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11th -
12thgrade
AICE Marine Science Classification and Biodiversity
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- 1. Multiple Choice
The classification of the species within living organisms from domain to species.
Taxonomic hierarchy
Binomial nomenclature
Dichotomous key
Kingdoms
- 2. Multiple Choice
Smaller and less deep bodies of seawater that are partially enclosed by land.
ocean
eddies
sea
gulf
- 3. Multiple Choice
A marine invertebrate group with pentaradial symmetry and tube feet.
crustaceans
bony fish
zooplankton
echinoderms
- 4. Multiple Choice
A marine invertebrate group with a hard skeleton, ten jointed legs and a nauplius larval stage
crustaceans
zooplankton
echinoderm
bony fish
- 5. Multiple Choice
An organism that plays a unique and crucial role in the way an ecosystem functions
domain
phylum
kingdom
keystone species
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is the economic importance of macroalgae?
food industry
cosmetics
fertilizer
aquaculture
- 7. Multiple Choice
A measure of the species, genetic and ecosystem diversity of different species
biodiversity
species diversity
genetic diversity
ecological diversity
- 8. Multiple Choice
A method to estimate the population size of mobile species
Lincoln index
frame quadrat
Simpson index
Spearman rank
- 9. Multiple Choice
The number of species in a community
evenness
population
richness
family
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which key group of marine organisms does belong in?
zooplankton
macroalgae
echinoderm
crustacean
- 11. Multiple Choice
fish that have a jaw and skeleton made only of cartilage
bony fish
crustaceans
echinoderms
cartilaginous fish
- 12. Multiple Choice
commonly used in marine science to find out if there is a correlation between two sets of variables
Lincoln index
Simpson index
scatter graph
Spearman's rank
- 13. Multiple Choice
Competition between individuals of the same species
Predation
intra-specific competition
inter-specific competition
- 14. Multiple Choice
The abundance and richness of a species in a given place.
biodiversity
species diversity
genetic diversity
ecological diversity
- 15. Multiple Choice
Marine producers such as kelp and seaweed
plankton
zooplankton
marine grasses
macroalgae
- 16. Multiple Choice
The variety of forms of genes (alleles) within a species
biodiversity
species diversity
genetic diversity
ecological diversity
- 17. Multiple Choice
The role of a species within an ecosystem
habitat
niche
ecological diversity
- 18. Multiple Choice
The variation of ecosystems or habitats on a regional or global level
biodiversity
species diversity
genetic diversity
ecological diversity
- 19. Multiple Choice
The living organisms and the environment with which they interact
habitat
niche
biotic
ecosystem
- 20. Multiple Choice
Planktonic consumers that are either floating or weakly swimming animals
meroplankton
holoplankton
zooplankton
plankton
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