Test Bank – Introduction to Marine Biology (4th Edition) by George Karleskint, Richard Turner & James Small | Updated 2025/2026 MCQs with Answers | A+ Grade Guaranteed

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

,Contents Overview. Preface.
PART I: THE OCEAN ENVIRONMENT.
1. Science and Marine Biology.
2. Fundamentals of Ecology.
3. Geology of the Ocean.
4. 4. Water, Waves, and Tides.
PART II: MARINE ORGANISMS.
5. Biological Concepts.
6. Marine Microbes.
7. Multicellular Primary Producers.
8. Lower Invertebrates.
9. Higher Invertebrates.
10. Marine Fishes.
11. Marine Reptiles and Birds.
12. Marine Mammals.
PART III: MARINE ECOSYSTEMS.
13. Intertidal Communities.
14. Estuaries.
15. Coral Reef Communities.
16. Continental Shelves and Neritic Zone.
17. The Open Sea.
18. Life 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 Biology


MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. What percentage of the surface of the earth is covered by seawater?
a. 46%
b. 55%
c. 64%
d. 71%
e. 83%
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Recall REF: 1

2. Oceans are important in all but the following ways:
a. solar-powered engines that drive weather patterns.
b. provide a substantial amount of the world's food supply.
c. marine organisms are important for scientific research.
d. a direct source of fresh water for arid lands.
e. a source of industrial and medicinal materials.

ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Synthesis REF: 1-2

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

ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Recall REF: 2

4. Marine biology is the study of:
a. the living organisms that inhabit the sea.
b. the oceans and their phenomena.
c. the oceans and living organisms.
d. the chemical makeup of the oceans.
e. biogeochemical processes.
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Recall REF: 2

5. The most complete scientific picture of the oceans comes from:
a. thorough oceanographic studies.
b. thorough marine biology studies.
c. combining oceanography and marine biology information.
d. having ocean usage policies.
e. the popular media.

ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Synthesis REF: 3

, 6. Knowledge of the ocean can come from all except:
a. robotics.
b. ocean law.
c. deep submersibles.
d. SCUBA studies.
e. computers and new technologies.

ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Synthesis REF: 3

7. The earliest recorded direct studies of marine biology are attributed to:
a. the Greeks.
b. the Catholic Church.
c. Arabian philosophers.
d. Micronesian mariners.
e. the Chinese.

ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Recall REF: 3

8. The following marine biologist was aboard the HMS Beagle in 1831:
a. Edward Forbes.
b. Charles Wyville Thomson.
c. Alexander Agassiz.
d. Charles Darwin.
e. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.

ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Recall REF: 4

9. Charles Darwin's observations while aboard the HMS Beagle led eventually to the:
a. idea that life started on land.
b. theory that life's origin was in fresh water.
c. theory for the process that causes evolution.
d. re-birth of marine biology.
e. idea that life could not survive in the deep sea.

ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Recall REF: 4

10. Charles Darwin proposed the theory of evolution based on data he collected during:
a. the Beagle expedition.
b. the Challenger expedition.
c. the observations of Agassiz.
d. Alvin's dives.
e. his time spent on the rocky coastline of England.

ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Recall REF: 4

11. Darwin produced a well respected monograph on:
a. mussels.
b. sea lizards.
c. Galapagos turtles.
d. barnacles.
e. marine fossils.

ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Recall REF: 5