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55 Cards in this Set
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The most common spatial distribution of organisms is |
Clumped |
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The resource that is typically in the greatest demand in the rocky intertidal is |
Space |
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A J-shaped population growth curve is converted to an s-shaped population growth curve by |
Environmental resistance |
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An organism that can move freely between surface waters and great depths would have to be |
Eurybaric |
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Which of these is not a significant member of the hydrothermal vent community |
Calcareous algae |
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Which of these would probably have the lowest biodiversity |
A black sand beach |
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An interrelationship between two species in which one is benefited and the other neither benefited nor harmed is called |
Commensalism |
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Which of these communities would have the least variation throughout all ocean latitudes |
Deep ocean |
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In which of these regions is life least abundant |
Bathypelagic zone |
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The deep scattering layer community is found |
Migrating daily between the disphotic and euphotic zones |
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Which of the following are sometimes referred to as "marine nurseries" |
Estuaries |
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Periwinkle snails and blue mussels have specialized respiratory system adapted for life in |
The upper intertidal zone |
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Which of these marine products can be found in ice cream, cosmetics, paints, shaving cream, and salad dressing |
Algin |
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Second to oil and gas the most profitable marine mineral resources is |
Sand and gravel |
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The international law of the Sea Convention established the size of exclusive economic zone at (blank) nautical miles |
200 |
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Present levels of growth and exploitation of marine resources are |
Unsustainable |
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The country where fresh water aquaculture is most widespread and successful in producing food for human consumption is |
China |
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The fishing industry today faces many challenges including all but one of the following: |
Excessive mariculture |
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Which of these is a nonextractive marine resource |
Recycling ocean water to cool a coastal power plant |
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About (blank) precent of the world's oil production comes from the seadbed |
34 |
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The two major whaling nations are Japan and |
Norway |
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The major species of fish harvested from the sea is |
Anchoveta |
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A common bryozoan (a small entrusting invertebrate) has been found to produce a chemical useful... |
In controlling the growth of cancer cells |
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Which of these is a hydrogenous sedimentary deposit that precipitates from seawater |
Manganese nodules |
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One of the negative effects of coastal power generating plants is |
Elevated water temperatures due to cooling process |
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The process of progressive concentration of materials in the Marine food Web is called |
Biological amplification |
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In the greenhouse effect, excess amounts of certain atmosphere gases trap what kind of radiation |
Infrared |
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In the 1950s and 1960s the residents of minimata, Japan were poisoned by (blank) released into the ocean |
Mercury |
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During the early stages of an offshore oil spill, many organisms can become (blank) by high concentration of benzene, xylene, etc |
Narcotized |
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Which of these is not a major effect of plastic waste |
Disruption |
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A substance is considered to be biodegradable if |
It can be broken down by natural processes |
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Often it will take (blank) for a plastic six-pack holder to decompose in the Marine environment |
Centuries |
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About (blank) precent of pollutants researching the ocean. Come from land-based sources |
77 |
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Which of these is the ideal "method of best choice" for cleaning up the shoreline after an oil spill |
Natural degradation |
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Eutrophication may occur when high levels of (blank) are introduced into and evironment |
Nutrients |
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Concerning oil spills, the greatest habitat destruction has occured |
In bays and estuaries |
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Which of these programs concentrates on studying global climate changes |
Clivar |
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Which of these programs concentrates on studying the global carbon cycle |
JGOFS |
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In the video, George Matsumoto states that "...we're facing a Hudgens shortage of people skilled in the art of taxonomy." He is referring to those who studied |
The laws and principles of the classification of organisms |
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According to the video, nearly all oceanographers |
Have an interest in the environment and a desire to spend large amounts of time working outdoors |
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The study of fish is called |
Ichthyology |
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The (blank) system has revolutionized navigation by using 24 satellites to triangulate latitude and longitude |
GPS |
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The (blank) project studies ocean biodiversity and is centered on zooplankton |
GLOBEC |
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Which of these does not have the study of global climate change as a primary component of its mission |
RIDGE |
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Employing satellites, buoys, and ROVs has expanded our ability to conduct ocean research. Such tools are categorized under |
Remote sensing |
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The ocean covers 70 percent of Earth's surface but represent about (blank) precent of the living space. |
99 |
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Compare hydrothermal vent community and the abysmal plain community |
Both of these are deep Bent Hicks Communities And Both Are Rich in life. |
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Hydrothermal vent community |
Associated with heated plumes of mineral-rich water located near spreading centers |
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Abyssal plains |
Regions of constancy, perpetually cold, dark and hyperbaric |
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Chemosynthetic bacteria |
The primary producers of the vent community and many animals including refinance house mutualistic species of these autotrophs. |
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Much of the food of the abyssal plan mins falls from the |
Photic zone |
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Chemosynthetic bacteria have been found as deep as |
500 meters |
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Animals of the abyssal plains |
*they are slow*low metabolic rate*exhibit gigantic*often live long |
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Whale fall community |
Is the community of organisms colonizing the carcasses of dead cetaceans. |
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Compare the coral reef community with the estuarine community |
Highly productive, coastal, shallow, water communities |
