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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...

MSC Test 3 Questions & Answers 2024/2025 What is reproductive range? - ANSWERS- where they reproduce - factor in determining the distribution of a marine organism what is dispersal - ANSWERS- eggs getting dispersed into the ocean what is recruitment - ANSWERSorganism grows up and joins adult population what is a niche? - ANSWERS-particular place where an organism is best adapted for - where they live How do plankton move? Nekton? - ANSWERSplankton: - they are drifters - in...

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...

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...

Earth Science Latest Update Graded A abiotic Non-living biotic living detritus Dead organic matter ecosystem all the living things interacting with one another and all the nonliving things in a particular place organism A living thing population all the members of one species living together in the same place at the same time species a group of organisms that are closely related and are able to mate and produce fertile offspring What is an ecosystem? all the living things interacting with...

infauna - animals that live within the sediments of the seafloor epifauna - benthic animals that crawl about on the seafloor or are firmly attached to it plankton - organisms suspended in the water column all or part of their life; they can swim but can't counteract currents or turbulence nekton - free-swimming animals that can move throughout the water column neuston - organisms maintained and associated with the sea surface interface; includes microbes bound in the surface layer (many...

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...

Marine Biology :Exam 1 Dr. Burge Questions and Answers infauna - Correct Answer️️ -animals that live within the sediments of the seafloor epifauna - Correct Answer️️ -benthic animals that crawl about on the seafloor or are firmly attached to it plankton - Correct Answer️️ -organisms suspended in the water column all or part of their life; they can swim but can't counteract currents or turbulence nekton - Correct Answer️️ -free-swimming animals that can move throughout the...