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Review questions Midterm Marine Science
____ 1.
Which of the following includes the expectations your teacher has for the class as we
discussed in class.
a. Come to class on time, be respectful, ask interesting questions, work enthusiastically,
raised your hand and wait to be called before you speak.
b. Come to class on time , be respectful, follow teachers instructions, take notes, do all your
homework
c. Come to class on time , be respectful, follow teachers instructions, recycle, work
enthusiastically
d. Come to class on time, be respectful, be ready to work and do it enthusiastically, follow
teachers instructions.
____ 2.
Which of the following is the most important laboratory rule?
a. Finish all the work on time
b. Conduct yourself and inspect all the material so that you are safe as you perform the
indicated tasks.
c. Remain in your group at all times
d. Read all the lab practice before you start.
____ 3.
The first recorded voyage by sea occurred around:
A)
3000 B.C.
B)
2500 B.C.
C)
1200 B.C.
D)
640 B.C.
____ 4.
The _______ were highly accomplished seamen who engaged in extensive
exploration, trade, and colonization in the North Atlantic from about 793 to 1066.
A) Polynesians
B)Vikings
C)Europeans
D)
Portuguese
____ 5.
Christopher Columbus believed he had reached islands off the coast of Asia when
he arrived in the New World because:
A)
his estimate of the Earth's circumference was much too small.
B)
the northeast trade winds were much stronger than he expected.
C)
the north equatorial current was far slower than he expected.
D)
his maps showed North America south of the equator.
E)
none of the above
____ 6.
The explorer who tried to find a northwest passage across the Canadian Arctic was:
A)
Sir Martin Frobisher.
B)
Henry Hudson.
C)
William Baffin.
d)
none of the above
____ 7.
The first world atlas was produced by:
A)
Aristotle.
B)
Ptolemy.
C)
Pliny the Elder.
D)
Eratosthenes.
____ 8.
We remember the work of Charles Darwin in oceanography primarily because of his
study of:
A)
marine reptiles.
B)
evolution.
C)
finches.
D)
coral reefs.
____ 9.
The Challenger expedition was charged with investigating:
A)
the chemistry of sea water.
B)
marine biology.
C)
water depths.
D)
water currents.
E)
all of the above
____ 10.
A)
C)
____ 11.
A)
C)
The first European to circumnavigate the globe was:
Vasco Nunez de Balboa.
B)
Christopher Columbus.
Ferdinand Magellan.
D)
Amerigo Vespucci.
The first chronometer accurate at sea was made by:
James Cook.
B)
Edward Forbes.
John Harrison.
D)
Benjamin Franklin.
____ 12.
The first and second time humans went to the deepest part of the ocean in the
Mariana’s trench Challenger Deep was:
a. 1960 and 2012
b. 1950 and 1980
c. 1930 and 1998
d. none of the above.
____ 13.
Which of the following technologies made possible to navigate accurately for the first
time because it could inform sailors the accurate longitude
a. The compass
b. The sexton
c. The marine chronometer
d. The sonar
____ 14.
If you If you scoop seawater from the ocean surface and examine a drop under the
microscope, you may not see any plankton. The most reasonable explanation is that
____ 15.
similarity in
A)
the cells were not stained
B)
the plankton were too widely dispersed
C)
a red tide wiped them out
D)
the water was contaminated.
An important factor for classifying organisms together in a taxonomic group is their
a. color
____ 16.
b. habitat
c. body structure
d. body size.
Which of the following statements is not true?
a. Diatoms and dinoflagellates both carry out photosynthesis.
b.
Diatoms have cells walls made of silica.
c. Dinoflagellates have cells walls made of cellulose and diatoms cell walls made of silica.
d.
Locomotion in Diatoms and dinoflagellates is achieved with the aid of flagella.
____ 17.
Organisms that live on food made by other organisms are called
a. producers
b. heterotrophs
c. autotrophs
d. cyanobacteria.
____ 18.
Of all the pigments involved in photosynthesis, the most important one found in all
marine algae,is
a. carotene
____ 19.
b. xanthophyll
c. chlorophyll
d. phycocyanin.
A protist that can both make its own food and consume it from the environment is the
a. diatom
b. dinoflagellate
c. cyanobacterium
d. ameba.
____ 20.
An algal bloom of dinoflagellates that causes fish kills is called the
a. saxotoxin
b. brown tide
c. bioluminescence
____ 21.
d. red tide.
Organisms such as decay bacteria that help recycle dead organic matter are called
a. autotrophic
b. decomposers
c. phytoplankton
d. eukaryotes.
____ 22.
Bacteria can be classified according to the their shape in groups cocci, bacilli, and
__
a. Rod shape
b. protist
c. round shape
d. spirilla.
____ 23.
The most simple kind of organism and therefore the one that most likely resembles
the first cells that evolved on earth resemble ____.
a. Diatoms
b. dinoflagellates
c. archeabacteria
d.fungi.
____ 24.
trees…
The organic debris brought in by tides and trapped by the roots of mangrove
A)
B)
C)
D)
serves as a source of food for marine organisms
reduces the force of the tides
serves as a depository for salt
None of the above are true.
____ 25.
The mangrove tree is well adapted to a coastal environment because all of the
following except
A)
its roots have pores to get oxygen for the root tissues to do cell respiration
during low tide.
The trees have prop roots that allow it to anchor itself in the soft muddy
substrate.
its prop roots are used like a net to catch fish
It has high tolerance to salinity because of glands the aid the excretion of salt.
B)
C)
D)
____ 26.
latitudes?
Which of the following producers is better adapted to high winds in subtropical
a. Spartina
____ 27.
b. Kelp
c. Fucus
d. Mangroves.
The largest and fastest growing producer in the ocean is the
a. sea lettuce
b. Fucus
c. kelp
d. Sargassum.
____ 28.
Seaweeds produce oxygen through the process of
a. respiration
b. photosynthesis
c. chemosynthesis
d. alternation of generations.
____ 29.
An adaptation that eel grass has is:
a. Production and germination of seeds in the water
b. production of pollen dispersed by the wind
c. Production of organisms that reproduce asexually and then sexually .
d. none of the above are correct.
____ 30.
Which of the following process is not an adaptation of macrophytes.
a. The presence of different photosynthetic pigments
b. Structures that allow them to float in water
c. Structures that allow them to attach to a substrate
d. The presence of flowers
____ 31.
Water leaves the interior of a sponge through
a. the osculum.
b. an ostia.
c. incurrent siphon.
d. an amebocyte.
____ 32.
Sponges reproduce asexually by producing
a. polyps.
b. medusa.
c. spores.
d. buds
____ 33.
In jellyfish, sexual reproduction occurs during the
a. budding stage.
c. medusa stage.
b. sessile stage.
d. polyp stage.
____ 34.
How many germ layers do cnidarians have?
a. zero
b. two
c. one
d. three
____ 35.
A distinguishing defensive structure of cnidarians is the
a. colloblast.
b. tentacle.
c. osculum.
d. nematocyst.
____ 36.
Sponges and cnidarian polyps are similar in that they both
a. are bioluminescent.
b. are sessile.
c. have no true tissues.
d. display radial symmetry
____ 37.
Which bivalve can make a pearl?
a. Scallop
b. mussel
d. clam
d. oyster
____ 38.
Which cephalopod lacks a shell and is the most intelligent?
a. Nautilus
b. cuttlefish
c. squid
d. Octopus
____ 39.
a. Shell
Which characteristic is used to classify mollusks?
b. coelom
c. tentacles
d. mantle
____ 40.
Which class of mollusks includes species that are sessile?
a. Cephalopods
b. gastropods
c. Bivalves
d all of the above.
____ 41.
If a mollusk moves by a broad muscular foot, it is probably
a) a bivalve b) a gastropod
c) two-shelled
d) a cephalopod
____ 42.
Ink production and expulsion as a defense mechanism is observed in
a) octopus
b) slug
c) nautilus
d. squid
____ 43.
In most mollusks, fertilization
a. is external
b. Does not occur, they reproduce asexually
c. is internal
d. All options are false
____ 44.
Clams and oysters may include high concentrations of viruses, bacteria, and toxic
protists because they are
a) herbivores
b) carnivores
c) filter feeders
d) detritus
feeders
____ 45.
Bivalves include each of the following except
a) mussels
b) oysters
c) clams
d) nautiluses
____ 46.
Evidence that mollusks and annelids evolved from a common ancestor is based on
the fact that animals of both phyla have
a) external shells
b) internal shells
c) larvae
d) a mouth and anus
____ 47.
The small ciliated projections that enable breathing in this animal are called
a. spines
b. skin gills
c. ampullae d. eyespots.
____ 48.
You notice that a sea star in an aquarium has one very short arm. The best
explanation for this is that
a. its growth hormones have been suppressed
b. the appendage was lost and is regenerating
c. its tube feet are not functioning
d. the arm is not really needed.
____ 49.
The side of a sea star on which its sieve plate is found is the
a. dorsal
b. ventral
c. anterior
d. posterior.
____ 50.
What phylum do planarian and tape worms belong to?
a. Ponophora
b. Porifera c. Cnidaria d. Platyhelminthes
____ 51.
What symbiotic relationship giant tube worms have with bacteria in their tissue?
a. Parasitism b. Commensalism
c. Mutualism d. Prey predator
____ 52.
What type of body shape flukes have?
a. Flat
b. Round
d.Cylindrical e.None of the above
____ 53.
Which of the following animals are parasites?
a. Sand worms
b.Jelly fish c.Tape worms d. Anemones.
____ 54.
Worms are not classified into one single phylum because ____.
a. There are too many
b. They live in very different habitats.
c. They are too difficult to classify. d. They are too varied in structure.
____ 55.
An adaptation of giant tube worms is the presence of --.
a. plumes
b. Stinging tentacles c. suckers.
d. hooks
____ 56.
a. Are dangerous
Giant tube worms are not well known because they ___
b.Inhabit caves
c. Live too deep in the ocean
d. Both A and B
____ 57.
What prevents a sea star from falling off the side of an aquarium tank?
a. clinging action of its tube feet
b. suction by its mouth
c. adhesive properties of its spines
d. water pressure
____ 58.
The symmetry of echinoderms is referred to as
a. bilateral
b. radial
c. spiral
d. unilateral.
____ 59.
A sea star can open up a clam because of the functioning of its
a. tube feet
b. spines
c. stomach
d. madreporite.
____ 60.
The function of the water vascular system in the sea star is to enable
a. locomotion
b. digestion
c. sensitivity
d. respiration.
____ 61.
Which of these echinoderms moves most rapidly on the seafloor?
a. sea star
b. sea cucumber
c. sea lily
d. sea urchin
____ 62.
The echinoderm that uses both its spines and its tube feet to move is the
a. sea urchin b. brittle star c. feather star
d. sea star.
____ 63.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Which of the following is a chordate characteristic?
ventral, hollow nerve cord
bony endoskeleton
post-anal tail
backbone
____ 64.
a.
b.
c.
d.
A characteristics that distinguish chordates from other phyla, is _____.
a ventral, hollow nerve cord
radial symmetry
One way digestive system
a true body cavity (coelom)
____ 65.
Which of the following is a group of invertebrates?
a. Reptilia
b. Amphibia
c. Mammalia
d. Aves
e. Echinodermata