Coastal Ocean Quiz

Front 1

The Law of the Sea Treaty is an international agreement which gives the United Nations control of the ownership of coastal waters.

True or false

Back 1

False

Front 2

The Exclusive Zone (EEZ) extends:

A.into open international watus

B. 10.5 nautical miles from the coast

C. 200 nautical miles from the coast

D.3 nautical miles from the coast

E.20 nautical miles from the coast

Back 2

200 nautical miles from the coast

Front 3

The Mediterranean Sea water has little impact on the waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

True or False

Back 3

False

Front 4

Lagoons that form behind barrier islands an examples of:

A.fjords

B.tectonic estuaries

C.coastal plain estuaries

D.bar-built estuaries

E. salt wedge estuaries

Back 4

bar-built estuaries

Front 5

An estuary formed from a flooded glacial valley is called a:

A.bar-built estuary

B.tectonic estuary

C. vertically mixed estuary

D.fjord

E.coastal plain estuary

Back 5

fjord

Front 6

An estuary produced by a faulting or folding of rocks that creates a dropped-down section into which ariver flows is called a:

A.coastal plain estuary

B.bar-builtestuary

C.tectonic estuary

D. salt wedge estuary

E.fjord

Back 6

techtonic estuary

Front 7

An example of a coastal plain estuary is the:

A. San Francisco Bay

B. Pamlico Sound

C. Chesapeake Bay

D. Monterey Bay

E. Laguna Madre

Back 7

Chesapeake Bay

Front 8

Estuarine circulation associated with deep, high river volume system whereno horizontal salinity gradient exists at the surface is called a:

A.salt wedge estuary

B. vertically mixedestuary

C.slightly straified estuary

D.highly straifie estuary

E.bar-buit estuary

Back 8

salt wedge estuary

Front 9

Estuarine circulation associated with a shallow, low-volume estuary in which river water mixes evenlyat all depths with ocean water would be called a:

A. salt wedge estuary

B.highly stratified estuary

C. vertically mixed estuary

D.tectonic estuary

E. slightly stratified estuary

Back 9

vertially mixed estuary

Front 10

Which does NOT belong:

A. coastal plain

B.highly stratified

C. salt wedge

D. slightly stratified

E. vertically mixed

Back 10

coastal plain

Front 11

pollutant are any substance that has a negative effect on the enviroment.

True or false

Back 11

false

Front 12

Biomediation involves the use of microorganisms to degrade pollutant such as crude oil.

True or False

Back 12

True

Front 13

Minamata disease was caused by mercury contamination.

True or False

Back 13

True

Front 14

All of the followingare examples of pollutants in the marine enviroment except:

A. sewage sludge

B.phytoplankton

C. nutrient inputs such as nitrogen and phosphorus compounds

D.heavy metals such as mercury and silver

E.hydrocarbons

Back 14

phytoplankton

Front 15

The toxicity of marine pollutants is evaluated through bioassays by:

A. determining the length of time that the pollutant remains in the enviroment

B. calculating the concentration at which 50% of the test organisms die

C.estamating the number of trophic transfers in the food web affected by the pollutant

D. the EPA

E. determining the total biomass of affected organisms in the enviroment

Back 15

calculatin the concentration at which so ie of the test organisms die

Front 16

The two most significnt human sources of oil pollution in the marine enviroment are:

A.natural seeps and urban run-off

B. oil tanker and blow out accidents blow out accidents and in marine coastal waters

C. blow out accidents and urban run-offs

D. normal oil tanker/shipping operations and urban run-off

E. tarballs and oil tanker accidents

Back 16

normal oil tanker/shipping operations and urban run-off

Front 17

Which does NOT belong:

A. DDT

B. mercury

C. nitrates

D.phytoplankton

E. petroleum

Back 17

phytoplankton