MARINE BIOLOGY EXAMPREP REVIEW
SHEET WITH TESTED QUESTIONS AND
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
●● What percentage of the Earth's surface do oceans cover?
Answer: Nearly 71%.
●● How do oceans affect terrestrial environments?
Answer: Oceans act as solar-powered engines that drive various weather
patterns.
●● What is the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO)?
Answer: A phenomenon that can cause droughts in Peru, flooding in
Texas, and mild winters in the Midwest, originating from changes in the
Pacific Ocean.
●● Why is studying marine biology important?
Answer: To make informed decisions about how the oceans and their
resources should be used and managed.
●● What role do marine laboratories play?
Answer: They are important for education, conservation, and biological
research.
, ●● What did Charles Darwin contribute to marine biology?
Answer: He observed marine life during the HMS Beagle voyage and
proposed theories on evolution and atoll development.
●● What was the Challenger Expedition?
Answer: A British expedition that lasted 3½ years, collecting over 4,700
new species of marine organisms.
●● What did the retrieval of the transatlantic telegraph cable reveal?
Answer: It was covered with marine organisms, proving that life exists
in the ocean depths.
●● What is ocean productivity?
Answer: The amount of food marine organisms can produce and the
number of organisms in the oceans.
●● What was the general belief about life in the ocean depths in the
early 19th century?
Answer: It was believed that living organisms could not survive in the
cold and darkness of the ocean depths.
●● Who were some key figures in the early study of marine organisms?
Answer: French naturalist Lamarck and anatomist Cuvier.
SHEET WITH TESTED QUESTIONS AND
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
●● What percentage of the Earth's surface do oceans cover?
Answer: Nearly 71%.
●● How do oceans affect terrestrial environments?
Answer: Oceans act as solar-powered engines that drive various weather
patterns.
●● What is the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO)?
Answer: A phenomenon that can cause droughts in Peru, flooding in
Texas, and mild winters in the Midwest, originating from changes in the
Pacific Ocean.
●● Why is studying marine biology important?
Answer: To make informed decisions about how the oceans and their
resources should be used and managed.
●● What role do marine laboratories play?
Answer: They are important for education, conservation, and biological
research.
, ●● What did Charles Darwin contribute to marine biology?
Answer: He observed marine life during the HMS Beagle voyage and
proposed theories on evolution and atoll development.
●● What was the Challenger Expedition?
Answer: A British expedition that lasted 3½ years, collecting over 4,700
new species of marine organisms.
●● What did the retrieval of the transatlantic telegraph cable reveal?
Answer: It was covered with marine organisms, proving that life exists
in the ocean depths.
●● What is ocean productivity?
Answer: The amount of food marine organisms can produce and the
number of organisms in the oceans.
●● What was the general belief about life in the ocean depths in the
early 19th century?
Answer: It was believed that living organisms could not survive in the
cold and darkness of the ocean depths.
●● Who were some key figures in the early study of marine organisms?
Answer: French naturalist Lamarck and anatomist Cuvier.
