marine biology

Marine Biology

Chapter 1 Review Game

1

• As water freezes, it’s density ___________. This explains why ice floats.

• A. increases• B. decreases

2

• Once, in the history of the earth, all the land was condensed into one continent called _________.

• A. Gondwana • B. Pangaea• C. Laurasia

3

• The tides are actually waves, with extremely long periods. They are caused by the gravitational pull of the ________

• A. sun• B. magnetic poles• C. moon

5

• If you were in a submarine 400m down in the ocean, which was in the process of rising to the surface, and you recorded the temperature of the water as your depth decreased you would find that the temp was ____________.

• A. increasing B. decreasing

8

• During a full moon you would have an exceptionally low, low tide, which is given the label of a __________ tide.

• A. neap • B. diurnal• C. spring• D. semidiurnal

9

• A shoreline has 1 high tide and 1 low tide in 24 hours. This would be called a _________ tide pattern.

• A. mixed semidiurnal• B. semidiurnal• C. diurnal

10

• The diffusion of water is called ________

• A. osmosis• B. hyperosmotic• C. isoosmotic

11

This sea star is reflecting _________ wavelengths of light, which causes it to appear red.

A. GreenB. BlueC. YellowD. Red

12

• Which letter in the drawing below represents the crest of a wave?

A.AB.BC.C

13

• The part/zone of the ocean where light can travel, and coral reefs are found is called the _______ zone.

• A. benthic zone• B. photic zone• C. aphotic zone• D. hadal zone

14

• The part of the diagram below that represent the contintental slope is ____

A. AB. BC. CD. D

15

• An underwater volcano called a _______ is often a site where many marine organisms congregate.

• A. seamount• B. trench• C. fetch

16

• The hydrogen and oxygen atoms in a water molecule are held together by ______ bonds.

• A. hydrogen bonds• B. polar covalent bonds• C. ionic bonds

17

• A shoreline that has 2 high tides in 24 hours, but they are not equally high is labeled as having a ______tide pattern.

• A. mixed semidiurnal• B. semidiurnal• C. diurnal

18

• An the cells in an ocean fish that is swimming in freshwater will increase in size slowly because they are sitting in a(n) ___________ environment.

• A. hypoosmotic • B. hyperosmotic• C. isoosmotic

19

• Water has a high heat of ________. This means that it can absorb a large amount of heat before it changes from liquid phase to gas phase.

• A. density• B. surface tension• C. vaporization

20

• 5 water molecules in the same place stick together and form a tiny droplet because each water molecule is attracted to the next with ______ bonds.

• A. hydrogen• B. polar covalent• C. ionic

21

• The distance that the wind blows touching the surface of the ocean is called _________.

• A. crest• B. trough• C. fetch• D. wavelength

22

• This fish is in a(n) ________ environment.

A. HyperosmoticB. HypoosmoticC. Isoosmotic

23

• Identify the Abyssal plain in the diagram below.

A. AB. BC. CD. DE. E

24

• Identify the intertidal zone on the diagram below.

A. AB. BC. CD. D

25

• Which color/wavelength of light travels the deepest into the oceans?

• A. Yellow• B. Violet• C. Orange• D. Blue

• This form of reviewing actually helps me learn.

• A. Yes• B. No