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Aquatic Science Semester 1 Finals

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Question 1
1.

What are the three phases of water?

Question 2
2.

Which is true about viscosity?

Question 3
3.

What is true about macroinvertebrates?

Question 4
4.
  • Plates move apart
  • Plates Collide
  • Plates slide past each other
  • Can create a volcanic mountain
  • Can create a non-volcanic mountain
  • Can create a trench
  • Can create a fault line
  • Can create a valley
  • Volacanic Arc
  • Transform Boundary
  • Divergent Boundary
  • Convergent Boundary
  • Both Convergent AND Divergent Boundaries
Question 5
5.

Water can NOT get directly back into the ocean by:

Question 6
6.

What happens to the water molecules as they get below 4°C?

Question 7
7.

Which is true about the two layers of the Earth’s crust?

Question 8
8.

Plate tectonics, or the movement of pieces of Earth's crust, is thought to be caused by...

Question 9
9.

Match the following types of living organisms with the correct definition.

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Plankton
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On the bottom sands or in the sands; clam
Benthos
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floating on the surface; algae
Neuston
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Floating in the water column; phyto or zoo___
Nekton
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Free swimming; fish
Question 10
10.

What is a floodplain?

Question 11
11.

The temperature of the ocean water increases primarily because of

Question 12
12.

Water combines with carbon dioxide in the air or water to produce carbonic acid causing ocean acidification.

Question 13
13.

When a polar molecule, like soap or salt, is added to water, the:

Question 14
14.

Choose the statement that is TRUE.

Question 15
15.

Match the appropriate word for the amounts of each found on Earth.

Draggable itemarrow_right_altCorresponding Item
C
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Land
A
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Water
B
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Fresh water
D
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Salt water
Question 16
16.

Choose the statement that is True.

Question 17
17.

What divides a watershed or drainage basin?

Question 18
18.

What happens when these plates collide?

Oceanic-Continental

Question 19
19.

What happens when these plates collide?

Continetal-Continental

Question 20
20.

What happens when these plates collide?

Oceanic-Oceanic

Question 21
21.

Which is true about the two layers of the core of the Earth?

Question 22
22.

The specific heat capacity of water is the amount of heat required to raise the amount of temperature 1 gram of liquid by 1-degree C. It takes a large amount of energy to raise the temperature of water. What would happen if the amount of energy needed to change the temperature of water was very small?

Question 23
23.

Three liquids are measured out equally and timed as they drip down a flat surface. Liquid 1 arrived at the bottom of the surface first. Then Liquid 3, and finally Liquid 2. Which Liquid had the lowest viscosity?

Question 24
24.

Salinity of seawater increases

Question 25
25.

In a natural area/country, what percent of precipitation infiltrates into the ground?

Question 26
26.

A levee is...

Question 27
27.

How are macroinvertebrates different from each other?

Question 28
28.

Which is NOT an evidence that the continents were one giant continent hundreds of millions of years ago?

Question 29
29.

Water molecules are constantly breaking bonds with other water molecules and re-bonding.

Question 30
30.

Draggable itemarrow_right_altCorresponding Item
C
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Crust
A
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Mantle
B
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Outer Core
D
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Inner Core
Question 31
31.

What happens to pollution in a watershed?

Question 32
32.

Match the correct branches of Oceanography

  • Chemical testing of sands
  • Waves caused by an earthquake
  • Formation of snails shells with calcium carbonate
  • Coral reefs dying and warming of oceans
  • Photosynthesis and Cell respiration
  • Biological and Chemical
  • Biological and Physical
  • Geological and Chemical
  • Geological and Physical
Question 33
33.

What makes up a watershed?

Question 34
34.

Which is true about convection currents in the Earth?

Question 35
35.

Cold water fish have different oxygen requirements than warm water fish. What would happen if you put a cold-water fish into a warm water tank.

Question 36
36.

What happens to a non-polar molecule when it is added to water?

Question 37
37.

Water in nature has a neutral pH of 7.

Question 38
38.

Salinity of seawater decreases

Question 39
39.

Why can water have no net charge but have slight charges in different parts of the molecule?

Question 40
40.

What would happen if ice in had a higher density than liquid water?

Question 41
41.

Which of the following will NOT help you to conserve water in your watershed?

Question 42
42.

Which is a gaining stream and which is a losing stream?

Draggable itemarrow_right_altCorresponding Item
A
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Losing stream
B
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Gaining stream
Question 43
43.

Use the diagram below to lable the ocean zones

Draggable itemarrow_right_altCorresponding Item
4
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Neritic
3
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Oceanic
2
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Photic
1
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Aphotic
Question 44
44.

Which statement is FALSE about the water and density?

Question 45
45.

Which statements are true about freezing and boiling points of water?

Question 46
46.

Choose the statement that is FALSE

Question 47
47.

Why is it important that water is colorless, odorless, and tasteless?

Question 48
48.

Water can NOT get into the atmosphere by

Question 49
49.

Label the appropriate part for the amounts of each found on Earth.

Draggable itemarrow_right_altCorresponding Item
D
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Glaciers
B
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Groundwater
A
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Rivers and Lakes
C
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Atmosphere