Marine Biomes - Ecology Global Insights | Biology+

Course

Ecology

Study Pack

Set 1: An Introduction to Ecology

Set 2: Population Genetics

Set 3: Natural Selection, Speciation, and Extinction

Set 4: Behavioral Ecology

Set 5: Temperature

Set 7: Nutrients

Set 8: Demographic Techniques and Population Patterns

Set 9: Life Tables and Demography

Set 10: Population Growth

Set 11: Competition and Coexistence

Set 12: Facilitation

Set 13: Predation

Set 14: Herbivory

Set 15: Parasitism

Set 16: Population Regulation

Set 17: Species Diversity

Set 18: Species Richness Patterns

Set 19: Species Richness and Community Services

Set 20: Succession

Set 21: Island Biogeography

Set 22: Terrestrial Biomes

Set 23: Marine Biomes

Set 24: Freshwater Biomes

Set 25: Food Webs and Energy Flow

Set 26: Biomass Production

Set 27: Biogeochemical Cycles

Set 23 Marine Biomes

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Set 23 Marine Biomes

(Multiple Choice)

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Ocean currents are created mainly by

A) pH and salinity gradients
B) Nutrient gradients
C) Winds and the Earth's rotation
D) The pull of the moon and sun
E) The positions of the stars

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(Multiple Choice)

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The Gulf stream

A) Brings warm water to the coast of South America
B) Brings cold water to California
C) Brings cold water to western Africa
D) Brings warm water to Europe
E) Has never stopped

Answer

(Multiple Choice)

Free

When the surface currents move water away from the continents and it is replaced by water from cooler depths we term the process

A) Langmuir circulation
B) Coastal upwelling
C) Thermohaline circulation
D) Gravitational tides
E) Currents

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