Sounding The Deep - Marine Biology Function Biodiversity Ecology | Biology+

Course

Ecology

Study Pack

Set 1: Sounding the Deep

Set 2: The Oceanic Environment

Set 3: Climate Oscillations and Climate Change

Set 4: Ecological and Evolutionary Principles of Marine Biology

Set 5: The Chemical and Physical Environment

Set 6: Life in a Fluid Medium

Set 7: Reproduction, Dispersal, and Migration

Set 8: Plankton

Set 9: Marine Vertebrates and Other Nekton

Set 10: The Open Sea: Distributions and Adaptations

Set 11: Processes in the Water Column

Set 12: Productivity, Food Webs, and Global Climate Change

Set 13: Benthic Microorganisms, Seaweeds, and Sea Grasses

Set 14: The Diversity of Benthic Marine Invertebrates

Set 15: Benthic Life Habits

Set 16: The Tidelands: Rocky Shores, Soft-Substratum Shores, Marshes, Mangroves, Estuaries, and Oyster Reefs

Set 17: The Shallow Coastal Subtidal: Sea Grass Beds, Rocky Reefs, Kelp Forests, and Coral Reefs

Set 18: Benthos From the Continental Shelf to the Deep Sea

Set 19: Polar Marine Biology

Set 20: Biodiversity and Conservation of the Ocean

Set 21: Fisheries and Food From the Sea

Set 22: Environmental Impacts of Industrial Activities and Human Populations

Set 1 Sounding The Deep

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Set 1 Sounding The Deep

(Multiple Choice)

Free

Charles Darwin is well known as a great marine biologist because of

A) His work on coral reefs
B) His classification of the barnacles
C) His participation in the voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle
D) All of the above

Answer

(Multiple Choice)

Free

Bathybius was believed to be

A) The ancestor of the bony fishes
B) A slime from which life arose on the seabed
C) The founder of marine biology
D) A resident of hot-vent environments

Answer

(Multiple Choice)

Free

Edward Forbes's "Azoic Theory" stated that

A) Life could not arise from inanimate objects
B) No life can be found within the sediment
C) There's no marine life deeper than 300 fathoms
D) There's no marine life shallower than 300 fathoms

Answer