the branch of science that deals with the physical and biological properties and phenomena of the sea

Of or related to the sea

He is considered the first marine biologist

At 36,198 feet on western side of South America, this is the deepest spot in the ocean

An underwater volcanic mountain

Identify letter D in the image

Identify letter C in the image

Identify letter A in the image

Which of the following would decrease the salinity of a body of water?

The property of water that allows molecules stick to other water molecules

The vertical zone in the oceanic water column in which salinity changes rapidly with depth, located below the well-mixed, uniformly saline surface is the ____________

This benthic zone is always underwater, on continental shelf, with the most variety of benthic life, including coral and sponges

This benthic zone starts at continental slope and extends to 4000 m. It has little or no sunlight. It is very cold, has very high pressure, and contains organisms such as crinoids and sea cucumbers

This benthic zone has no sunlight at 4000 – 6000m, and contains organisms such as tube worms

This benthic zone is located at 6000m -11,000m, typically in a Trench

This pelagic zone is close to the surface – 200 meters. It has plenty of Sunlight and is warm.

Air moving in a curved path because of the Earth spinning on its

axis and the Earth spining fastest at the equator,

and slowest near the poles is called the __________

When water levels are at their highest it is called _______

Tides are caused by ______

______ tides occur twice a month during the full and new moon phases when the Earth, sun, and moon are all aligned.

______ tides have the greatest tidal ranges

______ tides occur when the Earth, Sun, and moon are all at a 90 degree angle with each other.

Coastal areas experience _____ tides, which is two nearly equal high tides and two nearly equal low tides per day.

What is a typical type of organism that make up the Phylum Porifera classification?

How do Phylum Porifera protect themselves?

True or False: Mimic octopus can camouflage by changing its skin color and how it moves its tentacles to take on the shape of other sea creatures

Which of these is a member of phylum mollusca

Which of the following is not a member of phylum annelida

Phylum Nematodes have a round body cavity with one long tube of intestines running through it

What Phylum is the Sea Urchin in?

The word Phytoplankton means

Unlike bony fish, sharks have no bones- their skeleton is made of _______,which is a tough, fibrous substance, not nearly as hard as bone.

 About what percent of the ocean has been explored?

Different wavelengths of light are absorbed by water the deeper it travels into the water. What color is typically the first absorbed?

Edge of the continent covered by water

Steep incline at the edge of the continental shelf

Flat bottom of the ocean floor

A seamount that rises above the surface of the water

During seafloor spreading, where is new seafloor created?

During seafloor spreading, where is old seafloor subducted (destroyed)?

What was the name of the super continent that existed 250 million years ago?

The absolute location for point A is...

The absolute location for point D is...

These organisms drift or float through ocean currents

These organisms live in or on the bottom of the ocean

These organisms are able to swim

This ocean zone is splashed by water, but is not fully submerged

The pelagic zone is split into two sections. The oceanic zone and the section including the shoreline, called the:

The deepest zone, where trenches are located

More diversity of organisms would be found in this zone

The total amount of salt dissolved in a solution is called...

Water that has more salinity than fresh water, but not as much as seawater is called...

Which ocean is on the East Coast of the US?

The highest part of the wave is called the...

the distance between two identical points in the adjacent cycles of a wave

the time it takes to complete one cycle of the wave

the number of wave cycles in a second

The rhythmic pattern of rising and falling sea surfaces is known as

A full tidal cycle takes.....

Why is the moons pull stronger than the suns?

High tides and low tides occur at the same time every day

When the Sun and the Moon are in line with each other, which happens at the full and new moons, their gravitational effects

what type of tide do we have here on the east coast?

Tides are ONLY affected by the moon

Which aspects of the Oceans do Oceanographers study?

Upwelling is important because it brings ___________ to the surface

a transition zone between warm surface water and cold water below

at  $$4\degree C$$  water is

On average, it takes the waters in the ocean's mixed layer and deep ocean about _______years (or more) to completely mix.

water has a _____ heat capacity

Invertebrates are animals....

animals that have a backbone

Bilateral means it can be divided equally by

what type of symmetry does this organism show?

what type of symmetry does this organism show?

what type of symmetry does this organism show?

what type of symmetry does this organism show?

sessile means

Seaweed and algae are.....

instead of leaves, seaweed has

the "roots" are called the

salt tolerant plants are called

shallow bays and estuaries where rivers meet oceans, with lots of grasses

All eukaryotic unicellular organisms belong to

Organisms living in saline areas will be called

Into which Kingdom would you put this organism?

Taxonomy hierarchical classification consist of how many taxon?

An organism was given scientific name based on what system?

This taxon is between Kingdom and Class in hierarchical classification.

Which of the following scientific names is written correctly? Assume all are in italics!

Organisms with radial symmetry and stinging tentacles would most likely be

The symbiotic algae found in the tentacles of anthozoan cnidarians are called

Phylum Platyhelminthes

Phylum Annelida

which is a medusa?

flatworms have a brain

What do you think Annelids are?

All chordates contain vertebrae.

humans are chordates

vertebrae are always made of bone

What Phylum are fish a part of?

which group is jawless fish called?

Which fish class would a lamprey be classified in?

Cartilaginous fishes that include sharks, skates, and rays

This shark is the most long lived vertabrate, well over 500 years.

The fish class name "Osteichthyes" means:

what is osmoregulation?

which fish would pee more?

What does a crustacean do to grow larger?

All crustaceans:

What device do you use to measure pH? Click all that apply.

What device do you use to measure salinity?

If I wanted to find the edge of a best temperature to keep a Greenland shark, what device would be necessary to have a scientist?

Mr. Wills need you to look after his salt water fish tank over break. You measure the salinity and it is 48 ppt, you should slowly add

If you want to create a Finding Nemo fish tank. What pH should you aim for?

Mr. Wills was having difficulty with one of his marine fish tanks. He changed the water and the pH would normalize and the rapidly change. His friend suggested that he crushed coral to act as a _______. The coral stopped the pH from changing because because the coral interacted with the H+ ions.

Matthew went jet skied to Newport RI from Providence RI. He pulled up to the beach at high tide and pulled the jet ski out of the water. After lunch he fell asleep and woke up at low tide. Approximately how much lower should the water level be

Matthew went jet skied to Newport RI from Providence RI. He pulled up to the beach at high tide and pulled the jet ski out of the water. After lunch he fell asleep and woke up at low tide. Approximately how long was it between high and low tide?

Which marine oil spill was the largest in human history as of 2020?

All around the world corals are turning white in a process called coral bleaching. This occurs when mutualistic symbiotic algae called zooxanthellae are forced to leave their host coral animal causing the corals to starve. Which of the following can cause coral bleaching?

How many arms does a squid have?

On the mantle of a squid they have little tiny dots all over. The dots allow squids to change colors. What are those dots called?