Marine ecosystems Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

AICE Cambridge Marine Science 1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass Ecosystem - Correct Answer ️️ --Living organisms and the physical and chemical factors which influence them(both biotic and abiotic components). - Example: A rocky shore, including the organisms living there, linked together by flows of energy forming a food web, and their environment. Habitat - Correct Answer ️️ --Place where organisms live -Example: the area surrounding a hydrothermal vent provides a habitat for spe...

Ecology - Answer The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment - Environments are changing more rapidly now than they have at any time in the past - Efforts to maintain human health and welfare depend on our ability to cope with these environmental changes - Most synthetic field in biology Primary goal of Ecology - Answer To understand the distribution and abundance of organisms 4 Main Levels of Ecology - Answer 1) Organisms 2) Populations 3) Commun...

LIFSCI 7B XL - Animation: Dead Zone Questions and Answers Graded A+ What is the primary cause of dead zones in aquatic environments? Excessive nutrient pollution, particularly nitrogen and phosphorus, leading to algal blooms that deplete oxygen levels. How do algal blooms contribute to the creation of these zones? Algal blooms result in large amounts of algae dying and decomposing, which consumes oxygen in the water, creating hypoxic conditions. Why are dead zones particularly ha...

Life in the Sea Exam 2 Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Why aren't cells larger? - ANSWERSThey lose efficiency. More surface area to maintain in the cell and more biological functions to maintain throughout the cell. Limited to two factors: Surface area to volume, volume of cytoplasm the nucleus can control. Ecosystems - ANSWERSphysical and biological environment Populations - ANSWERSgroups of the same species Communities - ANSWERSpopulations of different species that interact with e...

Climate - ️️Determines the type of biome in a given area although individual ecosystems may vary due to many local abiotic and biotic factors Biomes - ️️A collection of ecosystems sharing similar climatic conditions Biosphere - ️️That part of the Earth inhabited by organisms. It extends from the upper part of the atmosphere down to the deepest parts of the oceans which support life. Aquatic biome - ️️Freshwater and marine: Freshwater: swamp forests, lakes and ponds, stre...

AICE Marine Science A Level Chapter 8 Questions and Answers 100% Pass Primary Producers - Correct Answer ️️ -in marine ecosystems include phytoplankton, larger algae such as Sargassum, and flowering plants such as the sea grasses. They fix carbon, in the process of photosynthesis, making organic substances which are then available to higher trophic levels. Benefits of Sea Grass - Correct Answer ️️ -Provides habitats for many other organisms, including many different species of fi...

MIP 302 Exam 1Five Kingdom Classification System - correct answer Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia Animalia - correct answer animals Plantae - correct answer plants Fungi - correct answer molds and yeasts Protista - correct answer protozoans and algae Monera - correct answer bacteria What kingdoms are composed of microbial organisms? - correct answer Fungi, Protista, and Monera Eukaryotic - correct answer A cell characterized by the presence of a nucleus and other ...

OCEAN 320 Final Exam | Questions with Verified Answers DDT would be characterized as this kind of molecule...... chlorinated hydrocarbon After 100 years of plankton studies which used small nets to capture the tiny floating creatures, what major plankton discovery was made in the 1990's of a type more numerous than any other? bacterial nanoplankton As far as harmful science is concerned, which two of the following are a combustible mix according to Carl Sagan? (select two) - power - ignorance...

Biology 105 NCSU Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Definition of Life - Correct Answer ️️ -HOMEOSTASIS (maintaining a stable environment within a cell) Metabolism - Correct Answer ️️ -Making and spending energy to do everything else (to maintain homeostasis) What is Science? - Correct Answer ️️ -An approach to find an answer to a question Scientific Questions Must Be... - Correct Answer ️️ -material, falsifiable Approach to collect data - Correct Answer ️️ -measura...

AICE Cambridge Marine Science 1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass Ecosystem - Correct Answer ️️ --Living organisms and the physical and chemical factors which influence them(both biotic and abiotic components). - Example: A rocky shore, including the organisms living there, linked together by flows of energy forming a food web, and their environment. Habitat - Correct Answer ️️ --Place where organisms live -Example: the area surrounding a hydrothermal vent provides a habitat for spe...