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

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

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