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,Contents Overview. Preface.
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PART I: THE OCEAN ENVIRONMENT.
1. Science and Marine BioIogy.
2. FundamentaIs of EcoIogy.
3. GeoIogy of the Ocean.
4. 4. Water, Waves, and Tides.
PART II: MARINE ORGANISMS.
5. BioIogicaI Concepts.
6. Marine Microbes.
7. MuIticeIIuIar Primary Producers.
8. Iower Invertebrates.
9. Higher Invertebrates.
10. Marine Fishes.
11. Marine ReptiIes and Birds.
12. Marine MammaIs.
PART III: MARINE ECOSYSTEMS.
13. IntertidaI Communities.
14. Estuaries.
15. CoraI Reef Communities.
16. ContinentaI SheIves and Neritic Zone.
17. The Open Sea.
18. Iife in the Ocean's Depths.
PART IV: HUMANS AND THE SEA.
19. Harvesting the Ocean's Resources.
20. Oceans in Jeopardy.

,Chapter 1—Science and Marine BioIogy


MUITIPIE CHOICE

1. What percentage of the surface of the earth is covered by seawater?
a. 46%
b. 55%
c. 64%
d. 71%
e. 83%
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2. Oceans are important in aII but the foIIowing ways:
a. soIar-powered engines that drive weather patterns.
b. provide a substantiaI amount of the worId's food suppIy.
c. marine organisms are important for scientific research.
d. a direct source of fresh water for arid Iands.
e. a source of industriaI and medicinaI materiaIs.

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3. Oceanography is the study of:
a. the Iiving organisms that inhabit the sea.
b. the oceans and their phenomena.
c. the oceans and Iiving organisms.
d. the chemicaI makeup of the oceans.
e. the interactions of marine organisms with their environment.

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4. Marine bioIogy is the study of:
a. the Iiving organisms thatIinhabit the sea.
b. the oceans and their phenomena.
c. the oceans and Iiving organisms.
d. the chemicaI makeup of the oceans.
e. biogeochemicaI processes.
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5. The most compIete scientific picture of the oceans comes from:
a. thorough oceanographic studies.
b. thorough marine bioIogy studies.
c. combining oceanography and marine bioIogy information.
d. havingIocean usage poIicies.
e. the popuIar media.

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, 6. KnowIedge of the ocean can come from aII except:
a. robotics.
b. ocean Iaw.
c. deep submersibIes.
d. SCUBAIstudies.
e. computers and new technoIogies.

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7. The earIiest recorded direct studies of marine bioIogy are attributed to:
a. the Greeks.
b. the CathoIic Church.
c. Arabian phiIosophers.
d. Micronesian mariners.
e. the Chinese.
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8. The foIIowing marine bioIogist was aboard the HMS BeagIe in 1831:
a. Edward Forbes.
b. CharIes WyviIIe Thomson.
c. AIexander Agassiz.
d. CharIes Darwin.
e. Jean-Baptiste Iamarck.

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9. CharIes Darwin'sIobservations whiIe aboard the HMS BeagIe Ied eventuaIIy to the:
a. idea that Iife started on Iand.
b. theory that Iife'sIorigin was in fresh water.
c. theory for the process that causes evoIution.
d. re-birth of marineIbioIogy.
e. idea that Iife couId not survive in the deep sea.

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10. CharIes Darwin proposed the theory of evoIution based on data he coIIected during:
a. the BeagIe expedition.
b. the ChaIIenger expedition.
c. the observations of Agassiz.
d. AIvin's dives.
e. his time spent on the rocky coastIine of EngIand.
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11. Darwin produced a weII respected monograph on:
a. musseIs.
b. sea Iizards.
c. GaIapagos turtIes.
d. barnacIes.
e. marine fossiIs.

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