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2022 SENIOR Marine Final Review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What Body of water is labeled 1?

(a)  

2.

What Body of water is labeled 2?

(a)  

3.

What Body of water is labeled 4?

(a)  

4.

What Body of water is labeled 6?

(a)  

5.

What Body of water is labeled 6?

(a)  

6.

When water reaches a boiling what phase is occurring?

a)

Freezing

b)

Liquid

c)

Plasma

d)

Gas

7.

What is cohesion?

a)

Water molecules separating from each other

b)

The sticking together of water molecules

c)

particles of the same substance.

d)

Nuclear energy

8.

Use the image to label the layers of the Earth. The innermost ( yellow) layer is called the?

a)

Outer core

b)

Crust

c)

Mantle

d)

Inner core

9.

Use the image to label the layers of the Earth. The outer layer where Earth’s land masses are found and our oceans. (blue, green, and white)

a)

Outer core

b)

Crust

c)

Mantle

d)

Inner core

10.

Which of the following is a fact?

a)

Water is less dense than ai

b)

Water is denser than air

c)

You can’t breathe air

d)

You can drink air

11.

What is the primary source of methane (CH4) in the atmosphere?

a)

Burning Fossil Fuels

b)

Sheep and Cattle Waste

c)

Rice paddies and Landfills

d)

All of the above

12.

Why does ocean water appear blue to the human eye? Use the image to help!

a)

Blue light wavelengths travel through the ocean at the deepest depths

b)

Red and orange have short wavelengths

c)

Blue has a short wavelength

d)

Pink is a long wavelength

13.

What organic molecule allows animals to stay more buoyant and have insulation?

a)

Proteins

b)

Lipids

c)

Carbohydrates

d)

Nucleic Acids

14.

Why do plants need chloroplasts?

a)

To eat animals

b)

To capture the energy from the sun to do photosynthesis

c)

To look pretty

d)

To breath

15.

Which of the following is not a type of asexual reproduction?

a)

Fertilization

b)

Budding

c)

Fission

d)

Cell Division

16.

Which of these shows the order of increasing complexity?

a)

Molecule → Ecosystem → Individual

b)

Individual → Organ → Ecosystem

c)

Individual → Population → Ecosystem

d)

Population → Atom → Molecule

17.

Ocean warming is a direct result of:

a)

Ocean acidification

b)

Melting of glaciers and polar ice caps.

c)

Melting of glaciers and polar ice caps, and thermal expansion

d)

All of the above

18.

What causes the red tide off of the Florida Gulf Coast.

a)

Dinoflagellates

b)

Seaweed

c)

Fish

d)

Rain

19.

What animal is an example of a hermaphrodite?

a)

Dolphin

b)

Shark

c)

Clownfish (Nemo)

d)

Shrimp

20.

Which of the following is most likely to make you sick from samshmi and ceviche? (raw fish)

a)

Nematodes

b)

Flatworms

c)

Ribbon Worms

d)

Sponges

21.

What is important to do especially during turtle breeding season.

a)

Turn off all lights pointing to or on the beach

b)

Do not take flash photography

c)

Make sure to pick up all trash

d)

All of the above

22.

This is a photo of what kind of marine mammal?

a)

Walrus

b)

Seal

c)

Sea Lion

d)

Dolphin

23.

Which of the following is a correct example of a marine food chain?

a)

Shrimp → Fish → Dolphin

b)

Shark → turtle → fish

c)

Zooxanthellae → Coral → Angelfish

d)

Sunlight → Anemone → Clownfish

24.

A predatory species whose effects on its community are proportionately much greater than its abundance. This is the definition of a…

a)

Keystone species

b)

Carnivorous species

c)

Climax predators

d)

Tertiary consumer

25.

The loss of estuaries and mangrove forests is particularly serious because these ecosystems:

a)

Provide nesting or resting areas to many sea birds

b)

Are among the most productive of all marine ecosystems

c)

Provide nursery habitats to many species

d)

All of the above choices are correct

26.

Sea Otters are known to affect the development of giant kelp forests by

a)

Dispersing Kelp Spores

b)

Removing competing seaweeds

c)

Feeding on carnivorous fish

d)

Feeding on grazing sea urchins

27.

Well-formed estuaries are least likely to be formed by:

a)

Sea level rise

b)

Retreating glaciers

c)

Active continental margins

d)

Passive continental margins

28.

What is the most important role that estuaries play with regard to the entire world oceanic ecosystem?

a)

They serve as reservoirs for nutrients

b)

They are breeding grounds for many marine species

c)

They are sources of freshwater

d)

They are buffers against storm surge for man-made structures

29.

Generally, an important distinction between barrier and fringing reefs is that barrier reefs:

a)

Develop from atolls

b)

Are found farther away from land.

c)

Are found only in the Pacific Ocean.

d)

Are found only in the Caribbean.

30.

Which of the following is the latest stage in a coral reef development on volcanic islands?

a)

Fringing reef

b)

Barrier Reef

c)

Atoll

d)

Patch Reef

31.

What type of reef is this?

a)

Fringing

b)

Barrier

c)

Atoll

32.

Why are reef- building corals limited to shallow waters?

a)

Salinity varies less in shallow water.

b)

Zooxanthellae need light for photosynthesis.

c)

Calcium Carbonate is only available in shallow water.

d)

Nutrients concentrate in shallow water.

33.

Most of the primary production carried out in the open ocean is performed by:

a)

Seaweeds

b)

Kelps

c)

Phytoplankton

d)

Zooxanthellae

34.

Which of the following is true of the mesopelagic zone?

a)

There is enough light to support plant growth.

b)

There is no light at all.

c)

There is dim light, but not enough for plant growth.

d)

There is enough light for primary production by bacteria.

35.

Which of the following is the deepest of the ocean waters?

a)

Bathypelagic

b)

Hadal Pelagic

c)

Abyssopelagic

d)

Mesopelagic

36.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of deep-sea pelagic fishes?

a)

Small eyes

b)

Absent or reduced swim bladder

c)

Flabby muscle

d)

Large mouth and teeth.

37.

Recent discoveries have shown that the Challenger expedition and other 19th century oceanographic expeditions' assumption that the deep ocean had no ____ was incorrect.

a)

Volcanic Activity

b)

Water Movement

c)

Biodiversity

d)

Bacteria

38.

The “experimental lunch” that was left on the Alvin as it rested on the bottom revealed that deep-sea bacteria:

a)

Do not exist

b)

May cause diseases in humans exposed to them.

c)

Break down organic matter faster than in shallow water as a result of high pressure.

d)

Grow more slowly than bacteria in shallow water.

39.

Most marine food resources are harvested from:

a)

Coral Reefs

b)

The continental shelf

c)

Open waters off the continental shelf.

d)

Mariculture ponds.

40.

 If you ever get caught in a rip current, what is the best way to escape?

a)

Swim as hard as you can towards the shore.

b)

Dive deeper into the water to swim under the current.

c)

Swim as hard as you can parallel to the shore

d)

Focus on staying afloat and swim parallel to the shore.

41.

 I am a fish with large eyes, photophores, and a large mouth and teeth. What zone am I most likely found in?

a)

Epipelagic

b)

Mesopelagic

c)

Bathypelagic

d)

Abyssopelagic

42.

Why is there more volcanic activity on the west coast of the US, rather than the east?

a)

The Atlantic ocean is consistently spreading and growing.

b)

The Pacific ocean is consistently spreading and growing.

c)

The east coast is on the edge of active tectonic plates, while the west coast is more centered on the plate.

d)

The west coast is on the edge of active tectonic plates, while the east coast is more centered on the plate.

43.

 I am a type of flowering marine plant that cannot withstand frozen temperatures. I provide habitats to many marine and land organisms, and can only withstand partial salt emergence. I also drop my seedlings into the water to be carried by the currents. What am I?

a)

Seagrass

b)

Mangrove

c)

Salt Marsh

d)

Kelp

44.

During an El Nino Year what would we expect to see?

a)

A lower than normal pressure system, warmer surface water temperatures, and a more humid climate

b)

A higher than normal pressure system, colder surface water temperatures, and a less humid climate

c)

A lower than normal pressure system, colder surface water temperatures, and a less humid climate

d)

A higher than normal pressure system, warmer surface water temperatures, and a less humid climate

45.

Yesterday at Lover’s Key State Park we saw the following tidal pattern.High Tide: 2.17 ft. at 3:35 AM Low Tide: 1.07 ft at 8:27 AMHigh Tide: 3.15 ft. at 3:12 PM Low Tide: 0.54 ft at 9:43 PMDue to this information we can know we had this tidal pattern.

a)

Diurnal

b)

Semi Diurnal

c)

Mixed Semi Diurnal

d)

No Tide Pattern Detected