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SOL 5.5
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Which of the following sea animals would be classified as an invertebrate?
F.
G.
H.
J.
Sea horse
Squid
Shark
Seal
Which of the following is an invertebrate?
The jellyfish is an invertebrate because it lacks –
F.
G.
H.
J.
eyes
bones
blood
cells
Which of these belong to the kingdom Monera?
F.
G.
H.
J.
Ferns
Mosses
Mushrooms
Bacteria
Which of these has a backbone, skull, and ribs?
Which of these are found only in vertebrates?
F.
G.
H.
J.
Blood
Backbones
Shells
Fur
How is a fish different from a jellyfish?
F.
G.
H.
J.
A fish has a backbone.
A fish is in the animal kingdom.
A fish can reproduce.
A fish lives in water.
Which of the following would be classified as a vertebrate?
SOL 5.6
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Algae and other producers need lots of sunlight. Most ocean algae would be found in the
water –
A.
B.
C.
D.
on the abyssal plain
in the oceanic trench
above the continental shelf
beside the continental shelf
Which of these is the continental shelf?
A.
B.
C.
D.
A
B
C
D
The ocean floor –
A.
B.
C.
D.
is always a flat bed of sand
has mountains, plains, and ridges like land surfaces
is covered by the same amount of water everywhere
covers less area than the land
SOL 5.6
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Which of these increases as a submarine dives deeper into the ocean?
F.
G.
H.
J.
The number of plants in the water
The freshness of the water
The water temperature
The water pressure
The most important reason that lakes and oceans have different types of animal life is that
oceans have –
F.
G.
H.
J.
sandy shores and bottoms
water with more salt
large waves at the edges
a much larger surface area
The salinity of the Mediterranean Sea is greater than that of the Atlantic Ocean. This means
that, compared to the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea is –
A.
B.
C.
D.
wider
deeper
saltier
cooler
According to this food web, if all the phytoplankton died, the other sea animals would
F.
G.
H.
J.
eat more zooplankton
have to reproduce faster
finally die
be smaller
Sailors long ago would catch the current off the coast of Virginia. This current would help
them get to –
F.
G.
H.
J.
South America
Central America
Europe
Southern Africa
SOL 5.6
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The Chesapeake Bay is important to the larger ocean ecosystem because –
F. it is the largest habitat for blue crabs in the United States
G. it provides spawning grounds, nursery beds, and feeding grounds for many species of
ocean creatures
H. it serves as the winter home for tundra swans, Canada geese, and a variety of other ducks
J. some species of freshwater fish come down from the rivers to spawn in the bay