker in 1958?

• Proctista
• Monera
• Plantae
• Animalia
• Baptista

The final two classification steps in the taxonomy developed by Carolus Linnaeus (Carl von Linne') are

• Kingdom and Phylum.
• Phylum and Class.
• Class and Family.
• Genus and Species.

In which of the following locations would one expect to find benthic organisms?

• Swimming at the ocean surface...
• Crawling through a freshwater swamp...
• Along the sea floor...
• Drifting at the Equator...

Which of the following creatures would be classified as a nekton?

• Clam
• Oyster
• Jellyfish
• Shark

Which of the following would NOT be classified as a plankton?

• Clam
• Protozoan
• Diatom
• Radiolarian

In which of the following oceanic zones is sunlight totally missing?

• Aphotic Zone
• Euphotic Zone
• Disphotic Zone
• Epipelagic Zone

The Mesopelagic Zone can be found just above the abyssal plain of the ocean at depths greater than 60,000 meters (32+ miles).

• TRUE
• FALSE

Which of the following classifications BEST describes Callinectes sapidus (Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab)?

• Benthos
• Nekton
• Plankton
• Nectobenthos

Which of the following members of the Kingdom Monera scrubbed the early Earth's oceans of carbon dioxide and made it possible for evolution process to explode?

• Fungi
• Lichen
• Irukandji
• Cyanobacteria

Examine the three shapes in the photo below. Which colored shape would be the most streamlined and move through the water column the easiest?

• The red elliptical object.
• The green sphere.
• The blue teardrop-shaped object.