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Review Marine Midterm

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who originally discovered the Americas?

a)

George Washington

b)

The Vikings

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Amerigo Vespucci

2.
In what zone does approximately 90% of all ocean life live?
a)
sunlight
b)
twilight
c)
midnight
3.
As oceans become deeper, the water pressure ___________________.
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
stays the same
4.
Which zone has the warmest water temperature?
a)
sunlight
b)
twilight
c)
midnight
5.
The ocean layers are divided by the amount of __________________ in each layer.
a)
animals
b)
salt
c)
light
d)
people
6.
Sunlight allows ________________ to occur in the sunlight zone.
a)
bioluminesence
b)
transpiration
c)
photosynthesis
d)
voting
7.

Where are coral reefs located?

a)

Tropics

b)

Lakes

c)

Polar Climates

8.

Why must algae be near

the surface of the water?

a)

They need to be

in cold water.

b)

They need to live far

from corals.

c)

They need sunlight

to grow.

d)

They need reefs to hide in.

9.

Which of the following is a way

to protect coral reefs?

a)

use poison and explosives

to fish

b)

follow laws and rules to keep

reefs safe

c)

keep them safe from storms

and floods

d)

eat more fish that try to live

in corals

10.

Jellyfish have what type of body structure

a)

Medusa

b)

Polyp

c)

Hydra

d)

Branched

11.

Which examples are cnidarians

a)

jellyfish

b)

sponges

c)

earthworms

d)

starfish

12.

What is an invertebrate?

a)

An animal that has a shell

b)

An animal that lives in the water

c)

An animal with no backbone

d)

An animal that can fly

13.

An echinoderm with five arms arranged around a center point.

a)

sea cucumber

b)

sea star

c)

sand dollar

d)

tube feet

14.

Which part of the Mollusk body is the tissue covering the body and secretes the shell?

a)

Mantle

b)

Trochophore

c)

Visceral Mass

d)

Foot

15.

Which class of Mollusks include clams, oysters, and mussels?

a)

Gastropods

b)

Bivalves

c)

Cephalopods

16.

Which part of the Mollusk body is specialized for burrowing, feeding, and movement?

a)

foot

b)

visceral mass

c)

mantle

d)

Trochophores

17.

 Arthropods undergo a process of shedding their exoskeleton in order to grow. This is known as

a)

Chitin

b)

Molting

c)

mimicry

d)

Bioluminescence

18.

An organism that lives attached to a surface or the bottom of the ocean is __________.

a)

Sessile

b)

Motile

c)

plankton

d)

hydrophilic

19.

Which phylum does this crab belong to?

a)

Platyhelminthes

b)

Porifera

c)

Cnidaria

d)

Arthropoda

20.

Which phylum does an octopus belong in?

a)

Porifer

b)

Mollusca

c)

Cnidaria

d)

Arthropoda

21.

What does the word echinoderm mean?

a)

Striped skin

b)

Spiny skin

c)

Spiky skin

d)

Soft skin

22.

 Except for the octopus and squid, most mollusks have what?

a)

shell

b)

one arm

c)

8 eyes

d)

feet

23.

The hard outer covering of an arthropod is called a(n)?

a)

Skeleton

b)

Exoskeleton

c)

Skin

d)

roof

24.

 The phylum of marine organisms  that uses stinging cells for protection and food gathering is

a)

Ctenophora

b)

Cnidaria

c)

Mollusca

d)

Echinodermata

25.

Bioluminescence is used for all the following except

a)

Species recognition

b)

Self defense

c)

Attracting prey

d)

Maintaining body temperature