Terminology & Plate Tectonics

The abiotic part of the ecosystem involves algae, fish, seaweed, and whales?

• True

• False

The abiotic part of the ecosystem involves water, temperature, salinity, and sunlight?

• True

• False

The habitat is the specific place that a creature lives in its ecosystem?

• True

• False

The niche is the specific place that a creature lives in its ecosystem?

• True

• False

The niche is what the creature does in the ecosystem?

• True

• False

The habitat is what the creature does in the ecosystem?

• True

• False

How much of the earth’s surface is covered with water?

• 50%

• 21%

• 71%

• 75%

• 25%

Weather patterns on the planet are driven by what?

• Absorption of solar rays

• Ocean productivity

• Phase of the moon

• Interaction of inner & outer core

The absorption of solar rays creates what on the planet?

• Waves

• Weather

• Tides

• Eutrophication

The amount of food that marine creatures can produce to maintain stable populations is called?

• Oceanography

• Marine Ecology

• Marine Biology

• Ocean productivity