Applied Science
Marine Biology
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Chapter 1 TEST
Part I: Multiple Choice- Please fill in the best answer choice on your separate
Scantron sheet. Some questions have 4 choices, others have 5- use the
corresponding answer on the Scantron. Each question is worth 1 point.
1. Sonar
a. uses pulses of radio waves
b. is used to image underwater features
c. is an abbreviation for sound navigation ranging
d. revealed to marine scientists that the ocean is full of sound
e. all of the above are correct
2. Marine Biology is
a. The study of life
b. The study of marine organisms
c. The study of marine chemistry
d. All of the above
3. The voyage of the HMS Challenger in the 1800s was noteworthy because it
a. explored the northern Atlantic Ocean
b. recognized that gills are the breathing apparatus of fish
c. used three-dimensional maps of the ocean
d. made carefully recorded scientific observations
e. was the first to use chronometers to measure longitude
4. Charles Darwin in the 1800s contributed to marine biology by
a. showing for the first time that life exists on the deep-sea floor
b. recognizing that gills are the breathing apparatus of fish
c. explaining how species adapted to their world through natural selection
d. exploring the northern Atlantic Ocean
e. using three-dimensional maps of the ocean
5. Which of the following is NOT a reason to study marine biology?
a. Life may have arisen from the sea
b. Many human used products come from the sea
c. Marine organisms help produce oxygen for aerobic organisms
d. Oceans regulate the temperature of planets outside our solar system
e. Ocean organisms support human nutrition
6. What instruments have been discovered from as long ago as 165,000 years in caves in South
Africa?
a. metal knives
b. stone blades
c. titanium fishing poles
7. When did Columbus “re-discover” North America?
a. 1510
b. 1492
8. Which of the following was NOT an important motivation for studying the
oceans in the 1800’s?
a. learning new trade routes
b. obtaining food
c. finding a ocean route to New Jersey
d. obtaining goods for trade
e. expanding territories
9. Which European group was the FIRST to explore the Northern Atlantic?
a. James Cook
b. the Vikings
c. the Pacific Islanders
d. Charles Darwin
e. the HMS Challenger Expedition
10. Defined as the presence of organisms in a particular range.
a. rangism
b. induction
c. deduction
d. zonation
e. zoology
11. Which was the first systematic effort to gather data and samples from
oceans around the globe?
a. the Endeavour expedition
b. the Vikings
c. the Pacific Islanders
d. Charles Darwin and the Beagle
e. the Challenger Expedition
12. What is the first step in the scientific method?
a.Hypothesis
b.Research
c. Observation
d. Inference
e. Define problem
13. What is the most clear way to evaluate your tentative solutions in order to
compare and test them in the middle of the scientific method?
a. create cornell notes
b. create a brainstorm map
c. create a chart
d. Search the internet
e. publish them
14. A hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind.
a. foreshore
b. offshore
c. plunging breakers
d. dune
e. zonation
15. Ancient people often had knowledge of which of the following?
a. deep sea hydrothermal vent chemistry
b. whale migration
c. edible shellfish
d. zonation
16. The voyages of Captain Cook provided which of the following?
a. deep sea geological mapping
b. the first ever human exploration of Antarctic regions
c. charts for furthering the navigation of other explorers
d. a theory on natural selection
e. reliable satellite images of the ocean
17.The movement of sediment by the longshore current
a. berm
b. beach
c. backshore
d. littoral drift
e. longshore current
18.Which of the following is an example of an underwater research robot?
a. AUV
b. scuba
c. sonar
d. ROV
e. ATV
19. Sonar uses pulses of sound waves to probe the depths of the ocean
a. True
b. False
c. None of the above
d. All of the above
e. Radio waves
20. Oceans cover ________% of the Earth's surface.
a. 22
b. 34
c. 56
d. 71
e. 87
21. Contains 97% of the planet's _________.
a. species
b. flora
c. fauna
d. water
22. Oceans contain 99% of the ___________on the planet.
a. organisms
b. living space
c. flowering plants
d. atmosphere
23. The pressure at the deepest point in the ocean is more than 11,318 tons/ m 2, =
one person trying to support 50:
a. soccer balls
b. hammer head sharks
c. F1 racing cars
d. 747 jet airplanes
e. F-150 trucks
24. In the summer the ____ is low and wide. It is the beach on which beach-goers
sunbathe and frolic. The winter _____ is higher and narrower, as most of the sand
moves underwater to create the off shore sand bars. The reason for the shift is the
change in wave action with the season. Which vocabulary word best fits BOTH
blanks?
a. offshore
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b. berm
c. dune
d. plunging breakers
e. backshore
25. Who was the scientific leader of the Challenger Expedition?
a. Captain Cook
b. Edward Agassiz
c. Charles Wyville Thompson
d. Louis Forbes
e. Charles Darwin
Part II: Short Answer- Please answer these by writing your answers ON THIS
PAPER. Each question is worth 2 points.
1. State and Explain the main difference between a marine biologist and an
oceanographer. _______________________________________________________
2. List two ancient cultures that are known to have explored the ocean and seas.
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3. List one danger to humans from marine organisms and what organism would cause
that danger. Danger _________________________________________________
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4. Shell harpoons and fishhooks have been discovered that date from 110,000 years
ago. What is one inference you can draw from this information?
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5. State two ways that the ocean plays a part in your every day life.
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