Unit 2 Remediation

______ would be an example of a biotic factor while ________ would be an example of abiotic factor

• Seaweed; fish

• Salinity; dinoflagellates

• Diatoms; pressure

• pH; light availability

This a region containing organisms that interact with one another and their environment

• Life zone

• Biotic factor

• Pelagic zone

• Subtidal zone

Match each zone to its description:

I - limited vegetation, marked by strandline

II - just underwater where the waves are crashing

III - fluctuates wet and dry every few hours

• I - Intertidal

  II - Subtidal

  III - Supratidal

• I - Subtidal

  II - Supratidal

  III - Intertidal

• I - Supratidal

  II - Intertidal

  III - Subtidal

• I - Supratidal

  II - Subtidal

  III - Intertidal

True or false: Aphotic zones receive no light and include Bathypelagic, Abyssopelagic and Hadalpelagic zones

• True

• False

This zone is characterized by low amounts of light and animals with freakishly large eyes to help see

• Epipelagic

• Mesopelagic

• Bathypelagic

• Abyssopelagic

• Hadalpelagic

This zone is characterized by plenty of light, warmth and photosynthesis by producers

• Epipelagic

• Mesopelagic

• Bathypelagic

• Abyssopelagic

• Hadalpelagic

_____ is the study of organism interactions and abundance

• Zoology
• Ecology
• Botany
• Biology

When competition is intense, species can learn to coexist through

• Competitive exclusion

• Resource partitioning

• Niches

• Limiting resources

Which of the following correctly identifies the ecological roles of each organism in the food web?

• Comb jellies - herbivores

• Sea nettles - carnivores

• Zooplankton - omnivores

• Sea turtle - producer

If the phytoplankton has 10,000 calories of energy available to it, how much would make it to the larval fish?

• 10,000

• 1,000

• 100

• 10

• 1