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

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