INTRO TO MARINE SCIENCE FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
VERIFIED STUDY PACK
●● Scientific Method
Answer: A series of steps followed to solve problems including
collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and
stating conclusions.
●● Dorsal
Answer: back side
●● Ventral
Answer: belly side
●● Anterior
Answer: head end
●● Posterior
Answer: opposite end of anterior (feet/tail end)
●● endoskeleton
, Answer: internal skeleton or supporting framework in an animal
●● exoskeleton
Answer: A body covering, typically made of chitin, that provides support
and protection
●● Assymetry
Answer: No symmetry. Has an irregular shape (coral, sea sponge).
●● radial symmetry
Answer: body plan in which body parts repeat around the center of the
body
●● bilateral symmetry
Answer: Body plan in which only a single, imaginary line can divide the
body into two equal halves.
●● Sessile
Answer: Describes an organism that remains attached to a surface for its
entire life and does not move
●● motile
Answer: Capable of movement
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
VERIFIED STUDY PACK
●● Scientific Method
Answer: A series of steps followed to solve problems including
collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and
stating conclusions.
●● Dorsal
Answer: back side
●● Ventral
Answer: belly side
●● Anterior
Answer: head end
●● Posterior
Answer: opposite end of anterior (feet/tail end)
●● endoskeleton
, Answer: internal skeleton or supporting framework in an animal
●● exoskeleton
Answer: A body covering, typically made of chitin, that provides support
and protection
●● Assymetry
Answer: No symmetry. Has an irregular shape (coral, sea sponge).
●● radial symmetry
Answer: body plan in which body parts repeat around the center of the
body
●● bilateral symmetry
Answer: Body plan in which only a single, imaginary line can divide the
body into two equal halves.
●● Sessile
Answer: Describes an organism that remains attached to a surface for its
entire life and does not move
●● motile
Answer: Capable of movement