Oceanography-100 SDSU Final Exam Study
Guide (Sacrementa-Grilo) UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Biological Productivity - CORRECT ANSWER - the rate of generation of biomass in an
ecosystem; western margins of continents have high prosuctivity and the Artic has the most
because of high levels of upwelling and downwelling bc there is no thermocline
Photosynthesis formula - CORRECT ANSWER - 6CO2 + 6H2O + sunlight ---> C6 H12
O6 + 6O2
Photosynthesis - CORRECT ANSWER - Inputs: Carbon Dioxide, water, sunlightOutputs:
Glucose, oxygen
Euphotic Zone - CORRECT ANSWER - Upper layer of a body of water through which
sunlight can penetrate and support photosynthesis.
Plants - CORRECT ANSWER - Domain: Eukaryote
Kingdom: Plant
Protists - CORRECT ANSWER - Domain: Eukaryote
Kingdom: Protista
A eukaryotic organism that cannot be classified as an animal, plant, or fungus. (ALGAE)
Protists: Large Algae - CORRECT ANSWER - brown seaweed and kelp
red and green algae
, Protists: Small Algae - CORRECT ANSWER - Phytoplankton; has the best & most
producers;
Diatoms
Coccolithophores (chalk)
Dinoflagellates
Bacteria - CORRECT ANSWER - Domain: Prokaryote
Kingdom: Prokaryote
True Plants - CORRECT ANSWER - Seed plants, grasses and mangroves
Cyanobacteria - CORRECT ANSWER - first photosynthesizes; phytoplankton; oxygen-
producing bacteria (formerly known as blue-green algae).
What is taken from algae for our use and what kind of algae is it? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Coccolithophores is a micro algae protist that is used for chalk
Regions of High Productivity - CORRECT ANSWER - -polar regions (bc there is no
thermocline & there is upwelling and downwelling)
-coasts (there is some upwelling and river runoff from continents)
-coral reefs (lots of sea life)
Regions of Low Productivity - CORRECT ANSWER - Open ocean; espcially within
subtropical gyres bc of the stable thermocline and no nutrients from land
What are the most abundant of all sea plants? - CORRECT ANSWER - Phytoplankton
Producers - CORRECT ANSWER - most important; at the bottom of the food chain; they
are the organisms that photosynthesize
Guide (Sacrementa-Grilo) UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Biological Productivity - CORRECT ANSWER - the rate of generation of biomass in an
ecosystem; western margins of continents have high prosuctivity and the Artic has the most
because of high levels of upwelling and downwelling bc there is no thermocline
Photosynthesis formula - CORRECT ANSWER - 6CO2 + 6H2O + sunlight ---> C6 H12
O6 + 6O2
Photosynthesis - CORRECT ANSWER - Inputs: Carbon Dioxide, water, sunlightOutputs:
Glucose, oxygen
Euphotic Zone - CORRECT ANSWER - Upper layer of a body of water through which
sunlight can penetrate and support photosynthesis.
Plants - CORRECT ANSWER - Domain: Eukaryote
Kingdom: Plant
Protists - CORRECT ANSWER - Domain: Eukaryote
Kingdom: Protista
A eukaryotic organism that cannot be classified as an animal, plant, or fungus. (ALGAE)
Protists: Large Algae - CORRECT ANSWER - brown seaweed and kelp
red and green algae
, Protists: Small Algae - CORRECT ANSWER - Phytoplankton; has the best & most
producers;
Diatoms
Coccolithophores (chalk)
Dinoflagellates
Bacteria - CORRECT ANSWER - Domain: Prokaryote
Kingdom: Prokaryote
True Plants - CORRECT ANSWER - Seed plants, grasses and mangroves
Cyanobacteria - CORRECT ANSWER - first photosynthesizes; phytoplankton; oxygen-
producing bacteria (formerly known as blue-green algae).
What is taken from algae for our use and what kind of algae is it? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Coccolithophores is a micro algae protist that is used for chalk
Regions of High Productivity - CORRECT ANSWER - -polar regions (bc there is no
thermocline & there is upwelling and downwelling)
-coasts (there is some upwelling and river runoff from continents)
-coral reefs (lots of sea life)
Regions of Low Productivity - CORRECT ANSWER - Open ocean; espcially within
subtropical gyres bc of the stable thermocline and no nutrients from land
What are the most abundant of all sea plants? - CORRECT ANSWER - Phytoplankton
Producers - CORRECT ANSWER - most important; at the bottom of the food chain; they
are the organisms that photosynthesize
