Jeopardy
A Review Game for Marine
Biology
Marine Biology Jeopardy
The Ocean
Environment
Potpourri
Article Readings
on Hydrothermal
Vents & Oil Spills
Marine
Vertebrates
Marine
Invertebrates
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What % of the earth’s surface
is covered in oceans?
Floaters and swimmers are
found in the neritic province of
the ocean. What is the scientific
name for “floaters”? For
“swimmers”?
Term for large circular ocean
currents. They turn clockwise
in North America!
Three main zone of the marine
environment
This is the name of the shallowest
zone in the benthic environment.
The warming of ocean
temperatures disrupts a symbiotic
relationship because it causes the
zooanthaellae to die which results in
bleaching of this organism?
Many marine animals possess
these structures which help them
to extract dissolved oxygen from
seawater
List one adaptation that
marine organisms have for salt
regulation
What was the largest oil spill
in US history? Where did it
occur?
Sea otter populations are declining
in cold Pacific waters because
killer whales are feeding on them
rather than seals and sea lions who
are less numerous due to human
overfishing of their food sources.
What effect is this having on sea
urchin populations? On kelp
populations?
Name of ship that caused an oil
spill in the Delaware River in
2004
The base (producers) of the
food chain at hydrothermal
vents
Energy source for bacteria
living at hydrothermal vents
There is a symbiotic
relationship between bacteria
and tube worms. What do
they provide each other?
Name 1 way that oil spills
affect fish.
Name 1 way that oil spills
affect birds.
This is endangered reptile. It has
a lightweight, streamlined shell
which encloses its vital organs
and its legs are modified as
flippers.
This is fish has a skeleton
made out of cartilage and 315 sets of replacement teeth
arranged on the inside of his
jaw.
These vertebrates have a symbiotic
relationship with sea anemone
These vertebrates are endangered, are
found in Florida’s inner waterways,
& eat sea grass.
These vertebrates are considered
fish, swim upright, & males carry
embryos until born.
These invertebrates belong
to the phylum Porifera
List 3 invertebrates that
belong to Cnidaria & possess
stinging cells
Having 5 arms (that it can
regenerate) with spiny skin and
tube feet, this invertebrate can
pull itself along the bottom and
eats with a stomach outside its
body.
These invertebrates live in benthic
waters, have lots of spines, & are
eaten by sea otters and some people
A bivalve with a soft body, a
foot, and no head. It’s a filter
feeder who can be greatly
impacted by pollution, as seen
in the Chesapeake Bay