Marine Science Final Exam Study Guide
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What kind of worm has flattened bodies?
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What is the largest worm in the ocean?
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What worm has a segmented body with paddle-like appendages?
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What worm lives near the deep-sea hydrothermal vents?
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What worm has a rounded body with tapered ends?
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What worm has tiny fins and is an active swimmer?
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What is an example of a bivalve?
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What is an example of a gastropod?
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What is an example of a cephalopod?
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What is an example of a mollusk?
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In reference to the snail, what is the function of the radula?
12.
In reference to the snail, what is the function of the kidney?
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In reference to the snail, what is the function of the posterior antennae?
14.
How many shells make up a univalve?
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Which mollusk has microscopic hairs called, cilia, that allow it to move?
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What mollusk is a solitary animal that lives in the crevices of the rocks of the sea floor?
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What mollusk has overlapping shells?
18.
Arthropods have several pairs of moveable arms and legs called _________________.
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The exoskeleton composed of a tough, fibrous material called _________________.
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What are the first pair of legs of crustaceans called?
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The exoskeleton of the crustacean that covers the head and chest is called the ______________.
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Arthropods (like the lobster) possess a separate head (____________).
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What is the chest of the arthropod called?
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What is the largest shrimp?
25.
What crustacean is found floating and drifting on the ocean surface in temperate zone?
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What crustacean has overlapping sharp plates enclosing it?
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What crustacean digs tunnels in the sand along bays and inlets?
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What crab has two body segments?
29.
What arthropods inhabit inland bays and marshes where wave impact is slight?
30.
What is not a true crab?
31.
Multicellular organisms that ingest food are classified within the ______________ kingdom?
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The taking in of food by animals is called ____________________.
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What are tiny organisms that float near the surface of the ocean?
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What are animal and animal-like plankton called?
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What are microscopic, one-celled animal-like organisms called?
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How are the protozoa divided into their subgroups?
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What protozoa move through water by means of the beating of their microscopic hairs?
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What are the activities that are necessary for an organism to carry out in order to survive?
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What is the function of the Vorticella’s Cilia?
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What is the function of the Vorticella’s Mouth?
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What is the function of the Vorticella’s Food Vacuole?
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What is the function of the Vorticella’s Cytoplasm?
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What is the function of the Vorticella’s Nucleus?
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What is the function of the Vorticella’s Cell Membrane?
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What is the function of the Vorticella’s Contractile vacuole?
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What is the function of the Vorticella’s Stalk?
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Which of the following is not a feature of a sponge?
48.
In reference to the sponge, what is the structure of Ostia?
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In reference to the sponge, what is the structure of the Osculum?
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In reference to the sponge, what is the function of the Ostia?
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In reference to the sponge, what is the function of the Osculum?
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In reference to the sponge, what is the function of the Collar Cells?
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In reference to the sponge, what is the function of the ectoderm and endoderm of?
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In reference to the sponge, what is the function of the Spicules?
55.
What is known as swimming larva?
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What is the period of time from early development and growth through maturity in an organism?
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What is the activity by which organisms produce offspring?
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What is a fertilized egg cell called?
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What is the rapid division of a fertilized egg cell?
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What is it called when an organism is in its early stages of cellular development?
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What stage is the embryo in when it is a solid ball?

Marine Science Final Exam Study Guide
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What stage is the embryo in when it is a hollow ball?
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The swimming embryo is called ____________.
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The Scientific Method is explained as
65.
Special characteristics of the ocean water, such as ___________ and density, are explained in relation to measurement procedures.
66.
While conducting research and experiments, scientists use a problem-solving approach called the
________________, an organized way to gather, investigate, and present their data.
67.
Making observations, in relation to the Scientific Method, is defined as
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Selecting the materials, in relation to the Scientific Method, is defined as
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Design a method or procedure, in relation to the Scientific Method, is defined as
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Obtaining results, in relation to the Scientific Method, is defined as
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Drawing conclusions, in relation to the Scientific Method, is defined as
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Formula for Speed
73.
Which of the following groups are needed within the scientific method to solve problems?
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How can data be displayed?
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The measurements that are made in an experiment are called _____________.
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The data collected makes up the ______________.
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The results can be recorded in a ________________.
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A ______________ makes the data better organized and easier to interpret.
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Each time an experiment is carried out, it is called a __________.
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More than one trial should be performed in an ____________.
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The average of many trials gives a more ___________ results than just one or two trials.
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Life zone is
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An environment is
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Supratidal zone
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Intertidal zone
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Subtidal zone
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Neritic zone
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Why is the beach water white?
89.
What is the name of the region where waves crash?
90.
What is the environment of a sandy beach?
91.
What is an example of large surf?
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What type of zone is the surf zone?
93.
Small hills are also known as ___________.
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What is an arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area?
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What is made of solid rock provide stable substrates on which organisms can attach?
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What is the band of different communities in an environment make up a feature?
97.
What is a feature of the intertidal zone?
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What is a feature of the mid-intertidal zone?
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What is a feature of the lower intertidal?
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What is an Estuary?
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Why the Earth is called a water planet?
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What is the earliest known instance of underwater exploration?
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What is marine science?
104.
Who made crude facemasks to help them see better when driving?
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What is marine biology?
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What is oceanography?
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of the ocean?
108.
Why do some objects float and others sink?
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What is the formula for density?
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What did Archimedes discover?
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What is buoyancy?
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How does Archimedes’ principle explain how the Titanic sank?
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Why does a steel ship float?
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What is the Country of Origin for the Vikings?
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What is the Country of Origin for the Batholomeu Dias?
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What is the Country of Origin for the Christopher Columbus?
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What is the Country of Origin for the John Cabot?
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What is the Country of Origin for the Vasco de Nunez de Balboa?
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What is the Country of Origin for the Ferdinand Magellan?
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What is the Country of Origin for the Giovanni de Verrazano?

Marine Science Final Exam Study Guide
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What is the Country of Origin for the Jacques Cartier?
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What land did the Vikings explore?
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What land did Batholomeu Dias explore?
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What land did Christopher Columbus explore?
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What land did John Cabot explore?
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What is the scientific achievement of Matthew Fontaine Maury?
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What is huge barrel that contains a limited supply of air?
128.
What is the name for scientists that explore inner space?
129.
What is it called when you sail completely around the earth?
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What is used to collect water samples from different depths in a water column?
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What is a submersible?
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What is the name of the search vehicle that took photos of the Titanic wreck?
133.
What kind of tentacles do jellyfish have?
134.
What is the umbrella shaped structure of the jellyfish called?
135.
What allows the jellyfish to float?
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What kind of contraction does the medusa have?
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What population are jellyfish considered to be part of?
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What is the name of the long, transparent tentacles that contain stinging cells called?
139.
Inside each cnidoblasts there is a coiled thread with a barb at the end called the...
140.
What is the barb of the nematocyst coated with?
141.
What do the tentacles of the jellyfish do to bring the food up to its mouth?
142.
Where is the food eaten by the jellyfish digested?
143.
Digestion in the jellyfish is _____________ and occurs in a two-way digestive tract?
144.
The jellyfish can also catch food its ___________.
145.
Since the jellyfish have thin membranes, oxygen can __________ directly from the water into its body cells.
146.
The sperm cells fertilize the egg cells in the __________, producing embryos that pass through developmental stages.
147.
What is the mound of tissue that forms the main body of a sea anenome?
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Why do sea anemones possess stinging tentacles?