Semester 2 Final Review
Currents, Waves, and Tides
Define the following words
Waves
Transverse Wave
Orbital Wave
Longitudinal Wave
Frequency
Period
Fetch
Rogue Wave
Wavelength
Wave height
Crest
Trough
Tides
Tidal Range
Semidiurnal
Diurnal
Mixed Tide
Spring Tide
Neap Tide
Surf Zone
Ebb
Flood
Currents
Deep Water Currents
Causes of ^
Surface Currents
Causes of ^
Coriolis Effect
Clockwise
Counterclockwise
Thermohaline Circulation
Upwelling
El Nino
Answer the following questions:
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Which area has the longest tidal range?
Describe how density changes with temperature and with salinity.
How do tides affect grunion?
Explain how marine mammals are different from invertebrates when they make sound in the
water.
Classification
1. List the classification order from most broad to most specific.
___________,___________,__________,__________,__________,__________,___________
List examples and the defining characteristics of the following and answer the corresponding questions.
2. Plantae:
3. Protists:
a. What causes harmful algal blooms?
b. Why is kelp so important for the marine environment?
4. Animalia
a. Invertebrates:
i. Poriferaii. Cnidariaiii. Echinodermataiv. Arthropodav. MolluscaCephalopods- Draw a squid and label its parts.
b. Vertebrates:
i. Birdsii. Reptiles-
iii. Mammals5. All Planktona. PhytoplanktonType 1: _______________
Type 2:________________
b. ZooplanktonType 1 with description:_________________________
Type 2 with description:_________________________
c. What helps plankton stay afloat?
6. Review Dichotomous Keys
Fish Test Review
Define the following words
Tragedy of the Commons
Overfishing
Shark Finning
bycatch
1. What defines a bony fish? Give three examples of bony fish.
2. What defines a cartilaginous fish? Give three examples of cartilaginous fish.
3. What is the world’s largest shark?
4. What is the shark that takes only a small circular bite out of its prey?
5. What is the difference between shark skin and fish scales?
6. Sketch the 7 different fish forms and explain the benefit of each of the forms.
7. What is the difference between a truncate, lunate, and forked fish tail?
8. What are the 4 fish that were mentioned in the Ted Talks?
9. List five defense mechanisms of fish.
10. How do Cartilaginous fish and Bony fish differ in the ways they control their buoyancy?
11. What causes more deaths per year? (Circle the correct answer)
Sharks or Dogs?
Sharks or Sandholes?
12. Is this a male or female shark?
EXTRA to Review
13. Sandy Shore
14. Rocky Shore
15. Kelp Forest
16. Open Ocean
17. Deep Sea
18. Salt Marsh
19. Mudflats
20. Mangroves
21. Coral Reefs
22. Poles
a. Arctic
b. Antarctic
23. Review your endangered animals, organism class, and ecosystem projects.