Marine Biology

Question 0

Mollusca

Answer 0

Bivalves, gastropods (snails and oysters)

Question 1

Filter feeding

Answer 1

They take in water and filter out the nutrients and release the leftover water

Question 2

Arthropoda

Answer 2

Segmented body, jointed appendages (crabs, lobsters)

Question 3

Cnidaria

Answer 3

Contains cnidocytes (jellyfish)

Question 4

Echinodermata

Answer 4

Radial symmetry (starfish)

Question 5

Porifera

Answer 5

Contains pores (sponges)

Question 6

Bryozoa

Answer 6

Mossy grass (moss animals)

Question 7

Tunicate

Answer 7

Sessile (fouling communities, sea squirts)

Question 8

Nemotoda

Answer 8

Worms (flat worms)

Question 9

Cetacean

Answer 9

Ancestors with land based animals (whales)

Question 10

Pinnipedia

Answer 10

Some have ears (seals, walruses)

Question 11

Osteichthyes

Answer 11

Bony fish (drum)

Question 12

Chondrichthyes

Answer 12

Cartilaginous fish (sharks, rays)

Question 13

Reptilia

Answer 13

Can lay eggs, not animal/bird (sea turtle)

Question 14

Aves

Answer 14

Feathered, winged (birds)

Question 15

Sirenia

Answer 15

Paddled tail (manatees)

Question 16

Fissipedia

Answer 16

Land based (otters, bears)

Question 17

Agnatha

Answer 17

No jaws (hagfish, lamprey)

Question 18

Organism

Answer 18

One individual living thing

Question 19

Species

Answer 19

Group of organisms that can produce fertile offspring

Question 20

Population

Answer 20

Group of same species

Question 21

Community

Answer 21

Group of different species

Question 22

Niche

Answer 22

Now an organism fits with surroundings

Question 23

Who discovered the Aqua Lung?

Answer 23

Jacques Coustau

Question 24

Phytoplankton

Answer 24

Small, drifting plantlike organisms; primary

Question 25

Zooplankton

Answer 25

Small, draft animals; secondary

Question 26

Detritus

Answer 26

Sediment mixed with dead organic matter

Question 27

Bioluminescence

Answer 27

Production and emission of light by a living organism; angler fish

Question 28

Depth zones from surface to bottom

Answer 28

Epipelagic, Mesopelagic, Bathypelagic, Abyssalpelagic

Question 29

Benthic Zone

Answer 29

Littoral, Sublittoral, Bathyl, Abyssal, and Hadal

Question 30

Pelagic Zone

Answer 30

Epipelagic, Mesopelagic, Bathypelahic, Abyssalpelagic

Question 31

Three functions of an estuary

Answer 31

Nursery, filter, and primary productivity source