Ocean 115 - Introduction to Oceanography » Spring 2022 » Seasonal Seas video

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Question #1
Where are the seasonal seas? 
A.   Polar parts of the world where the seasons change from light to dark
B.   Tropical parts of the world where the seasons change from wet to dry
C.   The coasts of tropical islands because animal migrate seasonally to the islands
D.   Temperate parts of the world where the seasons change during the course of the year
Question #2
Who makes it to Sable Island, Nova Scotia?
A.   Saltwater crocodiles
B.   Gray seals
C.   Green turtles
D.   Red crabs
Question #3
What is the total tonnage of the phytoplankton bloom?
A.   1 trillion tons
B.   9 trillion tons
C.   5 trillion tons
D.   6 trillion tons
E.   3 trillion tons
Question #4
Two animals that feed on the plankton are?
A.   Copepods and basking sharks
B.   Mahi mahi and anemones
C.   Killer whales and whale sharks
D.   Copepods and Bluefin tuna
E.   Bluefin tuna and anemones
Question #5
How do the sea otters stop themselves from drifting into open water?    
A.   By resting on sea stacks
B.   They cannot
C.   By wrapping kelp around themselves
D.   By resting on the beach
Question #6
Why is the sea slug colored?
A.   To hide in the sand
B.   To find mates
C.   To advertise its poison
D.   To swim better
Question #7
How many eggs does the female lobster carry around? 
A.   3,000
B.   10
C.   200
D.   15,000
E.   Over 20,000
Question #8
What helps them develop?
A.   Clams
B.   The cold water
C.   Seaweed
D.   The warm water
Question #9
How old are the crabs when they reach the sea bottom?
A.   20 weeks
B.   10 days
C.   1 day
D.   3 weeks
E.   1 week
Question #10
How does a crab’s diet change over its life?
A.   Starts as a vegetarian and switches to a carnivore
B.   Starts as a carnivore and switches to vegetarian
C.   Starts as a carnivore and switches to an omnivore
D.   Starts as an omnivore and switches to vegetarian
Question #11
What can the salmon shark due?
A.   Maintain a higher body temperature
B.   Swim from the North to South Pole
C.   Use salmon to fine schools of herring
D.   Leap 10 feet in the air
Question #12
What feeds on the herring in Alaska?
A.   Seagulls
B.   All of these
C.   Aucklands
D.   Yellowtail rockfish
Question #13
Where does the hooded sea slug hunt?
A.   On the sides of whales
B.   On kelp
C.   On the rocky shore
D.   On coral reefs
Question #14
Where does the handfish live?
A.   Only in the northern hemisphere
B.   Only on rocks because they cannot swim and have to cling to rocks
C.   Only in the southern hemisphere
D.   Only in water deeper than 2000 meters
Question #15
Are the temperate seas different in the southern hemisphere when compared to the northern hemisphere?
A.   The seasons are opposite so they are dramatically different
B.   The seasons are opposite in each hemisphere but they are basically the same
C.   The seasons occur at the same time so they are the same
D.   We are still not sure
Question #16
How do the orca pods catch the herring?
A.   They blow bubbles to trap them
B.   They use their tails to generate wave of great water pressure to stun the fish
C.   They simply swallow them all because they are so massive
D.   They kill the herring with sonar blasts
Question #17
Are the majority of bait fish like herring eaten?
A.   No
B.   Yes

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