Marine Biology Quiz

Benthos are organisms that live in, on, or at the _______ of the ocean.

• surface

• middle

• bottom

• freshwater

Plankton are small _______ organisms that move with _______.

• microscopic, currents

• large, swimmers

• colorful, waves

• sedentary, tides

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Nekton are _______ animals that can move independently of the _______.

• stationary, ocean floor

• floating, water

• swimming, currents

• microscopic, air

Estuaries are _______.

• fully enclosed bodies of freshwater

• partly closed coastal bodies of water connected to rivers and the ocean

• deep oceanic trenches

• artificial water reservoirs

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Hydrothermal Vents are _______ in the ocean crust that release mineral-rich water that has been heated by Earth’s interior.

• fissures

• islands

• mountains

• glaciers

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Hydrothermal Vents are typically found along the _______ Ridges.

• Continental

• Mid-Ocean

• Coastal

• Coral

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The ecosystem around Hydrothermal Vents gets its energy released from chemicals and not the _______.

• sun

• moon

• ocean

• wind

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Chemosynthesis is using _______ released from chemical reactions (usually _______).

• oxygen, cold

• sunlight, warm

• sulfur, hot

• nitrogen, acidic

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Why are few plants found on the bottom floor of the ocean?

• Floor has decomposers
• Sunlight doesn't reach the floor
• Water is a limiting factor
• Temperature is low

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What increases as the depth of the ocean decreases?

• animal populations

• light, temperature, life

• pressure, dissolved gases, salinity

• temperature, plant populations,

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