Aice marine review game

Oceanography

100

• What is the average salinity of seawater?

• What is 35 parts per thousand (ppt)

200

• Name one process that decreases salinity.

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  Answer: What is precipitation or freshwater runoff?

300

• What is the Coriolis effect?

• What is the deflection of moving fluids due to Earth’s rotation?

400

• What current is driven by prevailing winds along the equator?

• What is the equatorial current?

500

• Explain how temperature and salinity affect water density.

• What is higher salinity and lower temperature increase density?

Marine Organisms & Ecology

100

• What type of plankton photosynthesizes?

• What is phytoplankton?

200

• Name one abiotic factor in a coral reef.

• What is light, temperature, or salinity?

300

• What is mutualism? Give an example.

• What is a relationship where both organisms benefit, like coral and zooxanthellae?

400

• What is primary productivity?

• What is the rate at which energy is converted by autotrophs to organic substances?

500

• Describe the role of bacteria in the nitrogen cycle.
  
  

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  Answer: What is converting nitrogen to usable forms like nitrates?

Marine Biology & Adaptations

100

• What adaptation helps fish control buoyancy

What is swim bladder

200

• What is countershading?

• What is dark on top and light on the bottom for camouflage?

300

• Name one adaptation of deep-sea organisms.

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  Answer: What is bioluminescence or pressure resistance?

400

• What type of feeder is a whale shark?

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  Answer: What is a filter feeder?

500

• What is osmoregulation in marine fish?

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  Answer: What is the regulation of salt and water balance?

Human Impacts

100

• What is overfishing?

• What is removing fish from the ocean faster than they can reproduce

200

• Name one effect of oil spills on marine life

• What is damage to feathers/fur, poisoning, or habitat loss?

300

• What is eutrophication

• : What is excessive nutrients in water causing algal blooms and oxygen depletion?

400

• How does climate change affect coral reefs?

• What is coral bleaching due to rising temperatures?

500

• Name one method of sustainable fishing.

• What is using fish quotas or selective gear?

Marine Chemistry & Cycles

100

• What gas do marine organisms use for photosynthesis?

• What is carbon dioxide

200

• What is the pH of seawater?

• What is around 8.1?

300

• What is the main source of dissolved oxygen in seawater

 

• What is photosynthesis or atmospheric diffusion?

400

• Name the process by which carbon moves from the atmosphere to the ocean.

• What is dissolution

500

• Explain how carbon is cycled through the marine food web.

• What is through consumption, respiration, and decomposition?