Marine Biology 12th Edition Test Bank | Castro & Huber | PDF Study Guide & Practice Questions

,Testj Bankj forjMarinej Biology,j 12thj Editionj byj Peterj Castroj andj Michaelj Huber


Chapterj01j12e Answersj Included ✅
1) Thej Challengerj expeditionj madej collectionsj ofj marinej organisms:
A) Aroundjthejworld.
B) InjthejPacificjOceanjonly.
C) InjthejAtlanticjOceanjonly.
D) InjthejMediterraneanjSeajonly.
E) InjthejNorthjSeajonly.



2) Thejfirstjmarinejlaboratoryjinjthejworldjwasjestablishedjin:
A) Russia.
B) England.
C) France.
D) Italy.
E) Japan.



3) ThejfirstjmarinejlaboratoryjestablishedjinjthejUnitedjStatesjwas:
A) Fridayj Harborj Marinej Laboratoryj inj Washington.
B) Scrippsj Institutionj ofj Oceanographyj inj California.
C) Marinej Biologicalj Laboratoryj atj Woodsj Hole,j Massachusetts.
D) Smithsonianj Institutionj inj Washington.
E) HopkinsjMarinejStationjinjCalifornia.



4) CharlesjDarwin,jwhojproposedjthejtheoryjofjevolutionjbyjnaturaljselection,jwasjalsojajm
arinejbiologistjwhojhadjajparticularjinterestjin:
A) Whales.
B) Fishes.
C) Marinejbirds.
D) Barnacles.
E) Oysters.

,5) AjtechnologicaljdevelopmentjthatjwasjajdirectjdevelopmentjofjWorldjWarjIIjis:
A) Scuba.
B) Researchjvessels.
C) Nets.
D) Marinej laboratories.
E) Sonar.



6) Thejscientificjmethodjcanjbejbestjdescribedjas:
A) Undertakingj ofj experimentsj inj laboratories.
B) Usejofjinductionjandjdeduction.
C) Collectingjdatajinjthejfield.
D) Proceduresjusedjtojlearnjaboutjourjworld.
E) Stepsjusedjtojobtainjobservations.



7) Thejfactorsjthatjmightjaffectjobservationsjandjcanjbejmanipulatedjarejcalled:
A) Controls.
B) Variables.
C) Experiments.
D) Hypotheses.
E) Inductivej observations.



8) Ajcontroljcanjbejbestjdefinedjas:
A) Ajvariablejthatjisjkeptjconstantjinjanjexperiment.
B) Anjexperimentjwherejthejfinaljresultsjarejknownjaheadjofjtime.
C) Ajhypothesisjthatjregulatesjthejresultsjofjanjexperiment.
D) Anjexperimentjthatjisjundertakenjbothjinjthejfieldjandjinjthejlaboratory.
E) Ajvariablejthatjchangesjduringjthejcoursejofjanjexperiment.



9) Ajmarinejbiologistjobservesjthatjmakojsharks,jsardines,jandjsalmonjleapjoutjofjthejwater.jAnjex
amplejofjinductionjfromjthesejobservationsjis:
A) Onlyjsomejfishesjcanjleapjoutjofjthejwater.
B) Alljfishesjleapjoutjofjthejwater.
C) Fishesjleapjoutjofjthejwaterjtojescapejfromjpredators.
D) Flatfishesjcanjleapjoutjofjthejwaterjsincejtheyjlivejonjthejbottom.
E) Leapingjoutjofjthejwaterjisjoftenjusedjinjfeeding.

, 10) Fromjthejgeneraljstatementj"Alljfishesjlayjeggs,"jwhichjofjthejfollowingjresultsjfrom
deduction?
A) Sincejtunajarejfish,jtunajlayjeggs.
B) Sincejtunajarejfish,jtunajswim.
C) Eggjlayingjisjbeneficialjtojfishes.
D) Tunajmustjlayjtheirjeggsjinjdeepjwater.
E) Sincejfishesjarejmarine,jtunajlayjeggs.



11) Whichjofjthesejisjanjexamplejofjajhypothesisjthatjisjnotjajvalidjscientificjhypothesisjbecausejitjc
annotjbejprovenjfalse?
A) ThejEarthjisjflat.
B) Thej sunj revolvesj aroundj thej Earth.
C) Organismsjsimilarjtojdeep-waterjmarinejwormsjlivejinjthejcenterjofjthejearth.
D) Thejdeepestjspotjonjthejoceanjisjoffjthejcoastjofjajvolcanicjisland.
E) Whalesjlistenjtojsound.



12) Anjexperimentjcanjbejbestjdescribedjas:
A) Ajsetjofjobservationsjthatjbecomejajhypothesis.
B) Obtainingjdatajfromjthejfield.
C) Anjartificiallyjcreatedjsituationjtojtestjajhypothesis.
D) Controllingjajparticularjfactorjinjthejfield.
E) Makingj observationsj fromj naturallyj occurringj events.



13) Ajlimitingjfactorjofjsciencejisjthatjitjcannot:
A) Predictjthejfuture.
B) Makejjudgmentsjaboutjethics,jvalues,jandjmorality.
C) Arrivejatjfundamentaljtruths.
D) Providejinformationjthatjcanjbejappliedjtojrealjlife.
E) Providejexceptionsjforjnegativejevidence.