Jeopardy A Review Game for Marine Biology Marine

Jeopardy A Review Game for Marine Biology

Marine Biology Jeopardy The Ocean Environment Potpourri Article Readings on Hydrothermal Vents & Oil Spills Marine Vertebrates Marine Invertebrates 10 10 10 20 20 20 30 30 30 40 40 40 50 50 50

What % of the earth’s surface is covered in oceans?

Floaters and swimmers are found in the neritic province of the ocean. What is the scientific name for “floaters”? For “swimmers”?

Term for large circular ocean currents. They turn clockwise in North America!

Three main zone of the marine environment

This is the name of the shallowest zone in the benthic environment.

The warming of ocean temperatures disrupts a symbiotic relationship because it causes the zooanthaellae to die which results in bleaching of this organism?

Many marine animals possess these structures which help them to extract dissolved oxygen from seawater

List one adaptation that marine organisms have for salt regulation

What was the largest oil spill in US history? Where did it occur?

Sea otter populations are declining in cold Pacific waters because killer whales are feeding on them rather than seals and sea lions who are less numerous due to human overfishing of their food sources. What effect is this having on sea urchin populations? On kelp populations?

Name of ship that caused an oil spill in the Delaware River in 2004

The base (producers) of the food chain at hydrothermal vents

Energy source for bacteria living at hydrothermal vents

There is a symbiotic relationship between bacteria and tube worms. What do they provide each other?

Name 1 way that oil spills affect fish. Name 1 way that oil spills affect birds.

This is endangered reptile. It has a lightweight, streamlined shell which encloses its vital organs and its legs are modified as flippers.

This is fish has a skeleton made out of cartilage and 315 sets of replacement teeth arranged on the inside of his jaw.

These vertebrates have a symbiotic relationship with sea anemone

These vertebrates are endangered, are found in Florida’s inner waterways, & eat sea grass.

These vertebrates are considered fish, swim upright, & males carry embryos until born.

These invertebrates belong to the phylum Porifera

List 3 invertebrates that belong to Cnidaria & possess stinging cells

Having 5 arms (that it can regenerate) with spiny skin and tube feet, this invertebrate can pull itself along the bottom and eats with a stomach outside its body.

These invertebrates live in benthic waters, have lots of spines, & are eaten by sea otters and some people

A bivalve with a soft body, a foot, and no head. It’s a filter feeder who can be greatly impacted by pollution, as seen in the Chesapeake Bay