Ocean 115 - Introduction to Oceanography » Spring 2021 » Week 14 Post Reading Quiz Life in the Oceans

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Question #1
Which zone in the ocean contains enough light for photosynthesis?
A.   aphotic zone
B.   disphotic zone
C.   euphotic zone
D.   abyssal zone
E.   hadal zone
Question #2
What is the primary need for living matter to function?
A.   hydrogen
B.   energy
C.   oxygen
D.   enzymes
E.   protein
Question #3
What does a food web illustrate?
A.   autotroph
B.   primary production
C.   heterotroph consumption
D.   trophic relationships
E.   a net filled with food
Question #4
What is a population?
A.   The number of different species in an area
B.   A group of interacting organisms of different species at a particular location
C.   A group of organisms of the same species occupying a specific area
D.   A group of organisms of the same species in several locations
E.   The largest marine ecosystem
Question #5
What is the most important physical environmental factor in intertidal communities?
A.   temperature
B.   density
C.   salinity
D.   rise and fall of tides
E.   pressure
Question #6
Which distribution pattern is the rarest in nature?
A.   irregular distribution
B.   random distribution
C.   clumped distribution
D.   uniform distribution
E.   arbitrary distribution
Question #7
What is environmental resistance?
A.   The carrying capacity of an environment
B.   The decline in population growth
C.   The maximum population growth in an environment
D.   The movement of one population against another
E.   The sum of the effects of the limiting factors on the environment
Question #8
What process reestablishes climax communities after a major disruption to the environment?
A.   progression
B.   dessication
C.   stress tolerance
D.   succession
E.   ​carrying capacity
Question #9
Which plankton are the most numerous primary consumers of the ocean?
A.   diatoms
B.   cyanobacteria
C.   dinoflagellates
D.   coccolithophores
E.   ​zooplankton
Question #10
What can occur when intertidal organisms are exposed to air and sunlight?
A.   dessication
B.   motility
C.   succession
D.   wave shock
E.   mutualism

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