Marine Science Final Exam Review
2012
1. What is the correct hierarchical ordering of taxonomic levels in terms of increasing specificity?
2. Diatoms and other planktonic organisms often have needle-like structures that help with:
3. Define the lifestyles of benthos, nekton and plankton and give examples of each
4. compare and contrast epifauna and infauna.
5. Planktonic organisms that spend part of their life in planktonic form, and the rest of their life as either
benthos or nekton are called:
6. Compare and Contrast warm and cold water plankton
7. What are some adaptive solutions employed by marine organisms to prevent sinking?
8. Define euryhaline and stenohaline
9. Define eurythermal and stenothermal
11. Compare the osmoregulation between salt and freshwater fishes
12. The color pattern in which marine organisms are light on the bottom and dark on the top of their
bodies camouflaging them against the water-air interface is:
13. List some body shapes that marine organisms may have and how it may help them
14. list the zones of the ocean and some key factors of each.
15. Algae are divided taxonomically into different groups based on differences in:
16. The macroalgae are commonly known as:
17. The depth distribution of algae is limited by:
18. In colder regions, some macroalgae die off in winter, but others termed ____ live for at least 2 years.
19. What is the dominant photosynthetic pigment found in all types of algae?
20. Photosynthetic pigments of algae are found in cells within:
21. Excess sugars stored by high-latitude algae can:
22. Some algae utilize calcium carbonate to:
23. Fragmentation is a type of ____ for drift algae, like Sargassum.
24. When two or more separate multicellular algae stages occur in succession we call this:
25. The phylum of green algae is:
26. Those green algae that have large cells with multiple nuclei are termed:
27. Coralline red algae have an outer covering made of:
28. The haploid stage of the red algae life cycle is called:
29. The diploid stage of the red algae life cycle is called:
30. Brown algae belong to the phylum:
31. what type of algae is considered planktonic?
34. Rockweed have eliminated the ____ life stage.
35. In the giant kelp the large thallus is the ____ life stage.
36. Marine flowering plants produce ____ in order to reproduce.
37. Where did Seed-producing plants first evolve?
38. Flowering plants that are salt tolerant are called:
39.what is an example of a hydrophyte flowering plant that can withstand and thrive under conditions of
continued submergence is:
40. The horizontal stems of seagrasses are called:
41. The purpose of specialized lacunae are to:
42. In seagrasses the process of water-insoluble fertilization is called:
43. Salt marsh plants differ from seagrasses in that they:
44. where do mangroves typically occur?
45. Pneumatophores are specialized to:
46. Organisms that grow on the surface of algae and marine plants are specifically called:
47. What are some characteristics that all animals share?
48. Sponges belong to the phylum:
49. Sponges live a(n) ____ lifestyle.
50. Sponges have ____ symmetry.
51. Water exits the sponge spongocoel through the:
52. Water enters the sponge spongocoel through the:
53. A flagellated cell involved in bringing water into the spongocoel of sponges is called a(n):
54. ____ are cells that move through the sponge's body.
55. The type of feeding in sponges classifies them as:
56. A sponge body type consisting of one spongocoel having many folds is called:
57. A sponge body type with many chambers lined with collar cells is called:
58. The skeletal elements that give support to a sponge's body are called:
59. Sponges avoid predators by:
60. Cnidocytes are stinging cells that are characteristic of the phylum:
61. Cnidarians that exhibit only the polyp stage in their life cycle are:
62. Cnidarians have ____ symmetry.
63. The nematocysts of cnidarians are produced within the:
64. Colonial cnidarians that exhibit both the polyp stage and the medusa stage in their life cycles are:
65. The Portuguese man-o-war is a member of the class:
66. An example of a member of the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria is:
67. Clown fishes form symbiotic relationships with members of this group of cnidarians:
68. What is a mollusk?
69. Name and describe the 5 classes of phylum mollusca
70. The digestive system of molluscs is found in the:
71. The structure used for secreting the shell of many molluscs is called the:
72. The radula functions to:
73. The outer layer of the molluscan shell is called the ____ layer.
74. Animals covered by eight overlapping shells on their dorsal surface are:
75. Molluscs that live in a tusk-like shell that is open at both ends belong to the class:
76. Nudibranchs belong to the class ____ of the phylum Mollusca.
77. The ____ have cerata on their surface for gas exchange.
78. The opening of the shells of some gastropods is protected by the:
79. Molluscs having two jointed valves or shells belong to the class:
80. The valves of bivalves are closed by the action of:
81. The siphuncle of nautiloids is used for:
82. Chromatophores are specialized cells in cephalopods that are responsible for:
83. The exoskeleton of arthropods is composed of:
84. The function of chelicerae is similar to that of the __________ in crabs and lobsters.
85. Of the marine arthropods, in which group only does the male carry the eggs?
86.Arthropods having two pairs of antennae belong to the subphylum:
87. The molting process is a means for arthropods to:
88. Crabs, lobster, and true shrimp are members of the order:
89. An important food source for baleen whales are:
90. Barnacles live a(n) ____ lifestyle.
91. The feeding mode of hagfishes is considered:
92. The feeding mode of adult lampreys is considered:
93. The skin of sharks is covered with scales called:
94. The claspers of cartilaginous fishes are used for:
95. Sharks obtain neutral buoyancy by producing an oil called:
96. The ampullae of Lorenzini are specialized organs for detecting ____ that are found in sharks.
97. A shark reproduction scheme in which the embryos develop within eggs that supply all their
nourishment inside the oviduct of the female is called: