Marine Biology Exam Questions and Answers | Latest 2026 Update
Q: Nemertea Ribbon worms belong to phylum?
Answer:
Porifera Sponges belong to phylum? Dead What do deposit-feeding animals feed on?
Salt-marsh, mangroves Which vascular flowering plants did we discuss in class?
Seaweeds, Kelp, seagrasses, algae Which nonvascular flowering plants did we talk
about in class? Evisceration The process by which sea cucumbers protect themselves
from predators by releasing their internal organs is called? gastrovascular cavity The
cnidarians have an incomplete gut called the? Rhizomes The horizontal stems of
seagrasses are called? Are both photosynthetic How are algae and bacteria the same?
Eubacteria Bacteria belong to domain? DNA & RNA Viruses contain bits of? Polar
The charge of a water molecule is?
, Q: Abiotic Seamounts, sand, and rocks are examples of what organisms?
Answer:
Biotic Whales, blowfish, seaweed, and coral are examples of what organism?
Hypothesis What are statements of what you think will happen called? Red Which
seaweed can switch forms, has pigments a & phycobilins, and can accurate calcium
carbonate? Brown Which algae has air bladders, trumpet cells to pump nutrients, and
has pigments a,c,f Green Which seaweed is found is mostly fresh and salt water, has
pigments a,b,c and pigments similar to those found in land plants? Because they have
a notochord Why are lancelets not considered a vertebrate? Positive=oxygen,
negative=hydrogen Describe the charge of a water molecule? water, sunlight What
are the 2 main factors that control our climate? Coastal, Artic, Equatorial Where do
coriolis driven upwelling occur? O2, CO2, N2 What are the 3 major gasses that are
dissolved in seawater and rank them based on solubility? Release DOM, infects
marine bacteria, What are the ecological effects of viruses?
Q: Oil supply, filter pools, beer, wine What are some of the uses of diatomaceous
sediments?
Answer:
Root props What special structures do mangroves have to help them stabilize in
mud? Abiotic What is an organism that is non-living? Biotic What is an organism
that is living? Amplitude What is the top of the crest to the bottom of the trough
called? Angiosperms What are flowering plants? Autotrophic What are organisms
that produce their own food? Benthic What are organisms that live on the ocean
floor? Blade What is the leaf-like structure on the seaweed? Carnivores What are
animals that only eat meat? Centrifugal force What causes the high tide on the
opposite side of the moon? Biomass What is the amount of living tissue in each
trophic level? Chemosynthesis What are organisms that use chemical energy to
produce carbohydrates? Corolis effect What is the apparent deflection of the path of
air and water called?
Q: Nemertea Ribbon worms belong to phylum?
Answer:
Porifera Sponges belong to phylum? Dead What do deposit-feeding animals feed on?
Salt-marsh, mangroves Which vascular flowering plants did we discuss in class?
Seaweeds, Kelp, seagrasses, algae Which nonvascular flowering plants did we talk
about in class? Evisceration The process by which sea cucumbers protect themselves
from predators by releasing their internal organs is called? gastrovascular cavity The
cnidarians have an incomplete gut called the? Rhizomes The horizontal stems of
seagrasses are called? Are both photosynthetic How are algae and bacteria the same?
Eubacteria Bacteria belong to domain? DNA & RNA Viruses contain bits of? Polar
The charge of a water molecule is?
, Q: Abiotic Seamounts, sand, and rocks are examples of what organisms?
Answer:
Biotic Whales, blowfish, seaweed, and coral are examples of what organism?
Hypothesis What are statements of what you think will happen called? Red Which
seaweed can switch forms, has pigments a & phycobilins, and can accurate calcium
carbonate? Brown Which algae has air bladders, trumpet cells to pump nutrients, and
has pigments a,c,f Green Which seaweed is found is mostly fresh and salt water, has
pigments a,b,c and pigments similar to those found in land plants? Because they have
a notochord Why are lancelets not considered a vertebrate? Positive=oxygen,
negative=hydrogen Describe the charge of a water molecule? water, sunlight What
are the 2 main factors that control our climate? Coastal, Artic, Equatorial Where do
coriolis driven upwelling occur? O2, CO2, N2 What are the 3 major gasses that are
dissolved in seawater and rank them based on solubility? Release DOM, infects
marine bacteria, What are the ecological effects of viruses?
Q: Oil supply, filter pools, beer, wine What are some of the uses of diatomaceous
sediments?
Answer:
Root props What special structures do mangroves have to help them stabilize in
mud? Abiotic What is an organism that is non-living? Biotic What is an organism
that is living? Amplitude What is the top of the crest to the bottom of the trough
called? Angiosperms What are flowering plants? Autotrophic What are organisms
that produce their own food? Benthic What are organisms that live on the ocean
floor? Blade What is the leaf-like structure on the seaweed? Carnivores What are
animals that only eat meat? Centrifugal force What causes the high tide on the
opposite side of the moon? Biomass What is the amount of living tissue in each
trophic level? Chemosynthesis What are organisms that use chemical energy to
produce carbohydrates? Corolis effect What is the apparent deflection of the path of
air and water called?
