Question 1

Water splashes, but does not remain submerged.

Accepted Answer

Supralittoral zone

Question 2

Intertidal, bottom alternates between being covered by water and being exposed.

Accepted Answer

Littoral zone

Question 3

The ocean bottom close to shore.

Accepted Answer

Sublittoral zone

Question 4

The ocean bottom out to the edge of the continental shelf.

Accepted Answer

Outer Sublittoral zone

Question 5

The bottom along the continental slope down to the deep ocean bottom.

Accepted Answer

Bathyal zone

Question 6

The deep open ocean bottom.

Accepted Answer

Abyssal zone

Question 7

dimly lit with not enough sunlight for photosynthesis

Accepted Answer

Dysphotic zone

Question 8

enough sunlight for photosynthesis

Accepted Answer

Euphotic zone

Question 9

constant darkness

Accepted Answer

Aphotic zone

Question 10

swimming organisms

Accepted Answer

Nekton

Question 11

organisms that can't swim against currents and waves; drift in ocean currents

Accepted Answer

Plankton

Question 12

live on the bottom

Accepted Answer

Benthos

Question 13

Which marine lifestyle is shown by this organism

Accepted Answer

Plankton

Question 14

Which marine lifestyle is shown by this organism

Accepted Answer

Nekton

Question 15

Which marine lifestyle is shown by this organism

Accepted Answer

Benthos

Question 16

Which of the following are not characteristics of living things.

Accepted Answer

Incapable of self repair

Question 17

Which of the following elements are most abundant in living things?

Accepted Answer

Carbon,  Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen

Question 18

Almost all life on Earth receives energy either directly or indirectly from ___ ____.

Accepted Answer

the sun.

Question 19

When chemical reactions convert or organize energy molecules to do work, some of the energy is lost in the form of ____.

Accepted Answer

heat

Question 20

Self feeding; ability to make its own food.

Accepted Answer

Autotrophy

Question 21

Ability to make its own food using the energy from light.

Accepted Answer

Photosynthetic Autotroph

Question 22

Ability to make its own food using chemicals.

Accepted Answer

Chemosynthetic Autotroph

Question 23

Organisms that must get their energy from other organisms.

Accepted Answer

Heterotrophy

Question 24

Which of the following is not part of Cellular Respiration

Accepted Answer

Creates carbohydrates

Question 25

Which of the following is not part of photosynthesis?

Accepted Answer

Creates carbon dioxide

Question 26

Which description below represents Cellular Respiration?

Accepted Answer

Converts glucose and oxygen into CO2, H2O, and energy

Question 27

Which description below represents Photosynthesis?

Accepted Answer

Converts CO2, H2O, and light energy into glucose and oxygen

Question 28

Most primary production in the sea is from

Accepted Answer

phytoplankton.

Question 29

What kind of phytoplankton is this?

Accepted Answer

diatoms

Question 30

What kind of phytoplankton is this?

Accepted Answer

dinoflagellates

Question 31

What kind of phytoplankton is this?

Accepted Answer

coccolithophore

Question 32

About _________ of available energy transfers from  each level of the trophic pyramid to the next.

Accepted Answer

10%

Question 33

Which of the following is a producer?

Accepted Answer

Phytoplankton

Question 34

Which of the following is a primary consumer?

Accepted Answer

Zooplankton

Question 35

Which of the following is a tertiary consumer?

Accepted Answer

Killer whale

Marine Science Trivia Questions & Answers

2) Intertidal, bottom alternates between being covered by water and being exposed.

3) The ocean bottom close to shore.

4) The ocean bottom out to the edge of the continental shelf.

5) The bottom along the continental slope down to the deep ocean bottom.

6) The deep open ocean bottom.

7) dimly lit with not enough sunlight for photosynthesis

8) enough sunlight for photosynthesis

9) constant darkness

10) swimming organisms

11) organisms that can't swim against currents and waves; drift in ocean currents

12) live on the bottom

13) Which marine lifestyle is shown by this organism

14) Which marine lifestyle is shown by this organism

15) Which marine lifestyle is shown by this organism

16) Which of the following are not characteristics of living things.

17) Which of the following elements are most abundant in living things?

18) Almost all life on Earth receives energy either directly or indirectly from ___ ____.

19) When chemical reactions convert or organize energy molecules to do work, some of the energy is lost in the form of ____.

20) Self feeding; ability to make its own food.

21) Ability to make its own food using the energy from light.

22) Ability to make its own food using chemicals.

23) Organisms that must get their energy from other organisms.

24) Which of the following is not part of Cellular Respiration

25) Which of the following is not part of photosynthesis?

26) Which description below represents Cellular Respiration?

27) Which description below represents Photosynthesis?

28) Most primary production in the sea is from

29) What kind of phytoplankton is this?

30) What kind of phytoplankton is this?

31) What kind of phytoplankton is this?

32) About _________ of available energy transfers from each level of the trophic pyramid to the next.

33) Which of the following is a producer?

34) Which of the following is a primary consumer?

35) Which of the following is a tertiary consumer?