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Marine Energetics Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the process of using light energy to synthesize glucose from CO2 and water to produce chemical energy?

a)

Cellular Respiration

b)

Chemosynthesis

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Eutrophication

2.

What is the production of organic compounds by bacteria using energy derived from reactions with inorganic compounds?

a)

Chemosynthesis

b)

Photosynthesis

c)

Eutrophication

d)

Cellular Respiration

3.

What is the equation for photosynthesis?

a)

Light Energy+CO2+H2O -> Glucose+O2

b)

Glucose+O2 -> Light Energy+CO2+H2O

c)

CO2+H2O+H2S -> Glucose+H2SO4

d)

Glucose+H2SO4 -> CO2+H2O+H2S

4.

What is the equation for chemosynthesis?

a)

Light Energy+CO2+H2O -> Glucose+O2

b)

Glucose+O2 -> Light Energy+CO2+H2O

c)

CO2+H2O+H2S -> Glucose+H2SO4

d)

Glucose+H2SO4 -> CO2+H2O+H2S

5.

What does photosynthesis start with? Where does it mostly occur?

a)

The Sun/Deep Ocean

b)

Hydrothermal Vents/Deep Ocean

c)

The Sun/Plants

d)

Hydrothermal Vents/Plants

6.

What does chemosynthesis start with? Where does it mostly occur?

a)

The Sun/Deep Ocean

b)

Hydrothermal Vents/Deep Ocean

c)

The Sun/Plants

d)

Hydrothermal Vents/Plants

7.

What do photosynthesis and chemosynthesis have in common?

a)

They both use CO2

b)

They both require an energy source to provide suagrs

c)

They both use the Sun's energy

d)

They both use their sugars to provide metabolic energy via respiration

8.

How are photosynthesis and chemosynthesis different?

a)

Photosynthesis uses chemical energy

b)

In chemosynthesis, the by-product depends on the chemical used

c)

Chemosynthesis uses light energy

d)

In photosynthesis, the by-product is oxygen

9.

What kind of pyramid shows biomass present in each trophic level of a food chain?

a)

Pyramid of Energy

b)

Pyramid of Biomass

c)

Pyramid of Productivity

d)

Pyramid of Numbers

10.

What kind of pyramid shows the amount of energy present in each trophic level of a food chain?

a)

Pyramid of Energy

b)

Pyramid of Biomass

c)

Pyramid of Productivity

d)

Pyramid of Numbers

11.

What kind of pyramid shows the number of organisms present in each trophic level of a food chain?

a)

Pyramid of Energy

b)

Pyramid of Biomass

c)

Pyramid of Productivity

d)

Pyramid of Numbers

12.

What is the formula for energy efficiency?

a)

Gross/Net x 100

b)

Net/100 x Gross

c)

Net/Gross x 100

d)

Gross/100 x Net

13.

What is the formula for energy loss?

a)

P=C+R+F+U

b)

F=R+P+U+C

c)

U=P+C+R+F

d)

C=P+R+F+U

14.

What are some ways that energy can be lost from a food chain?

a)

Death

b)

Heat

c)

Excretion

d)

Egestion

15.

How is energy lost from the Sun to primary producers?

a)

Light energy is reflected off water

b)

Water absorbs light energy

c)

Light passes straight through producer

d)

Wrong wavelengths

16.

Why are pyramids of biomass inverted?

a)

Low biomass of primary consumers to secondary consumers

b)

High biomass of primary consumers to secondary consumers

c)

Low biomass of primary producers to primary consumers

d)

High biomass of primary producers to primary consumers

17.

How do food chains translate into the different pyramids?

a)

Primary consumer -> Secondary Consumer -> Apex Predator -> Primary Producer

b)

Primary Producer -> Primary Consumer -> Secondary Consumer -> Apex Predator

c)

Apex Predator -> Secondary Consumer -> Primary Consumer -> Primary Producer

d)

Primary Producer -> Secondary Producer -> Primary Consumer -> Secondary Consumer

18.

What is the mass of living material in an area?

a)

Kilograms

b)

Pounds

c)

Biomass

d)

Tons

19.

What is the rate of production of biomass per unit area?

a)

Productivity

b)

Photosynthesis

c)

Chemosynthesis

d)

Cellular Respiration

20.

How can productivity be measured?

a)

Using the rate of increase in the biomass of producers

b)

Using the rate of photosynthesis of producers

c)

Using the amount of energy transferred from one organism to another

d)

Using satellite imagery to measure the amount of chlorophyll

21.

What is usually the percentage of efficiency of transfer between trophic levels?

a)

1%

b)

100%

c)

10%

d)

50%

22.

What are some factors that affect photosynthesis?

a)

Nutrients

b)

Light

c)

Salinity

d)

pH

23.

What is secondary production?

a)

The rate of production of new biomass by producers, using the energy gained by eating consumers

b)

The rate of production of new biomass by decomposers, using the energy gained by eating producers

c)

The rate of production of new biomass by decomposers, using the energy gained by eating consumers

d)

The rate of production of new biomass by consumers, using the energy gained by eating producers

24.

What are ways productivity affects food chains?

a)

More productivity -> More biomass

b)

More productivity -> Less biomass

c)

Eutrophication

d)

Less productivity -> More biomass

25.

What is the study of the flow of energy within an ocean ecosystem from the time the energy enters the living system until its degraded to heat and lost?

a)

Forest Energetics

b)

Dessert Energetics

c)

Arctic Energetics

d)

Marine Energetics