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What is the origin of the Earth? - Answer-Formed out of a solar nebula What are the origins of Life? - Answer-Archaea - the oldest origin of life on Earth What is kinetic energy? - Answer-The energy of motion What is heat energy? - Answer-Energy created by particles of matter rubbing together What is density? - Answer-A measurement of the amount of matter in a given volume of something. (mass per unit volume) What is convection? - Answer-Transfer of heat through currents caused by differen...

nekton correct answers large strong swimming organisms living in pelagic zone mostly carnivores (eat plankton, nekton, some eat seaweed) nekton that eat plankton are called correct answers planktivorous 5 things that having a backbone allows correct answers 1. distinct head and tail 2. attachment of muscles 3. strong structure (skeleton) 4. speed and manoeuvrability 5. different body forms T or F - fish are vertebrates correct answers True (have backbone) myomeres correct answe...

MSC Test 3 Questions & Answers 2024/2025 What is reproductive range? - ANSWERS- where they reproduce - factor in determining the distribution of a marine organism what is dispersal - ANSWERS- eggs getting dispersed into the ocean what is recruitment - ANSWERSorganism grows up and joins adult population what is a niche? - ANSWERS-particular place where an organism is best adapted for - where they live How do plankton move? Nekton? - ANSWERSplankton: - they are drifters - in...

MSCI 302 Final- Burge Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update 2025 Already Passed Animals living in association with the sea surface are called: A. Plankton, B. Benthos, C. Neuston, D. Epifauna, E. Biofilms - Answers C. Neuston Microbes suspended in the water column and moving with the currents are considered members of the: A. Benthos, B. Pelagic, C. Plankton, D. Neuston, E. Nekton - Answers C. Plankton Organisms capable of independent movement against a current are termed: A. Neuston,...

OCEAN 101 Exam 3 Questions with All Correct Answers Already Passed Define photosynthesis and describe the requirements for photosynthesis - Answer-Photosynthesis-- the process by which CO2, solar radiation, and nutrients are converted into sugars. Requirements: CO2, NO3 (nitrate), PO4 (phosphate), H20 List the major nutrients required for photosynthesis (p[rimary production) and how nutrient concentrations change with depth and distance from land. - Answer-Major nutrients—Phosphorus, nitr...

What percentage of the ocean is in the southern hemisphere? - ANSWER 80 Which ocean region supports 15 - 30% of ocean primary productivity though it represents less than 10% of total ocean area - ANSWER Continental shelf Which of the following answers orders the ocean province divisions from shallowest to deepest: - ANSWER epipelagic, mesopelagic, bathyal, abyssal, hadal In the following figure, how would I label the ocean feature that currently is denoted by a question mark - ANSWER co...

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...

Life in the Sea Exam 2 Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Prokaryotes have nuclei but no mitochondria or chloroplasts - ANSWERSFalse Though diffusion results in a net movement of a substance from an area of high to an area of low concentration, it is based completely on random molecular motions. - ANSWERSTrue Sperm and eggs generally have a haploid number of chromosomes. - ANSWERSTrue Most marine fishes have body fluids more dilute than seawater and thus must drink seawater to replace o...

Marine Biology :Exam 1 Dr. Burge Questions and Answers infauna - Correct Answer️️ -animals that live within the sediments of the seafloor epifauna - Correct Answer️️ -benthic animals that crawl about on the seafloor or are firmly attached to it plankton - Correct Answer️️ -organisms suspended in the water column all or part of their life; they can swim but can't counteract currents or turbulence nekton - Correct Answer️️ -free-swimming animals that can move throughout the...

What are some organisms that live in estuaries? - Crabs, Shrimp, Dolphins, Manatees, Flounder Cordgrass (Spartina) - The grass that grows around estuaries Plankton - An unattached organism without self propulsion- wanderer How many bacteria are in one tablespoon of ocean water? - 5million How many viruses are in one drop of sea water? - 10 million Phytoplankton - Produce 50% of the oxygen on Earth What lives in kelp forests? - Otters, seals, sea lions, sharks, kelp! The net production of ...