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AICE Marine Exam Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What process do the bacteria in vents use to produce energy?
a)
Photosynthesis
b)
Chemosynthesis
c)
Fermentation
d)
Cellular Respiration
2.
Tube worms get energy via
a)
symbiosis with bacteria
b)
ingestion of bacteria
c)
predation
d)
scavenging
3.
Which of the following factors will NOT regulate the size of the vent community?
a)
Temperature
b)
Amount of Sunlight
c)
Competition for food
d)
Ecological Cascading
4.
Which is NOT an abiotic factor:
a)
soil
b)
air
c)
bacteria;
d)
water
5.
This organism recycles nutrients back into the soil when it breaks down dead organisms. 
a)
producers
b)
consumers
c)
decomposers
6.
If 50 million calories were available to primary consumers, approximately how many calories would be available to the tertiary consumers in the food web?
a)
5,000,000
b)
500,000
c)
500
d)
50
7.
What are tiny organisms that float near the surface of the water?
a)
plankton
b)
organisms
c)
abiotic factor
d)
insects
8.
Which dissolved gases are most needed by plants and animals living in the ocean?
a)
nitrogen and oxygen
b)
oxygen and carbon dioxide
c)
carbon dioxide and nitrogen
d)
carbon monoxide and nitrogen
9.
The area that has warm, sunlit water and is where the ocean floor begins to slope downward is the
a)
intertidal zone
b)
neritic zone
c)
oceanic zone
d)
benthic zone
10.
The ocean floor, some parts of which get no sunlight, is the 
a)
intertidal zone
b)
neritic zone
c)
oceanic zone
d)
benthic zone
11.
The place where the ocean meets the land is the
a)
intertidal zone
b)
neritic zone
c)
oceanic zone
d)
benthic zone
12.

What is each individual coral organism known as?

a)

Colony

b)

Polyp

c)

Anemone

d)

Cnidaria

13.

Which type of reef is known for its annular shape?

a)

Fringing

b)

Barrier

c)

Patch

d)

Atoll

14.

What occurs during the third step of atoll formation?

a)

Island fully subsides, leaving an atoll

b)

Barrier reef forms around the island

c)

Fringing reef grows around the island

d)

Volcanic island forms

15.

All coral bleaching events have to do with a change in water______________.

a)

Salinity

b)

pH

c)

Temperature

d)

Color

16.

What word is the name of the dinoflagellate symbiont found inside coral tissue?

a)

Symbiotinius

b)

Coccolithophore

c)

Cyanobacteria

d)

Zooxanthellae

17.

What word describes reef building hard corals?

a)

Ahermatypic

b)

Crepuscular

c)

Hermatypic

d)

Anemonic

18.

Which of the following organisms are responsible for bioerosion of coral reefs?

a)

Parrotfish

b)

Butterflyfish

c)

Crown-of-thorns sea stars

d)

Humans

19.

Which of the following organisms are corals related to?

a)

Jellies

b)

Sea stars

c)

Anemones

d)

Sand dollars

20.

During a hurricane, how do reefs protect the shoreline?

a)

Cause upwelling, weakening tropical cyclones

b)

Cause waves to break out to sea, preventing shoreline erosion

c)

Prevent storm surge from occuring

d)

Act as a wind break, slowing gusts

21.

How is salinity usually expressed?

a)

As parts per hundred (%)

b)

As parts per thousand (‰)

c)

As parts per million

22.

What will happen to density as temperature decreases?

a)
Density increases
b)
Density decreases
23.
As salinity  increases
a)
Density increases
b)
Density decreases
24.
True or False Salinity increases as ocean depth increases.
a)
True
b)
False
25.
A[n] ___________ tide occurs when the sun, Earth, and the moon are nearly in a line. 
a)
spring
b)
high
c)
low
d)
neap
26.
What type of tide would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?
a)
full moon tide
b)
new moon tide
c)
neap tide
d)
spring tide
27.

A marine invertebrate group with pentaradial symmetry and tube feet.

a)

crustaceans

b)

bony fish

c)

zooplankton

d)

echinoderms

28.

A marine invertebrate group with a hard skeleton, ten jointed legs and a nauplius larval stage

a)

crustaceans

b)

zooplankton

c)

echinoderm

d)

bony fish

29.

An organism that plays a unique and crucial role in the way an ecosystem functions

a)

domain

b)

phylum

c)

kingdom

d)

keystone species

30.

Part of The Abiotic Phase Of The Nutrient Cycle Where Nutrients Can Remain For Long Periods Of Time

a)

Reservoir

b)

Abiotic

c)

Leaching

d)

Infiltration

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