Nekton Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is the origin of the Earth? - Answer-Formed out of a solar nebula What are the origins of Life? - Answer-Archaea - the oldest origin of life on Earth What is kinetic energy? - Answer-The energy of motion What is heat energy? - Answer-Energy created by particles of matter rubbing together What is density? - Answer-A measurement of the amount of matter in a given volume of something. (mass per unit volume) What is convection? - Answer-Transfer of heat through currents caused by differen...

Life in the Sea Exam 2 Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Why aren't cells larger? - ANSWERSThey lose efficiency. More surface area to maintain in the cell and more biological functions to maintain throughout the cell. Limited to two factors: Surface area to volume, volume of cytoplasm the nucleus can control. Ecosystems - ANSWERSphysical and biological environment Populations - ANSWERSgroups of the same species Communities - ANSWERSpopulations of different species that interact with e...

Life in the Sea Exam 2 Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Prokaryotes have nuclei but no mitochondria or chloroplasts - ANSWERSFalse Though diffusion results in a net movement of a substance from an area of high to an area of low concentration, it is based completely on random molecular motions. - ANSWERSTrue Sperm and eggs generally have a haploid number of chromosomes. - ANSWERSTrue Most marine fishes have body fluids more dilute than seawater and thus must drink seawater to replace o...

TEST BANK for Marine Biology: Function, Biodiversity, Ecology 5th Edition by Jeffrey Levinton. ISBN 9780190681289, ISBN- _TABLE OF CONTENTS_ CHAPTER 1: Sounding the Deep CHAPTER 2: The Oceanic Environment CHAPTER 3: Climate Oscillations and Climate Change CHAPTER 4: Ecological and Evolutionary Principles of Marine Biology CHAPTER 5: The Chemical and Physical Environment CHAPTER 6: Life in a Fluid Medium CHAPTER 7: Reproduction, Dispersal, and Migration CHAPTER 8: Plankton CHAPTER 9: Marine Verte...

BSC 3312 Final Exam Test Questions with solutions 2023 (Verified Already Graded A+) Shallow Sediment Bottoms & Estuaries - answer• passive plate margins • low oxygen availability • grain size is influenced by water turbulence and determines the organisms that can live there o sand, silt, clay Shallow Sediment Bottoms & Estuaries - answerNot very productive due to wave action Organisms burrow in sediment Shallow Sediment Bottoms & Estuaries - answer• not a lot of epifauna because w...

The world's ocean contains _______ % of Earth's potentially inhabited living space. a. about 30 b. about 60 c. about 90 d. greater than 90 d. greater than 90 Oceanic life zones are commonly defined by _______. a. latitude and longitude b. ocean and hemisphere c. depth and distance from shore d. intensity of sunlight e. None of the above is correct. c. depth and distance from shore The pelagic environment refers to the _______. a. coastal area b. ocean bottom c. ...

BSC 3312 Final Exam Practice - Questions with complete solutions 2023 (Verified Graded 100%) Rocky Intertidal Shores - answer• shoreline/continental shelves inland of K.F. • active plate margins and steep coasts without a lot of sediment • moderate sunlight, cool waters, LOTS of nutrients Rocky Intertidal Shores - answerHIGH productivity Rocky Intertidal Shores - answer• rock-boring clams, snails, chitons, etc. • epifauna that live on the surface of the substrate and sessile organ...

Marine Science 111 Final Exam Eric Rosch | with complete solution updated 2023/24 Whats the difference between plankton and nekton? Can organisms be both in its life time? - Nekton swim against the current, Plankton can't. Yes an organism can be both, usually plankton in the egg or larvae stage of life. How much time must an organism spend in the water to be considered marine? - 50% What can we learn from nektonic creatures? - feeding and reproductive patterns How would you tell and...

Marine Biology Revision Questions with Certified Solutions Aquatic Ecosystems An ecosystem that is associated with water Euphotic The surface level of the ocean Disphotic a zone of the ocean where light penetration is too low for photosynthesis, but vision is still possible for some species Aphotic The ocean level where light cannot be reached Nekton Aquatic animals that are able to swim freely Benthos The sea bed Water Cycle The continuous movement of water between Earth's surface and th...

EAPS 112 - Chapter 12 Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024 Organisms that live on or in the seafloor make up the ________ . a. base feeders b. nekton c. benthos d. planktos e. pelagic animals - ANSWER-c. benthos Check My Work The greatest recorded mass extinction to affect Earth occurred at the end of the ________ . a. Silurian b. Ordovician c. Pennsylvanian d. Permian e. Devonian - ANSWER-d. Permian A trilobite that crawled on the ocean floor and fed on microscopic organisms a...