Oceanography Review
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| show | False
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| show | True
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| All else being equal, tides have a greater range when the Moon is at apogee than when the Moon is at perigee. | show 🗑
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| show | False
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| A semidiurnal tide is common along the Pacific coast of the United States. | show 🗑
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| show | True
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| show | True
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| show | Centripetal
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| show | barycenter
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| The tide-generating force varies: | show 🗑
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| The angular distance of the orbital plane of the Sun or Moon above or below Earth's equatorial plane is called the: | show 🗑
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| show | True
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| A neap tide has a very large tidal range | show 🗑
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| Neap tides occur when the moon is at | show 🗑
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| show | aphelion
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| he side of Earth that faces the Moon experiences a high tide, the side of Earth that is opposite from the Moon will have a(n): | show 🗑
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| The vertical difference between high and low tides is called the | show 🗑
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| The center of an open ocean tidal system is called a(n): | show 🗑
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| show | True
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| An area that experiences diurnal tides will have one low tide and two high tides daily. | show 🗑
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| show | Mixed tides
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| show | Atlantic coast
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| show | Pacific Coast
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| The Bay of Fundy is well known for which tidal characteristic? | show 🗑
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| show | Ebb Current
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| show | about half way between high and low tides.
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| Tidal current can produce rotary currents called | show 🗑
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| Both ebb tides and flood tides are tidal currents | show 🗑
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| a layer of water in which the salinity changes rapidly with changes in depth | show 🗑
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| show | thermocline
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| show | mangrove swamp
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| coastal wetland occurring at temperate latitudes that experience seasonal frosts | show 🗑
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| equal salinity | show 🗑
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| show | isothermal
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| show | fjord
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| a shallow lagoon separated from the open ocean by a bar deposit such as a barrier island | show 🗑
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| show | salt wedge estuary
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| shallow estuaries in which freshwater and salt salt water are totally mixed from the top to the bottom of the water column | show 🗑
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| The Coriolis effect is evident in the surface circulation of Chesapeake Bay. | show 🗑
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| Laguna Madre is a classic coastal plain estuary. | show 🗑
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| Salt marshes serve as nurseries for over half of the commercially important fish in the southeastern United States. | show 🗑
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| Mangrove swamps are protective buffer areas in temperate latitude coastal ecosystems. | show 🗑
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| show | True
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| The greatest sources of hydrocarbons in the marine environment are urban run-off and shipping. | show 🗑
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| Bioremediation involves the use of microorganisms to degrade pollutants such as crude oil. | show 🗑
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| Primary sewage treatment involves the removal of inorganic nutrients from the liquid effluent. | show 🗑
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| show | true
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| Minamata disease was caused by mercury contamination. | show 🗑
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| The Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) extends into | show 🗑
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| show | lower salinities
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| An example of a coastal plain estuary is the: | show 🗑
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| show | tru
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| Lagoons that form behind barrier islands are examples of | show 🗑
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| The type of circulation pattern found in Laguna Madre is opposite of the typical estuarine circulation pattern | show 🗑
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| show | fjord
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| An estuary produced by faulting or folding of rocks that creates a dropped-down section into which a river flows is called a | show 🗑
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| Estuarine circulation associated with a deep, high river volume system where no horizontal salinity gradient exists at the surface is called a | show 🗑
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| Estuarine circulation associated with a shallow, low-volume estuary in which river water mixes evenly at all depths with ocean water would be called a | show 🗑
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| show | hydroelectric dams
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| show | an increase in nutrients resulting in more frequent kills of bottom-dwelling animals.
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| show | high levels of organic nutrients in the tidal zone and anoxic sediments
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| The percentage of the original area of wetlands currently left in the United States is approximately | show 🗑
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| When ocean water enters a marginal sea above a return flow of saltier water, the circulation pattern is called: | show 🗑
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| phytoplankton is an example of a pollutant in the marine environment. | show 🗑
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| The toxicity of marine pollutants is estimated by | show 🗑
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| The two most significant sources of oil pollution in the marine environment are | show 🗑
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| The most biologically devastating oil spills in the marine environment are a result of: | show 🗑
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| show | B
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| Bioremediation has been particularly effective in marine ecosystems in the clean-up of | show 🗑
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| show | netting strangles seals and birds
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| show | chlorination of the liquid effluent.
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| The deep water dumping site for sewage sludge off the US East Coast initially seemed to be a good choice because: | show 🗑
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| Which of the following organisms are expected to show the highest concentrations of DDT and other chlorinated hydrocarbons in its tissues? | show 🗑
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| Minamata disease is associated with | show 🗑
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| marine organism that floats for its entire life | show 🗑
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| show | meroplankton
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| show | epifauna
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| show | infauna
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| show | nekton infauna
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| Cold, high viscosity water benefits floating organisms. | show 🗑
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| show | true
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| Osmosis occurs when salt ions diffuse through a membrane with a lower ion concentration. | show 🗑
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| A euryhaline organism would be poorly adapted to living in coastal environments. | show 🗑
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| Stenothermal organisms are likely to be found in deep open ocean water. | show 🗑
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| Phytoplankton are small in size as a result of predation pressure | show 🗑
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| One reason that polar climates support a high biomass is that cold water can hold more dissolved oxygen. | show 🗑
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| show | false
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| show | true
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| The depth of the oxygen minimum is found in the bathypelagic zone. | show 🗑
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| The depth of the nutrient maximum is found at the base of the mesopelagic zone. | show 🗑
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| The hadal zone is associated with deep-ocean trenches. | show 🗑
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| what is the correct hierarchical ordering of taxonomic levels in terms of increasing specificity? | show 🗑
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| Which of the following associations is incorrect? a. Kingdom Animalia – dolphins b. Kingdom Fungi – mushrooms c. Kingdom Monera – bacteria in hydrothermal vents d.Kingdom Plantae – macroalgae e.Kingdom Protista – phytoplankton | show 🗑
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| show | sea star
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| Planktonic organisms that spend part of their life in planktonic form, and the rest of their life as either benthos or nekton are called: | show 🗑
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| Nekton are restricted to particular ocean areas by availability of food, differences in water pressure with depth, changes in salinity, and temp variations with latitude and depth. | show 🗑
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| show | are larger in size
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| Plankton which are 2.0 to 0.2 μm in size are called: | show 🗑
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| Euryhaline organisms can survive wide salinity fluctuations | show 🗑
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| Organisms that cannot withstand large changes in temperature are referred to as | show 🗑
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| show | hyptonic
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| Osmotic pressure increases as the: | show 🗑
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| The majority of marine invertebrates are: | show 🗑
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| Compared to freshwater fishes, marine fishes: | show 🗑
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| An organism that tolerates a wide range of salinities is referred to as | show 🗑
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| show | diffusion
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| show | countershading
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| A common body shape that streamlines an organism in the marine environment is a flattened body that: | show 🗑
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| The seasonal temperature range in the deep ocean is usually: | show 🗑
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| Most marine species are found in a(n): | show 🗑
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| Neritic marine environments would be found: | show 🗑
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| show | epipelagic zone.
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| show | below the intertidal zone on the continental shelf
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| Organisms of the mesopelagic zone are characterized by bioluminescence and large sensitive eyes. | show 🗑
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| show | bathypelagic zone
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| producer consumer or decomposer? cyanobacteria | show 🗑
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| producer consumer or decomposer? bacteria | show 🗑
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| producer consumer or decomposer? flouder | show 🗑
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| producer consumer or decomposer? sargassum | show 🗑
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| producer consumer or decomposer? starfish | show 🗑
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| The by-products of photosynthesis are carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O). | show 🗑
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| Bacteria that manufacture carbohydrates in the absence of solar energy from inorganic carbon are autotrophs. | show 🗑
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| The group of marine algae with the highest abundance and greatest geographic distribution belong to the Division Rhodophyta. | show 🗑
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| Most marine algae are limited to depths above 100 meters; red algae have been observed growing at depths of over 250 meters. | show 🗑
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| Diatoms are classified as members of the Division Chlorophyta. | show 🗑
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| show | true
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| Eutrophication results in an overabundance of organic matter. | show 🗑
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| Tropical marine waters have the highest rate of primary productivity in the world’s oceans. | show 🗑
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| Energy flow is unidirectional in contrast to nutrients, which cycle in ecosystems. | show 🗑
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| If the total caloric content of the autotrophic organisms in a marine ecosystem were 250,000 KCAL, then the expected caloric value for the second-level consumers would be 25,000 KCAL. | show 🗑
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| Consumers, producers, and decomposers are all examples of trophic levels within a food chain or food web. | show 🗑
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| show | true
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| Bacteria that make their own carbohydrates by obtaining energy from chemical compounds and not directly from the sun are: | show 🗑
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| Net primary productivity is net gain in organic carbon and photosynthesis minus cellular respiration. | show 🗑
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| The nutrients that tend to limit photosynthesis in marine environments include: | show 🗑
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| The depth at which the cellular respiration rate equals the photosynthetic rate is referred to as the: | show 🗑
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| show | rhodophyta
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| show | chromophyta
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| Many of the organisms responsible for toxic red tides and paralytic shellfish poisoning belong to the Division: | show 🗑
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| Important marine autotrophs that have SiO2 incorporated in the cell walls are: | show 🗑
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| show | false
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| show | eutrophication
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| Harmful algal blooms (HABs) may produce toxins that affect human neurological functioning. | show 🗑
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| show | false
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| Eutrophication is a type of pollution caused by increased: | show 🗑
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| Annually, the relative productivity in the world’s oceans from most productive to least productive is: | show 🗑
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| show | nutrient concentrations are high, solar input is low, and water temperatures decrease.
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| In temperate oceans during the summer months: | show 🗑
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| An area of the open ocean where the rate of primary productivity is very low is referred to as a(n): | show 🗑
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| show | light-limited
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| show | nutrient-limited
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| If 10,000 KCAL of energy were contained in the primary producers, on average how many KCAL of energy would you expect to be transferred to third-order consumers? | show 🗑
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| Nutrient flow in an ecosystem is: | show 🗑
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| Energy flow in an ecosystem is: | show 🗑
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| show | 10%
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| show | 90%
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| show | 1%
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| show | commensalism
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| show | mutualism
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| The maximum sustainable yield (MSY) is best defined as: | show 🗑
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| The area of the ocean that produces the largest standing stock of commercial fish is in the | show 🗑
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| The term-bycatch refers to: | show 🗑
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| show | over fishing
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| show | surround and trap fishes
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| The mass present at a given time of a population of fish is called its: | show 🗑
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| order and suborder of blue whale | show 🗑
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| order and suborder of bottlenose dolphin | show 🗑
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| show | Order Sirenia
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| show | Order Carnivora, Suborder Pinnipedia
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| show | Order Cetacea, Suborder Mysticeti
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| show | Order Cetacea, Suborder Odontoceti
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| show | Order Sirenia
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| order and suborder of sea lion | show 🗑
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| order and suborder of sperm whale | show 🗑
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| show | Order Carnivora, Suborder Pinnipedia
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| blue marlin fin shape | show 🗑
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| show | lunate caudal fin
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| show | rounded caudal fin
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| show | truncate caudal fin
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| show | forked caudal fin
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| queen angel fin shape | show 🗑
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| salmon fin shape | show 🗑
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| silvertip shark fin shape | show 🗑
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| tiger shark fin shape | show 🗑
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| show | forked caudal fin
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| Strategies for staying afloat in pelagic environments include air bladder, increased body fat, and increased density. | show 🗑
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| Sharks have lunate caudal fins. | show 🗑
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| show | true
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| show | true
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| Red muscles fiber is abundant in cruisers, while white muscle fiber is abundant in lungers. | show 🗑
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| show | true
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| show | false
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| show | true
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| The mysticeti whales include the humpback, the gray, and the sperm whales. | show 🗑
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| show | true
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| The migration routes of marine fishes and mammals are well known by man. | show 🗑
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| show | jelly fish
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| Which set of 2 fins are used for turning and breaking? | show 🗑
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| show | anal and dorsal
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| The shape of the caudal fin of a shark is referred to as: | show 🗑
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| The caudal fin of fast-cruising fish such as tuna is: | show 🗑
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| show | fast swimming fishes
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| large bodies are adaptations of mesopelagic fishes | show 🗑
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| Bioluminescence is employed by mesopelagic animals for warning coloration | show 🗑
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| show | tuna
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| The muscle tissue of a “lunger” is predominantly the color | show 🗑
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| show | length
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| show | it increases the power output of muscle tissue
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| show | false
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| show | ears
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| show | mate and give birth in the tropics during the winter.
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| show | arrow worm
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| show | ventral
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| show | collapsible ribs
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| show | killer
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