Benthic - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is the origin of the Earth? - Answer-Formed out of a solar nebula What are the origins of Life? - Answer-Archaea - the oldest origin of life on Earth What is kinetic energy? - Answer-The energy of motion What is heat energy? - Answer-Energy created by particles of matter rubbing together What is density? - Answer-A measurement of the amount of matter in a given volume of something. (mass per unit volume) What is convection? - Answer-Transfer of heat through currents caused by differen...

Biology 473 (Limnology) Final Study Guide Complete Study Solutions Rated A+ Pelagic Habitat Open water habitat; studied most by limnologists Benthic habitat Habitat associated with the bottom substrate Littoral habitat Portion of the benthic habitat located above the compensation depth; Any habitat where rooted macrophytes grow Compensation depth Where there is enough light for net photosynthes

Bio 182 Exam 1 (Chapter 45-50) || With Questions & Answers (100% Correct) Bio 182 Exam 1 (Chapter 45-50) || With Questions & Answers (100% Correct) At what levels of life are focused on while studying ecology? - ANSWER - -organismal -population -community -ecosystem What is the difference between a biotic and abiotic factor in the environment? - ANSWER - -Biotic interactions are interactions among living things -Abiotic interactions are between organisms and their nonliving environme...

? Rule the world - Phytoplankton! - Fix lots of CO2, produce 90% of the Earth's O2 and help create clouds - Limited by: P, N, silica (diatoms), iron, trace elements - Could harness phytoplankton to control greenhouse gases (consume CO2 when fixing C - phytoplankton is iron limited; experiment: seed ocean with iron to create phytoplankton blooms to sequester (take out of the atmosphere and bring it to depths) carbon - SOIREE - Southern Ocean Iron Release Experiment - Large phytoplankton bl...

intro to life in the sea exam #2 questions & answers 2024/2025 two groups of marine plants - ANSWERSalgae (incl. phytoplankton) & seagrasses algae are non-vascular - ANSWERS-they lack connectivity between the parts of its body -It does not pump nutrients Macroalgae - ANSWERSmacroscopic, multicellular, benthic, marine animals like seaweed how do macroalgae stay in place? - ANSWERSThey have holdfasts that act as an anchor Are macro algae holdfasts considered roots? - ANSWERSNo be...

MIC 205 FINAL EXAM 2024 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS Which of the following bacterial species are capable of converting nitrogen gas in the atmosphere into compounds that other organisms can better utilize? - correct answer Rhizobium spp. : gram -, fix nitrogen Of the bacterial species listed below, which do not utilize type IV secretion to transfer DNA or proteins into eukaryotic cells? - correct answer Neisseria gonorrhoeae Type V secretion After graduating from the University of Arizo...

Mollusca, Arthropoda, Chordata, Echinodermata, Cnidaria, Porifera correct answers Phyla found in the rocky intertidal By size: macrofauna are larger than 1mm and meifauna are less than 1mm correct answers How do scientists define macrofauna and meiofauna? Chlorophyta (green), rhodophyta (reds), phaeophyta (browns - fucoids and kelps) correct answers The 3 different divisions of macroalgae found on rocky shores Primary producers (micro and macroalgae), grazers (limpets, periwinkles, urch...

Abiotic Factors - Answer-The physical factors such as soil, rock, temperature, moisture, sunlight. Aldo Leopold - Answer-Pinchot's student; wrote "The Land Ethic" and said "we abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us" Allopatric Speciation - Answer-The new population evolves independently of the first, creating a new species. Anthropocentric - Answer-The belief the humans hold a special place in nature, decisions are based around human needs and interests. Benth...

Life in the sea Exam 4 Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Benthic - ANSWERSlives on the bottom Pelagic - ANSWERSSwims in the water column. Tunicate larvae or lancelet - ANSWERSFish probaly evolved by vertebral column - ANSWERSseries of bones that make up the backbone Myomeres - ANSWERSseries of muscle segments along the trunk Agnatha - ANSWERSjawless fishes (hagfish and lampreys) Lampreys - ANSWERSparasites Hagfishes - ANSWERSbenthic scavengers, eat dead and dying Anadrom...

Which of the following bacterial species are capable of converting nitrogen gas in the atmosphere into compounds that other organisms can better utilize? CORRECT ANSWER Rhizobium spp. : gram -, fix nitrogen Of the bacterial species listed below, which do not utilize type IV secretion to transfer DNA or proteins into eukaryotic cells? CORRECT ANSWER Neisseria gonorrhoeae Type V secretion After graduating from the University of Arizona you decided to become a benthic marine biologist (studyi...