Review of Ocean Biology: Ch.4
1. Identify the four “ingredients of life.”
2. Identify two ways marine organisms use the lipid macromolecule.
3. Describe the process of photosynthesis.
4. Define autotroph:
5. Define heterotroph:
6. What is meant by the term “primary producer?”
7. Identify a prokaryotic organism found the ocean:
8. Complete the following table:
WORD
Ecosystem
DEFINITION
EXAMPLE
Tide pool
Community
Population
a group of the same species living in an area
Organism
Organ system
Excretory system
Organ
Tissue
Cell
Molecule
Groups of atoms; smallest unit of most chemical compounds
9. Define osmosis.
10. Why is osmosis an especially critical process for marine organisms?
11. Describe an osmoconformer:
12. Describe an osmoregulator:
13. Compare and contrast sexual and asexual reproduction.
14. Identify one oceanic organism that reproduces sexually:
15. Identify one oceanic organism that reproduces asexually:
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Review of Ocean Biology: Ch.4
1. Identify the four “ingredients of life.”
2. Identify two ways marine organisms use the lipid macromolecule.
3. Describe the process of photosynthesis.
4. Define autotroph:
5. Define heterotroph:
6. What is meant by the term “primary producer?”
7. Identify a prokaryotic organism found the ocean:
8. Complete the following table:
WORD
Ecosystem
DEFINITION
EXAMPLE
Tide pool
Community
Population
a group of the same species living in an area
Organism
Organ system
Excretory system
Organ
Tissue
Cell
Molecule
Groups of atoms; smallest unit of most chemical compounds
9. Define osmosis.
10. Why is osmosis an especially critical process for marine organisms?
11. Describe an osmoconformer:
12. Describe an osmoregulator:
13. Compare and contrast sexual and asexual reproduction.
14. Identify one oceanic organism that reproduces sexually:
15. Identify one oceanic organism that reproduces asexually:
DNA