Barrier Islands Proprof Quiz # 1 2018
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- 1.Substrate is:
- A.
Bottom material ocean organisms live in or on.
- B.
Bottom material found in the ocean.
- C.
Bottom material organisms live in or on.
- D.
Subtidal nutrients
- 2.How does water level affect organisms in the subtidal zone?
- A.
Organisms need to be able to breathe water or hold their breath for long periods of time.
- B.
Organisms need to adapt to alternating between being exposed or submerged.
- C.
Organisms need to adapt to alternating between breathing or being submerged.
- D.
Organisms need to adapt to alternating between being submerged or holding their breath for long periods of time.
- 3.Match the location where the intertidal zone is found.
- A.
Between the high and low tide lines
- B.
Above the high tide line
- C.
Below the high tide line
- D.
Between the sand bar and the berm
- E.
Between the swash zone (shoreface where waves break) and the dune
- 4.Match the location where the subtidal zone is found.
- A.
Between the high and low tide lines
- B.
Above the high tide line
- C.
Below the water line
- D.
Between the sand bar and the berm
- E.
Between the swash zone (shoreface where waves break) and the dune
- 5.Match the location where the supratidal zone is found.
- A.
Between the high and low tide lines
- B.
Above the high tide line
- C.
Below the high tide line
- D.
Between the sand bar and the berm
- E.
Between the swash zone (shoreface where waves break) and the dune
- 6.What is a berm and where is it found?
- A.
The back dune end of the supratidal zone
- B.
The movement of sand offshore during a storm
- C.
The supratidal ledge of sand at the high tide line
- D.
The edge of the swash (shoreface where waves break) zone
- 7.
IDENTIFY: The two major currents that affect North Carolina's climate.- A.
Laborador/Virginia and the Gulf Stream currents
- B.
Gulf of Mexico and Laborador/Virginia currents
- C.
Canadian and Gulf of Mexico currents
- D.
Coast of Greenland and Gulf Stream currents
- E.
Between the swash zone (shoreface where waves break) and the dune
- 8.What is the original source of energy for the entire seashore community?
- A.
The original source of energy is the sun.
- B.
The original source of energy is the ocean.
- C.
The original source of energy are the producers.
- D.
The original source of energy is the moon and tides.
- 9.What is a unit of life?
- A.
A unit of life is an ecological community with plant and animal components acting together as an interdependent group.
- B.
A unit of life is an ecological community that looks at nature as complete.
- C.
A unit of life is an ecological community is 15-25 ppt. in an estuary, 35 ppt. in the ocean.
- 10.How is energy passed through the community?
- A.
Energy is passed through the community through feeding relationships.
- B.
Energy is passed through the community as organisms move about their habitat.
- C.
Energy is passed through the community through organism decomposition.
- D.
Energy is passed through the community as organisms breed and grow.
- 11.
What are the three basic components of a food web?
- A.
Three basic components of a food web are producers, consumers and decomposers.
- B.
Three basic components of a food web are producers, consumers, scavengers and decomposers.
- C.
Three basic components of a food web are producers, bacteria and fungi.
- D.
Three basic components of a food web are autotrophs, heterotrophs and heliotrophs.
- 12.
Identify each of the seven barrier island coastal habitats in order from 1-7:
- A.
Ocean, Ocean Beach, Sand Dune, Maritime Forest, Salt Marsh, Sound, Tidal Flat.
- B.
Ocean, Ocean Beach, Sand Dune, Maritime Forest, Salt Marsh, Sound, Rock Jetty.
- C.
Ocean Beach, Ocean, Sand Dune, Maritime Forest, Salt Marsh, Sound, Tidal Flat.
- D.
Ocean, Longshore Current, Sand Dune, Maritime Forest, Salt Marsh, Sound, Tidal Flat.
- 13.Choose the best definition of a barrier island.
- A.
A Barrier Island is a long, narrow body of sand separated from the mainland by a sound and from other islands by inlets at both ends.
- B.
A Barrier Island is a short, wide body of sand separated from the mainland by a sound and from other islands by inlets at both ends.
- C.
A Barrier Island is a long, narrow body of sand separated from other islands by a sound.
- D.
A Barrier Island is a body of sand separated from the mainland by an inlet.
- 14.
What effect does the elevation and slope of the island have on habitats?
- A.
Elevation and slope determine how far a tidal zone extends into a habitat.
- B.
Elevation and slope determine how much erosion is in a habitat.
- C.
Elevation and slope determine the producers in a community.
- D.
Elevation and slope determine the size of the barrier island.
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