Oceanography Final

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The work of oceanographers is one amazing and fun experience. You got to spend most of your time in the deep waters, studying ocean features and animals. The quiz below helps you well prepare for your final exams.

Questions and Answers

1.

What are the three domains of life?
- A.
  
  Eukarya, Archaea, Bacteria
- B.
  
  Monera, Plantae, Zooplankton
- C.
  
  Fungi, Animaila, DNA
- D.
  
  No answer
Correct Answer
A. Eukarya, Archaea, Bacteria
2.

What are the Five kingdoms of organisms?
- A.
  
  Plankton, Nekton, Bimomass, Zoo, Animal
- B.
  
  Monera, Plantae, Animalia, Fungi, Prototista
- C.
  
  Planta, Monera, Animalia, Zoo, Rock
- D.
  
  Protista, Monera, Animalia, Fungi, Fung
Correct Answer
B. Monera, Plantae, Animalia, Fungi, Prototista
3.

Classification of living things?
- A.
  
  Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
- B.
  
  Class, Manner, Family, Ross, Royalty
- C.
  
  Kingdon, Class, Order, Familia, Loyaltly
Correct Answer
A. Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
4.

Classification of marine organisim?
- A.
  
  Kiton, hetrphis, lotics
- B.
  
  Plankton, Nekton, Benthos
- C.
  
  Zooplankton, Benthos, Nekton
- D.
  
  No answer
Correct Answer
B. Plankton, Nekton, Benthos
5.

Which marine organism is the swimmer?
- A.
  
  Nekton
- B.
  
  Benthos
- C.
  
  Zoo
- D.
  
  Plankton
Correct Answer
A. Nekton
6.

Which marine organisim is the floater?
- A.
  
  Nekton
- B.
  
  Plankton
- C.
  
  Benthos
- D.
  
  Zoo
Correct Answer
B. Plankton
7.

What are biozones?
- A.
  
  The ocean water itself
- B.
  
  The peglagic enviornment divided into distinctive life zones
- C.
  
  The bottom of the ocean
Correct Answer
B. The peglagic enviornment divided into distinctive life zones
8.

What is the abundance of dissloved oxyden and nutrients with depth?
- A.
  
  Oxygen content increases
- B.
  
  In surface water oxygen is abundant due to mixing with the atmosphere and plant photosynthesis, and nutirent content
- C.
  
  In surface water oxygen is abundant due to mixing with the atmosphere and plant photosynthesis,zooplankton
Correct Answer
B. In surface water oxygen is abundant due to mixing with the atmosphere and plant photosynthesis, and nutirent content
9.

What is photosynthesis?
- A.
  
  6h20 + 6h20
- B.
  
  Water + carbon dioxide
- C.
  
  Sugar + oxygen
Correct Answer
B. Water + carbon dioxide
10.

Whar are plakton nets?
- A.
  
  Large nets that sink ships
- B.
  
  Large cone nets
- C.
  
  Large coned shaped fine mesh to research vessel
Correct Answer
C. Large coned shaped fine mesh to research vessel
11.

What is Prochlorococcus?
- A.
  
  Bacteria
- B.
  
  The smallest of the marine phytoplankton
- C.
  
  Bateria that is only 0.6 microns
- D.
  
  All of the above
Correct Answer
D. All of the above
12.

What is a springtime increase of diatom mass that is closly followed by increase in zooplankton abundance?
- A.
  
  Antarctic upwelling
- B.
  
  Barents sea producity
- C.
  
  Typical polar temperaure
Correct Answer
B. Barents sea producity
13.

What is the continuous up welling of North America Dep Water keeps Antartic waters rich in nutruients?
- A.
  
  Barents sea productivity
- B.
  
  Typical polar temperature
- C.
  
  Antartic upwelling
Correct Answer
C. Antartic upwelling
14.

What is schooling?
- A.
  
  Fish swimming together
- B.
  
  Fishing
- C.
  
  Swimming
Correct Answer
A. Fish swimming together
15.

What is Echolocation?
- A.
  
  Loud noises in the ocean
- B.
  
  Noises made by toothed whales that bounces of off objects to make sound
- C.
  
  Waves sound in the sea
Correct Answer
B. Noises made by toothed whales that bounces of off objects to make sound
16.

What are Baleen's?
- A.
  
  Teeth of a whale
- B.
  
  A head of a whale
- C.
  
  Cross section through the head
Correct Answer
C. Cross section through the head
17.

Are coral reefs rescrited to warm tropical waters?
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
A. True
18.

Coral reefs exhibit zonation because in both wave energy and sunlight intensity with increasing ocean depth?
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
A. True
19.

Earth’s climate system – exchange of energy and moisture and the interaction between the 5 spheres: atmosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere (lithosphere), and biosphere functioning as one unit.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
A. True
20.

Large scale planetary processes include feedback loops which modify end results e.g. melting of ice caps.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
A. True
21.

Feedback loops: e.g. the role of clouds, effect of air pollution, addition of water to the atmosphere, and the heat uptake by oceans.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
A. True
22.

1. Paleoclimate data recovered from seafloor sediments ;Natural Causes of Climate Change
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
A. True
23.

2. Sunspots – solar variability related to the Sun’s variable solar energy and magnetic storms extending from its surface to its interior (11-year sunspot cycle) a. Aurora borealis (northern lights) and Aurora Autrialis – light produced by charged solar particles interacting with the Earth’s magnetic field.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
Correct Answer
A. True

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Oceanography Final

What are the three domains of life?

What are the Five kingdoms of organisms?

Classification of living things?

Classification of marine organisim?

Which marine organism is the swimmer?

Which marine organisim is the floater?

What are biozones?

What is the abundance of dissloved oxyden and nutrients with depth?

What is photosynthesis?

Whar are plakton nets?

What is Prochlorococcus?

What is a springtime increase of diatom mass that is closly followed by increase in zooplankton abundance?

What is the continuous up welling of North America Dep Water keeps Antartic waters rich in nutruients?

What is schooling?

What is Echolocation?

What are Baleen's?

Are coral reefs rescrited to warm tropical waters?

Coral reefs exhibit zonation because in both wave energy and sunlight intensity with increasing ocean depth?

Earth’s climate system – exchange of energy and moisture and the interaction between the 5 spheres: atmosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere (lithosphere), and biosphere functioning as one unit.

Large scale planetary processes include feedback loops which modify end results e.g. melting of ice caps.

Feedback loops: e.g. the role of clouds, effect of air pollution, addition of water to the atmosphere, and the heat uptake by oceans.

1. Paleoclimate data recovered from seafloor sediments ;Natural Causes of Climate Change