General Adaptations of Marine Organisms

The viscosity of ocean water ___ as temperature decreases.

• increases

• decreases

• does not change

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What does Phytoplankton depend on primarily to sinking in order to maintain their desired position?

• buoyancy and frictional resistance

• streamlining

• water temperature

• viscosity

Ocean temperatures have a narrower range than temperatures on land

• true

• false

Organisms that can withstand only very small temperature changes are called:

• stenothermal

• stenohaline

• euryhaline

• eurythermal

Organisms that can tolerate large and rapid changes in temperature are called:

• stenohaline

• euryhaline

• stenothermal

• eurythermal

When comparing warm water species with colder water species, warmer water species:

• grow faster

• have an increased rate of biological activity

• have a shorter life expectancy

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What physically spports marine flora and fauna?

• salt

• coral

• water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

____ is having a shape that offers the least resistance to fluid flow

• streamlining

• density

• buoyancy

• frictional resistance

The heat capacity of water is LOWER than that of land

• true

• false

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS3-4

The warming of the ocean is reduced substantially because of...

• streamlining

• evaporation

• broadcast spawning

• frictional resistance

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6