Ocean 100 final exam Questions with Solutions
Nekton - -Organisms that swim
-Benthos - -Bottom dwellers
-Pelagic zone - -Of the open ocean
-Benthic zone - -Sea floor
-Littoral zone - -Intertidal zone
-Protists - -Algae (seaweed)
-H2O+CO2+light energy creates what - -Sugar and oxygen
-Euphotic zone - -First 200m of ocean, only place can photosynthesize
-True plants - -seed plants, grasses and mangroves
-mactocystis - -Kelp
-Three regions of high productivity - -Polar regions, coasts, coral reefs
-Autotroph - -Organism that produces its own food
-Heterotroph - -Organism that must consumer other organisms for food
-Four adaptions to the marine environment - -Swimming/buoyancy, avoiding predators,
gas exchange, adaptions of deep sea fishes
-Diffusion - -Fish takes in oxygen from water in gills and outputs CO2
-Luciferin - -Bacteria that gives deep fishes light
-Osteichthyes - -Bony fishes
-Chondrichthyes - -Cartilaginous fishes
-Largest fish - -Whale shark, 15m
-Cetacea - -whales, dolphins, porpoises
-Odontoceti - -toothed whales
Nekton - -Organisms that swim
-Benthos - -Bottom dwellers
-Pelagic zone - -Of the open ocean
-Benthic zone - -Sea floor
-Littoral zone - -Intertidal zone
-Protists - -Algae (seaweed)
-H2O+CO2+light energy creates what - -Sugar and oxygen
-Euphotic zone - -First 200m of ocean, only place can photosynthesize
-True plants - -seed plants, grasses and mangroves
-mactocystis - -Kelp
-Three regions of high productivity - -Polar regions, coasts, coral reefs
-Autotroph - -Organism that produces its own food
-Heterotroph - -Organism that must consumer other organisms for food
-Four adaptions to the marine environment - -Swimming/buoyancy, avoiding predators,
gas exchange, adaptions of deep sea fishes
-Diffusion - -Fish takes in oxygen from water in gills and outputs CO2
-Luciferin - -Bacteria that gives deep fishes light
-Osteichthyes - -Bony fishes
-Chondrichthyes - -Cartilaginous fishes
-Largest fish - -Whale shark, 15m
-Cetacea - -whales, dolphins, porpoises
-Odontoceti - -toothed whales
