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Deep Sea
Subtidal Benthic
Intertidal
Meiofauna
Estuaries and Salt Marshes
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Abiotic factors
Biotic factors
Adaptations
Types of organisms
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A soft bottom intertidal area with
low wave action would be
expected to have
A.
B.
C.
D.
Gravel substrate
Coarse sand substrate
Fine sand substrate
Mud substrate
A soft bottom intertidal area with
low wave action would be
expected to have
A.
B.
C.
D.
Gravel substrate
Coarse sand substrate
Fine sand substrate
Mud substrate
The base of the food chain for
marine hydrothermal vents is
which of the following?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Algae
Copepods
Vestimentiferan worms
Bacteria
The base of the food chain for
marine hydrothermal vents is
which of the following?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Algae
Copepods
Vestimentiferan worms
Bacteria
Exclusion of one species from a
shallow subtidal region due to the
activities of another species (not
including predation) is called:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Competitive interference
Disturbance
Keystone exploitation
Grazing
Exclusion of one species from a
shallow subtidal region due to the
activities of another species (not
including predation) is called:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Competitive interference
Disturbance
Keystone exploitation
Grazing
In the rocky intertidal zone,
which of the following resources
is in limited supply?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Food
Oxygen
Space
Mates
In the rocky intertidal zone,
which of the following resources
is in limited supply?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Food
Oxygen
Space
Mates
Members of which of the
following phyla live only in the
marine interstitial?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cnidaria
Gnathostomulida
Echinodermata
Nematoda
Members of which of the
following phyla live only in the
marine interstitial?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cnidaria
Gnathostomulida
Echinodermata
Nematoda
Which of the following is not a
problem in the open water of the
mesopelagic or deep-sea?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Finding food
Salinity changes
High pressure
Finding mates
Which of the following is not a
problem in the open water of the
mesopelagic or deep-sea?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Finding food
Salinity changes
High pressure
Finding mates
Extreme changes in temperature
are not a physical characteristic
in which environment?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Deep sea vents
Tidal pools
Subtidal benthos
Salt marshes
Extreme changes in temperature
are not a physical characteristic
in which environment?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Deep sea vents
Tidal pools
Subtidal benthos
Salt marshes
In salt marshes and estuaries,
which nutrient is most often
limiting to primary production?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Phosphorus
Iron
Sulfur
Nitrogen
In salt marshes and estuaries,
which nutrient is most often
limiting to primary production?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Phosphorus
Iron
Sulfur
Nitrogen
The predators with the biggest
effects on entire infaunal
communities in the subtidal are:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Surface predators
Digging predators
Burrowing predators
Meiofauna
The predators with the biggest
effects on entire infaunal
communities in the subtidal are:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Surface predators
Digging predators
Burrowing predators
Meiofauna
These subtidal benthic
communities have high species
diversity and endemism
A.
B.
C.
D.
Antarctic
Arctic
Temperate
Onondaga Lake
These subtidal benthic
communities have high species
diversity and endemism
A.
B.
C.
D.
Antarctic
Arctic
Temperate
Onondaga Lake
Kelp forests form throughout the
world in:
A. Cold temperate waters with sandy bottoms
B. Cold temperate waters with hard bottoms
C. Warm temperate waters with sandy
bottoms
D. Warm temperate waters with hard bottoms
Kelp forests form throughout the
world in:
A. Cold temperate waters with sandy bottoms
B. Cold temperate waters with hard bottoms
C. Warm temperate waters with sandy
bottoms
D. Warm temperate waters with hard bottoms
As you go deeper in the
sediments through the redox
potential discontinuity, the redox
potential changes rapidly from
A.
B.
C.
D.
Zero at surface to negative at depth
Zero at surface to positive at depth
Positive at surface to negative at depth
Negative at surface to positive at depth
As you go deeper in the
sediments through the redox
potential discontinuity, the redox
potential changes rapidly from
A.
B.
C.
D.
Zero at surface to negative at depth
Zero at surface to positive at depth
Positive at surface to negative at depth
Negative at surface to positive at depth
Most deep water abyssal animals
are
A.
B.
C.
D.
Herbivores
Parasites
Primary producers
Scavengers
Most deep water abyssal animals
are
A.
B.
C.
D.
Herbivores
Parasites
Primary producers
Scavengers
Many chemosynthetic organisms
use
as their primary
inorganic energy source
A.
B.
C.
D.
H2O
H2S
CO2
SeO2
Many chemosynthetic organisms
use
as their primary
inorganic energy source
A.
B.
C.
D.
H2O
H2S
CO2
SeO2
One example of allochthonous
food sources in an estuary is:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Detritus from benthic diatoms
Detritus from estuarine phytoplankton
Detritus from seagrass beds
Detritus from rivers
One example of allochthonous
food sources in an estuary is:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Detritus from benthic diatoms
Detritus from estuarine phytoplankton
Detritus from seagrass beds
Detritus from rivers
This organism is a:
A. Osmoconformer at low salinities and an
osmoregulator at high salinities
B. Osmoregulator at low salinities and an
osmoconformer at high salinities
C. Always an osmoconformer
D. Always and osmoregulator
This organism is a:
A. Osmoconformer at low salinities and an
osmoregulator at high salinities
B. Osmoregulator at low salinities and an
osmoconformer at high salinities
C. Always an osmoconformer
D. Always and osmoregulator
In the deep sea, most of the food
is:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Autochthonous and evenly distributed
Autochthonous and patchily distributed
Allochthonous and evenly distributed
Allochthonous and patchily distributed
In the deep sea, most of the food
is:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Autochthonous and evenly distributed
Autochthonous and patchily distributed
Allochthonous and evenly distributed
Allochthonous and patchily distributed
One adaptation of estuarine
plants to high salinities is:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Aerenchyma
High rates of photosynthesis
Succulence
Strong root systems
One adaptation of estuarine
plants to high salinities is:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Aerenchyma
High rates of photosynthesis
Succulence
Strong root systems
Which of the following is not a
hypothesis to explain deep sea
diversity?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Stability time hypothesis
Keystone predation hypothesis
Cropper/disturbance hypothesis
Area hypothesis
Which of the following is not a
hypothesis to explain deep sea
diversity?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Stability time hypothesis
Keystone predation hypothesis
Cropper/disturbance hypothesis
Area hypothesis
In which of the following
communities is there little or no
chemosynthesis?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Rocky intertidal
Muddy intertidal
Deep sea vents
Cold seeps
In which of the following
communities is there little or no
chemosynthesis?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Rocky intertidal
Muddy intertidal
Deep sea vents
Cold seeps
There are lots of periwinkles
(gastropods) in the:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Supralittoral fringe
Midlittoral zone
Infralittoral fringe
Infralittoral zone
There are lots of periwinkles
(gastropods) in the:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Supralittoral fringe
Midlittoral zone
Infralittoral fringe
Infralittoral zone