Marine ecosystems - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Marine Biology Terms (2023/2024) 100% Correct oceanography the study of the oceans and their phenomena, such as waves, currents and tides marine biology the study of the living organisms that inhabit the seas and of their interactions with each other and their environment science the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment hypothesis an explanation for observed even...

AICE Cambridge Marine Science 1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass Ecosystem - Correct Answer ️️ --Living organisms and the physical and chemical factors which influence them(both biotic and abiotic components). - Example: A rocky shore, including the organisms living there, linked together by flows of energy forming a food web, and their environment. Habitat - Correct Answer ️️ --Place where organisms live -Example: the area surrounding a hydrothermal vent provides a habitat for spe...

AICE Cambridge Marine Science 1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass Ecosystem - Correct Answer ️️ --Living organisms and the physical and chemical factors which influence them(both biotic and abiotic components). - Example: A rocky shore, including the organisms living there, linked together by flows of energy forming a food web, and their environment. Habitat - Correct Answer ️️ --Place where organisms live -Example: the area surrounding a hydrothermal vent provides a habitat for spe...

Definition of Life - Answer-HOMEOSTASIS (maintaining a stable environment within a cell) Metabolism - Answer-Making and spending energy to do everything else (to maintain homeostasis) What is Science? - Answer-An approach to find an answer to a question Scientific Questions Must Be... - Answer-material, falsifiable Approach to collect data - Answer-measurable, observable, repeatable Answer/Conclusion (strength) - Answer-restrained to strength of Experimental Design Hypothesis - Answer-IF (...

LIFSCI 7B XL - Animation: Dead Zone Questions and Answers Graded A+ What is the primary cause of dead zones in aquatic environments? Excessive nutrient pollution, particularly nitrogen and phosphorus, leading to algal blooms that deplete oxygen levels. How do algal blooms contribute to the creation of these zones? Algal blooms result in large amounts of algae dying and decomposing, which consumes oxygen in the water, creating hypoxic conditions. Why are dead zones particularly ha...

Test Bank for Prescott's Microbiology 12th Edition by Joanne Willey, Kathleen Sandman and Dorothy Wood. Full Chapters test bank Part One: Introduction to Microbiology Chapter: 1. The Evolution of Microorganisms and Microbiology Chapter: 2. Microscopy Chapter: 3. Bacterial Cell Structure Chapter: 4. Archaeal Cell Structure Chapter: 5. Eukaryotic Cell Structure Chapter: 6. Viruses and Other Acellular Infectious Agents Part Two Microbial Nutrition, Growth, and Control Chapter: 7. Bacterial and Arc...

Ecology - Answer The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment - Environments are changing more rapidly now than they have at any time in the past - Efforts to maintain human health and welfare depend on our ability to cope with these environmental changes - Most synthetic field in biology Primary goal of Ecology - Answer To understand the distribution and abundance of organisms 4 Main Levels of Ecology - Answer 1) Organisms 2) Populations 3) Commun...

Life in the Sea Exam 2 Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Why aren't cells larger? - ANSWERSThey lose efficiency. More surface area to maintain in the cell and more biological functions to maintain throughout the cell. Limited to two factors: Surface area to volume, volume of cytoplasm the nucleus can control. Ecosystems - ANSWERSphysical and biological environment Populations - ANSWERSgroups of the same species Communities - ANSWERSpopulations of different species that interact with e...

AICE Marine Science A Level Chapter 8 Questions and Answers 100% Pass Primary Producers - Correct Answer ️️ -in marine ecosystems include phytoplankton, larger algae such as Sargassum, and flowering plants such as the sea grasses. They fix carbon, in the process of photosynthesis, making organic substances which are then available to higher trophic levels. Benefits of Sea Grass - Correct Answer ️️ -Provides habitats for many other organisms, including many different species of fi...

OCEAN 320 Final Exam | Questions with Verified Answers DDT would be characterized as this kind of molecule...... chlorinated hydrocarbon After 100 years of plankton studies which used small nets to capture the tiny floating creatures, what major plankton discovery was made in the 1990's of a type more numerous than any other? bacterial nanoplankton As far as harmful science is concerned, which two of the following are a combustible mix according to Carl Sagan? (select two) - power - ignorance...