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Introduction to Marine Biology 4th Edition
by George Karleskint Chapter 1 - 20

,Contents Overview. Preface.
5v 5v




PART5vI:5vTHE5vOCEAN5vENVIRONMENT.
1.5vScience5vand5vMarine5vBiology.
2.5vFundamentals5vof5vEcology.
3.5vGeology5vof5vthe5vOcean.
4.5v4.5vWater,5vWaves,5vand5vTides.
PART5vII:5vMARINE5vORGANISMS.
5.5vBiological5vConcepts.
6.5vMarine5vMicrobes.
7.5vMulticellular5vPrimary5vProducers.
8.5vLower5vInvertebrates.
9.5vHigher5vInvertebrates.
10.5vMarine5vFishes.
11.5vMarine5vReptiles5vand5vBirds.
12.5vMarine5vMammals.
PART5vIII:5vMARINE5vECOSYSTEMS.
13.5vIntertidal5vCommunities.
14.5vEstuaries.
15.5vCoral5vReef5vCommunities.
16.5vContinental5vShelves5vand5vNeritic5vZone.
17.5vThe5vOpen5vSea.
18.5vLife5vin5vthe5vOcean's5vDepths.
PART5vIV:5vHUMANS5vAND5vTHE5vSEA.
19.5vHarvesting5vthe5vOcean's5vResources.
20.5vOceans5vin5vJeopardy.5v

,Chapter5v1—Science5vand5vMarine5vBiology


MULTIPLE5vCHOICE

1. What5vpercentage5vof5vthe5vsurface5vof5vthe5vearth5vis5vcovered5vby5vseawater?
a. 46%
b. 55%
c. 64%
d. 71%
e. 83%
ANS:5v5 v D PTS:5v5v5 v 1 DIF: Recall REF:5v5 v 1

2. Oceans5vare5vimportant5vin5vall5vbut5vthe5vfollowing5v ways:
a. solar-powered5vengines5vthat5vdrive5vweather5vpatterns.
b. provide5va5vsubstantial5vamount5v of5vthe5vworld's5vfood5vsupply.
c. marine5vorganisms5vare5vimportant5vfor5vscientific5vresearch.
d. a5vdirect5vsource5vof5vfresh5vwater5vfor5varid5vlands.
e. a5vsource5vof5vindustrial5vand5vmedicinal5vmaterials.

ANS:5v5 v D PTS:5v5v5 v 1 DIF: Synthesis REF:5v5 v 1-2

3. Oceanography5vis5vthe5vstudy5vof:
a. the5vliving5vorganisms5vthat5vinhabit5vthe5vsea.
b. the5voceans5vand5vtheir5vphenomena.
c. the5voceans5vand5vliving5vorganisms.
d. the5vchemical5vmakeup5v of5vthe5voceans.
e. the5vinteractions5vof5vmarine5vorganisms5v with5vtheir5v environment.

ANS:5v5 v B PTS:5v5v5 v 1 DIF: Recall REF:5v5 v 2

4. Marine5vbiology5vis5vthe5vstudy5vof:
a. the5vliving5vorganisms5vthat5vinhabit5vthe5vsea.
b. the5voceans5vand5vtheir5vphenomena.
c. the5voceans5vand5vliving5vorganisms.
d. the5vchemical5vmakeup5v of5vthe5voceans.
e. biogeochemical5vprocesses.

ANS:5v5 v A PTS:5v5v5 v 1 DIF: Recall REF:5v5 v 2

5. The5vmost5vcomplete5vscientific5vpicture5vof5vthe5voceans5vcomes5vfrom:
a. thorough5voceanographic5vstudies.
b. thorough5vmarine5vbiology5vstudies.
c. combining5voceanography5vand5vmarine5vbiology5vinformation.
d. having5vocean5vusage5vpolicies.
e. the5vpopular5vmedia.

ANS:5v5 v C PTS:5v5v5 v 1 DIF: Synthesis REF:5v5 v 3

, 6. Knowledge5vof5vthe5vocean5vcan5vcome5vfrom5vall5vexcept:
a. robotics.
b. ocean5vlaw.
c. deep5vsubmersibles.
d. SCUBA5vstudies.
e. computers5vand5vnew5vtechnologies.

ANS:5v5 v B PTS:5v5v5 v 1 DIF: Synthesis REF:5v5 v 3

7. The5vearliest5vrecorded5vdirect5vstudies5v of5vmarine5vbiology5vare5vattributed5vto:
a. the5vGreeks.
b. the5vCatholic5vChurch.
c. Arabian5vphilosophers.
d. Micronesian5vmariners.
e. the5vChinese.

ANS:5v5 v A PTS:5v5v5 v 1 DIF: Recall REF:5v5 v 3

8. The5vfollowing5vmarine5vbiologist5vwas5vaboard5vthe5vHMS5vBeagle5vin5v1831:
a. Edward5vForbes.
b. Charles5vWyville5vThomson.
c. Alexander5vAgassiz.
d. Charles5vDarwin.
e. Jean-Baptiste5vLamarck.

ANS:5v5 v D PTS:5v5v5 v 1 DIF: Recall REF:5v5 v 4

9. Charles5vDarwin's5vobservations5v while5vaboard5vthe5vHMS5vBeagle5vled5veventually5vto5vthe:
a. idea5vthat5vlife5vstarted5von5vland.
b. theory5vthat5vlife's5vorigin5vwas5vin5vfresh5vwater.
c. theory5vfor5vthe5vprocess5vthat5vcauses5vevolution.
d. re-birth5vof5vmarine5vbiology.
e. idea5vthat5vlife5vcould5vnot5vsurvive5vin5vthe5vdeep5vsea.

ANS:5v5 v C PTS:5v5v5 v 1 DIF: Recall REF:5v5 v 4

10. Charles5vDarwin5vproposed5vthe5vtheory5vof5vevolution5vbased5von5vdata5vhe5vcollected5vduring:
a. the5vBeagle5vexpedition.
b. the5vChallenger5vexpedition.
c. the5vobservations5vof5vAgassiz.
d. Alvin's5vdives.
e. his5vtime5vspent5von5vthe5vrocky5vcoastline5vof5vEngland.

ANS:5v5 v A PTS:5v5v5 v 1 DIF: Recall REF:5v5 v 4

11. Darwin5vproduced5va5vwell5vrespected5vmonograph5von:
a. mussels.
b. sea5vlizards.
c. Galapagos5vturtles.
d. barnacles.
e. marine5vfossils.

ANS:5v5 v D PTS:5v5v5 v 1 DIF: Recall REF:5v5 v 5

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George Karleskint, Richard Turner, James Small Introduction to Marine Biology
Publisher: 2012 ISBN: 9781285402222 Edition: Unknown

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