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Unit 1: Intro to Marine Science

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 49mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Should experiments be repeated over and over to see if the results are the same each time?
a)
yes
b)
no
2.
The information you record in an experiment is called your ____________.
a)
data
b)
conclusions
c)
notebook
d)
inquiry
3.
A hypothesis is 
a)
a random guess
b)
an explanation that answers a question
c)
an experiment
4.
This variable in an experiment is the one being deliberately changed by the scientist. 
a)
dependent variable
b)
independent variable
c)
data
d)
control group
5.

How many variables do we want to test/change during a controlled experiment?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

6.

A custodian notices some dirty tables and wants to know which cleaner is the best to use. He tests three different cleaners and looks at how well they clean compared to tap water. What is the independent variable?

a)

type of cleaner

b)

tap water

7.

An experiment is being done to determine how light affects the growth of small zinnia plants. One plant is placed in full sunlight, the second in a shaded area, the third in an unlit closet. What is the control group in this experiment?

a)

the amount of light

b)

the plant in the closet

8.
Is a deer an abiotic or biotic factor? 
a)
abiotic
b)
biotic
9.
Is a weather an abiotic or biotic factor? 
a)
abiotic
b)
biotic
10.
North America and Africa are which two numbers?
a)
1  and 2
b)
5 and 6
c)
6 and 1
d)
3 and 4
11.
#11 is
a)
Atlantic
b)
Arctic
c)
Indian
d)
Pacific
12.
#2 is
a)
Antarctica
b)
Africa
c)
Europe
d)
Australia
13.
#10 is
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Indian Ocean
d)
Southern Ocean
14.

What was something that Greeks discovered?

a)

Magnetic compass

b)

1st latitude and longitude system

c)

Rutters for boats

d)

maps of ocean currents

15.

How many degrees of latitude is the equator?

a)

0

b)

10

c)

30

d)

45

16.

What is the name of 0 degrees of longitude?

a)

Equator

b)

Tropic of Cancer

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

17.

The United States are located in which two hemispheres.

a)

South, West

b)

North East

c)

South, East

d)

North, West

18.

Water covers about 71% of the Earth. But.. _____% of that water is found in the oceans.

a)

40

b)

50

c)

60

d)

97

19.

Ocean plants produce ____ of the Oxygen on Earth

a)

1/3

b)

1/2

c)

1/4

d)

1/5

20.

Where does the deepest part of the sea exist?

a)

hydrothermal vents

b)

Gulf stream

c)

Marianna Trench

d)

oceanic ridges

21.
He invented SCUBA
a)
John Harrison
b)
Jacques Cousteau
c)
Matthew F. Maury
d)
Fridtjof Nansen
22.
The study of how living things interact with one another and with their environment.
a)
Biology
b)
Lithology
c)
Ecology
d)
Farmacology
23.
Bottom dwelling organisms.
a)
Plankton
b)
Fish
c)
Mammals
d)
Benthos
24.
Free swimming organisms
a)
Benthos
b)
Nekton
c)
Amoba
d)
Crustacean
25.

What is an invertebrate?

a)

An animal with a backbone

b)

A single-celled organism

c)

An animal without a backbone

d)

A animal with complex organ systems

26.

warm blooded:

a)

reptiles

b)

mammals

27.

CROCODILE

a)

REPTILE

b)

FISH

c)

MAMMAL

28.

WHITE SHARK

a)

FISH

b)

MAMMAL

c)

REPTILE

29.

SEA TURTLE

a)

MAMMAL

b)

FISH

c)

REPTILE

30.

permanently dark layer of the oceans below the photic zone

a)

aphotic zone

b)

photic zone

c)

surface zone

d)

intertidal zone

31.

Portion of the marine biome that is shallow enough for sunlight to penetrate.

a)

open ocean

b)

aphotic zone

c)

photic zone

d)

deep zone

32.

What Zone is also known as Hadalpelagic Zone?

a)

Sunlight Zone

b)

The Trenches

c)

The Midnight

33.

The Sunlight Zone is also known as the ____ Zone.

a)

Epipelagic

b)

Hadalpelagic

c)

Mesopelagic

34.

Our Earth, the water planet, has ____% of fresh water.

a)

3

b)

75

c)

97

35.
Animals that can use their bodies to make light are called _______________.
a)
magic
b)
shiny
c)
amazing
d)
bioluminescent
36.
Which letter would you find at 15oS, 60oW?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
L
d)
H
37.
Latitude lines run from the _____ to the  _______.
a)
West, East
b)
North, South
c)
North, East
d)
South, West
38.
Latitude and Longitude lines are measured in __________.
a)
inches
b)
miles
c)
degrees
d)
ounces
39.
What ocean would you be in if you were at 30 degrees south and 150 degrees west?
a)
The Atlantic Ocean
b)
The Arctic Ocean
c)
The Pacific Ocean
d)
The Indian Ocean

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