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AICE Q3

Total questions: 90

Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The bond between N & H.   Ionic or covalent?
a)
Ionic
b)
Covalent
2.
How are ionic bonds formed?
a)
Transfer of electrons
b)
Sharing of electrons
3.
Which of the following statements about the kinetic particle theory is not true?
a)
The particles of a gas move faster than those of a liquid.
b)
The particles of a solid have more kinetic energy than those of a gas.
c)
The particles that make up matter are always moving.
d)
The forces of attraction between the particles of a solid are very strong.
4.

the ability of a solute to dissolve into a solvent

a)

dissolution

b)

solubility

c)

precipitation

d)

solvent

5.

a boundary between two layers of water with different temperatures

a)

halocline

b)

thermocline

c)

salinity

d)

gradient

6.

a layer of water below the mixed surface layer where a rapid change in salinity can be measured as depth increases

a)

halocline

b)

thermocline

c)

salinity

d)

density

7.
What is cohesion?
a)
Water's ability to stick to itself
b)
Water's ability to stick to other substances
c)
The strength of the cohesion of all the water molecules combined
d)
Tape, glue and other adhesives
8.

What two elements make up salt water?

a)

Sodium Chloride

b)

Sodium Salt

c)

Salt Chloride

d)

Potassium Chloride

9.
 The density of ocean water is influenced by what two factors?
a)
 Salinity and temperature
b)
Water color and chlorophyll
c)
 Dissolved gases and dissolved solids
d)
 Dissolved carbon and trace elements
10.
As we go deeper into the ocean, salinity ___________. 
a)
Doubles
b)
Decreases 
c)
Increases
d)
Remains the same 
11.
Which process does NOT lead to a decrease in the salinity of water?
a)
runoff from land
b)
precipitation
c)
sea ice melting
d)
evaporation
12.

Which type of water will sink?

a)

Warm, less salty

b)

Warm, more salty

c)

Cold, less salty

d)

Cold, more salty

13.
The ocean makes up about ________ % of the Earth's surface. 
a)
100%
b)
53%
c)
70 %
d)
90%
14.

Which pictures shows the correct "Global Conveyor Belt"?

a)
b)
c)
d)
15.

Why is water so good at dissolving so many substances?

a)

it is polar

b)

it is less dense as a solid

c)

cohesion

d)

adhesion

16.

Water sticks to other substances like your hair, or a leaf because of which property?

a)

adhesion

b)

cohesion

c)

polarity

d)

specific heat

17.
What does the nucleus consist of?
a)
Protons + Electrons
b)
Neutrons + Electrons
c)
Atoms
d)
Protons + Neutrons
18.

What is the average salinity of oceans?

a)

31 ppt

b)

32 ppt

c)

36 ppt

d)

35 ppt

19.

Electrons involved in chemical bonding.

a)

valence

b)

ionic

c)

covalent

d)

metallic

20.

Beneath the crust is the ____, which is also mostly solid rocks and minerals

a)

Outer core

b)

Asthenoshere

c)

Mantle

d)

Lithosphere

21.

Which ONE of these answer choices contains the EVIDENCE of the theory of plate tectonics

a)

Paleomagnetic stripes on the seafloor

b)

Due to convection currents in the mantle

c)

Causing plates to diverge

d)

Earths crust is broken into plates

22.

Plates that move towrads eachother causing subduction

a)

Convergent

b)

Plate tectonics

c)

Divergent

d)

Transform

23.

Where are hydrothermal vents formed?

a)

Along divergent plate tectonic boundries in the deep ocean

b)

On the ocean floor

c)

By the heat of volcanic activity

d)

Alongside the Convergent boundries

24.

Erosion is________

a)

Breakdwon of rocks/sediment

b)

Acidic water will breakdown rocks, shells, and coral's exoskeleton

c)

Carried away/removal of sediment

d)

Movement of water and suspended sand that will break down rocks and coral's exoskeleton

25.

The movement of water and suspended sand will breakdown rocks and coral's exoskeleton; breakdown by temp changes

This is the definition of which type of weathering?

a)

Weathering

b)

Organic (biological) Weathering

c)

Chemical Weathering

d)

Physical Weathering

26.

More acidic water will be able to breakdown rocks, shells, and coral's exoskeleton; chemical compositon change

This definiton belongs to which type of weathering?

a)

Chemical Weathering

b)

Organic (biological) Weathering

c)

Physical Weathering

d)

Weathering

27.

There are 4 types of Erosion, what are they?

a)

Wind, water, ice, and gravity

b)

Water, rocks, sand, and ice

c)

Water, gravity. rocks, and ice

d)

Wind, water, ice, and rocks

28.

After breaking down and transporting , the particles are suspended in the water and delivered somewhere. This delivery(deposition) of new particles in a new location is_______

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Sedimentation

d)

Littorial zone

29.

How are Muddy shores formed?

a)

By weathering

b)

By erosion

c)

By sedimentation

d)

By chemical weathering

30.

Sheltered or semi-enclosed bodies of water where fresh & salt water mix (AKA brackish); therefore low salinity

a)

Delta

b)

Estuarie

c)

Sinkhole

d)

Shore

31.

 largest tidal range

Occurs twice a month

Greatest gravitational pull

When Earth, Moon, & Sun are in a straight line

New & Full Moon

a)

Spring tide

b)

Neap tide

c)

Tidal surge

d)

Tidal range

32.

What did El Nino slow/stop?

a)

Upwelling

b)

sedimementation

c)

Erosion

d)

Weathering

33.

Cooling phase instead of warming phase caused by stronger than average trade winds off Peru, allows more cold water from Humboldt Current to rise = extra nutrients, more productivity and increased hurricane activity in Atlantic basin

a)

upwelling

b)

El Nino

c)

La Nina

d)

deep current

34.

Three factors that affect productivity. Both Must apply to be correct. (Select all that apply)

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35.

Describe the process of photosynthesis

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36.

Explain why photosynthesis does not occur at hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor.

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37.

What is produced in primary productivity?

a)

carbon dioxide

b)

cold, blue light

c)

carbohydrates

d)

gametes

e)

carbon atoms

38.

The 2 main inorganic nutrients necessary for the success of marine autotrophs are:

a)

carbon dioxide and carbohydrates.

b)

glucose and oxygen.

c)

nitrates and phosphates

d)

nitrates and carbohydrates

e)

phosphates and carbohydrates.

39.

During an experiment, a scientist observed prokaryotes that lived near volcanic vents deep in the ocean. The scientist MOST likely observed:

a)

photoautotrophs.

b)

chemoautotrophs.

c)

heterotrophs.

d)

photoheterotrophs.

40.

What are the three kinds of ecological pyramids?

a)

producer, consumer, and decomposer

b)

energy, nutrient, and trophic

c)

energy, biomass, and numbers

d)

biotic, abiotic, and nutrient

41.

Phosphorus is very important for living things because living organisms need phosphorus to:

a)

make carbohydrates

b)

form DNA and RNA.

c)

perform transpiration.

d)

cycle energy.

42.

Which of the following organisms are producers in hydrothermal vent communities?

a)

bacteria

b)

algae

c)

fungi

d)

moss

e)

none of these

43.

A secondary consumer would eat:

a)

tertiary consumers

b)

dinoflagellates, the protists associated with red-tide

c)

bacteria

d)

herbivores

e)

phytoplankton

44.

The biological need for magnesium is:

a)

to make bone

b)

to make teeth

c)

to make shells

d)

to make protein

e)

to make chlorophyll

45.

What goes in Box 5 of the food web in the picture?

a)

herbivores

b)

scavengers

c)

carnivores

d)

decomposers

46.

The major source of carbon dioxide in seawater is:

a)

from photosynthesis by marine plants.

b)

from rain falling into the ocean.

c)

from the respiration of marine animals and other organisms.

d)

from seafloor sediments.

e)

runoff from land

47.

the movement of cold, nutrient-rich water from deep in the ocean to the surface

a)

run-off

b)

upwelling

c)

assimilation

d)

leaching

48.
Tube worms get energy via
a)
symbiosis with bacteria
b)
ingestion of bacteria
c)
predation
d)
scavenging
49.

Select all the reason there is more dissolved oxygen at the surface is higher than deeper part of the ocean.

a)

Less diffusion from the atmosphere

b)

More producers= less photosynthesis

c)

Algae and phytoplankton are present

d)

there is more turbulence and mixing produces air bubbles

50.

Describe the ways carbon is added back into the cycle (3)

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51.

Describe how carbon depleted from the cycle (3)

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52.

What is the independent variable?

a)

mean nitrate

b)

productivity

c)

year

d)

CPUE

53.

The plotted points on the graph represents

a)

halocline

b)

salinity

c)

thermocline

d)

photic zone

54.

The blue line on the graph represents

a)

halocline

b)

temperature

c)

pycnocline

d)

thermocline

55.

This picture shows

a)

upwelling

b)

algal blooms

c)

run-off

d)

assimilation

56.

hard corals capable of reef building

a)

Ahermatypic

b)

Hermatypic

c)

Sea Fans

d)

Do not have a relationship with zooxanthellae

57.

soft corals that do not build reefs

a)

Ahermatypic

b)

Hermatypic

c)

Brian Coral

d)

Excrete Calcium carbonate

58.

symbiotic, photosynthetic dinoflagellates living within the tissues of many invertebrates

a)

commensalism

b)

krill

c)

zooplankton

d)

zooxanthellae

59.

a reef close to and surrounding newer volcanic islands or that boarders continental landmasses

a)

fringing reef

b)

barrier reef

c)

patch reef

d)

atoll

60.

a reef separated by a lagoon from the land mass with which it is associated

a)

fringing reef

b)

barrier reef

c)

patch reef

d)

atoll

61.

the loss of symbiotic algae from the tissues of corals as a result of environmental factors

a)

drifting

b)

bleaching

c)

zooxanthellae

d)

washing

62.

the gradual wearing away of a coral reef by the action of living organism (bioerosion) and physical factors such as storms

a)

climate change

b)

ocean acidification

c)

reef erosion

d)

bleaching

63.

an artificial underwater structure built to mimic the characteristics of a natural reef

a)

boat anchorage

b)

organism anchorage

c)

bleaching

d)

artificial reef

64.

process used to estimate the age of organic material by measuring the radioactivity of its carbon content (aka carbon dating)

a)

geomorphology

b)

subsistence

c)

radioactive dating

d)

barrier reef

65.

a partially enclosed, tidal, coastal body of water where fresh water from a river meets the salt water of the ocean

a)

lagoon

b)

atoll

c)

estuary

d)

barrier reef

66.

the role of a species within an ecosystem

a)

estuary

b)

mutualism

c)

symbiosis

d)

ecological niche

67.

The classification of the species within living organisms from domain to species.

a)

Taxonomic hierarchy

b)

Binomial nomenclature

c)

Dichotomous key

d)

Kingdoms

68.

A marine invertebrate group with pentaradial symmetry and tube feet.

a)

crustaceans

b)

bony fish

c)

zooplankton

d)

echinoderms

69.

A method to estimate the population size of mobile species

a)

Lincoln index

b)

frame quadrat

c)

Simpson index

d)

Spearman rank

70.

fish that have a jaw and skeleton made only of cartilage

a)

bony fish

b)

crustaceans

c)

echinoderms

d)

cartilaginous fish

71.

commonly used in marine science to find out if there is a correlation between two sets of variables

a)

Lincoln index

b)

Simpson index

c)

scatter graph

d)

Spearman's rank

72.

Competition between individuals of the same species

a)

Predation

b)

intra-specific competition

c)

inter-specific competition

73.

Marine producers such as kelp and seaweed

a)

plankton

b)

zooplankton

c)

marine grasses

d)

macroalgae

74.

What is the chemical formula for calcium carbonate?

a)

CaCO2

b)

NH4Cl

c)

CaCO3

d)

KCl

75.

Relationship between copepods and some marine fish

a)

Commensalism

b)

Parasitism

c)

Symbiosis

d)

None of the above

76.

Write the chemical formula for Photosynthesis.

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77.

Which of the following is a reason that energy is lost along trophic levels? (select ALL that apply)

a)

Heat

b)

Respiration

c)

Waste

d)

NPP

78.

The difference between nitrification and nitrogen fixation is that Nitrification:

a)

Converts ammonia into nitrite and nitrate, while nitrogen fixation is the reverse

b)

Converts ammonia into nitrite and nitrate, while fixation converts N2 (g) to ammonia

c)

Converts N2 (g) into NH3, while fixation converts NH3 into nitrate

79.

(a)   is the incorporation of nitrate into tissues by plants

80.

Ariel goes to the beach and tags every 6-legged starfish they find on the intertidal and counts that there are 22. A week later, they come back and collect 12 6-legged starfish, 10 of which were already marked. What is the estimated population size of 6-legged starfish on this intertidal zone?

a)

26

b)

22

c)

34

d)

132

81.

Oceans serve as carbon sinks because:

a)

They take in all the carbon from the rocks through runoff and bring it to the ocean so coral have a stronger seabed

b)

Their biological pump takes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through the process of respiration

c)

Their physical pump mixes in the hot and cold waters on the ocean conveyor belt

d)

Their biological pump takes carbon dioxide to create limestone

82.

Which one is one of the places where cyclones do NOT form?

a)

South Pacific Ocean

b)

Indian Oceans

c)

Northwest Pacific Ocean

83.

The only littoral zone classified as unstable.

a)

Rocky Shores

b)

Sandy Shores

c)

Muddy shores

d)

Estuaries

e)

Deltas

84.

What is the main adaptation seen in organisms in a sandy shore?

a)

Desiccation

b)

Burrowing

c)

Valves to close shells

d)

Sunglasses

85.

In which oceanic zone do clams and crabs survive by burrowing in the sand?

a)

oceanic

b)

deep sea

c)

open sea

d)

intertidal

86.

What marine ecosystem is this?

a)

Open Ocean

b)

Abyssal Plain

c)

Mangrove

d)

Kelp Forest

87.

You can find barnacles in ________

a)

sandy shores.

b)

rocky shores.

88.

Limpets trapping water between their shell and the surface is an adaptation to what zone?

a)

Supratidal zone

b)

Rocky shores

c)

Sandy beaches

d)

Hermatypic Coral Reefs

89.

What is NOT true about estuaries?

a)

They are known as the nurseries of the marine world

b)

They are composed of brackish water

c)

They are found where the tidal beach meets the Pelagic (open) ocean

d)

They are habitats for mangrove forests

90.

Explain 3 of the adaptations of Rhizophora Mangle

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