Marine Adaptations - TEST

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Marine Adaptations - TEST

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Which of the following are marine plants that can grow totally submerged in saline environments.

Seagrasses

Cyanobacteria

Mangroves

Algae

Algae and cyanobacteria are types of marine plants.

True

False

Which of the following is more closely related to bacteria?

Green Algae

Euglena

Brown Algae

Blue-Green Algae

Which of the following is NOT an adaptation of a marine plant?

Ability to survive in environments with low oxygen levels

Leaves that can sweat out salt

Leaves that can sink

Roots that are well anchored to the group

Which of the following are adaptations of Mangroves? Choose 2.

Must be securely anchored to withstand wave action and tidal currents.

Must be able to grow totally submersed

Trees that grow in high saline waters

Able to grow in anoxic water

Cyanobacteria are organisms that produce ______________. This helped many other organisms on earth survive and thrive.

Carbon

Nitrogen

Oxygen

Water

Cyanobacteria are because they _ a nucleus.

Prokaryotic, DO have

Eukaryotic, DO NOT

Eukaryotic, DO have

Prokaryotic, DO NOT have

Match each algae to its phylum

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Rhodophyta		Brown algae
Phaeophyta		Golden algae
Chrysophyta		Diatoms
Baccilariophyta		Red Algae

Match each algae to its phylum

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Euglenophyta		Green algae
Chlorophyta		Dinoflagellates
Dinophyta		Euglena

A vertebrate is an organism that...

Has no adaptations

is a mammal

Has no spine (no backbone)

Has a spine (backbone)

Amphibians such as frogs can be well adapted to marine environments.

True

False

Which marine vertebrates use lungs to breathe? Select all that apply.

Mammals

Reptiles

Birds

Fish

How do they reproduce?

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Bird		Live birth
Reptile		Hard shelled Eggs
Mammal		Soft shell-less eggs
Fish		Soft shelled eggs

Which marine vertebrates are protected by scales? Select all that apply.

Birds

Mammals

Reptiles

Fish

Match the Phylum to its meaning.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Echinodermata		Pore bearing
Porifera		Flat worms
Platyhelminthes		Soft Body
Mollusca		Spiny Skin

Match the Phylum to its meaning.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Annelida		Stinging
Arthropoda		Round Worms
Nematoda		Segmented Worms
Cnidaria		Jointed Feet

Which of the following is a marine invertebrate?

Sea stars

Sea urchins

Sea Cucumber

All of these are marine invertebrates

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Marine Mammals?

Usually have hair or blubber

Soft shelled eggs

Breathe air with lungs

Produce milk and give birth to live young

Match each marine mammal to its class.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Manatee		Pinniped
Sea Otter		Sirenian
Whale		Carnivora
Seal		Cetacean

Which one is not a cetacean?

Dolphin

Polar bear

Porpoise

Killer whale

Place each characteristic in the correct category.

Large, hairless and fish shaped body
Flattened fin like tail
Blowhole present on the top of the head
Fin or flapper footed
Blubber for insulation
Rooted and two sets of teeth with blade-like molars
Paddle like large forelimbs and no hind limbs

Pinniped (2)
Carnivora (1)
Sirenians (2)
Cetaceans (2)

There are more different species of vertebrates than there are of invertebrates.

True

False

Which of the following marine mammal adaptations helps them regulate their temperature?

Blubber or thick underfur is used as insulation.

Hydrodynamic body form

Communicate underwater with sound

Muscles can work anaerobically (without oxygen) while they hold their breath.

What is an example of a Marine Mammal Swimming Adaptation?

Large body with small surface-to-volume ratio reduces heat loss

Communicate underwater with sound, use echolocation to find prey

Tentacles carry food to the mouth

Appendages (fins) are modified for maximal propulsion (moving forward)

How does a tubenose help the albatross survive at sea?

It helps them know which direction they are flying in.

Albatross do not have tubenoses.

It allows them to smell freshwater and travel to it.

It has a special glad that removes excess salt that drips out their noses and off their bills.

Which of the following is NOT a marine bird adaptation?

Tubenose

Webbed feet

Stiff wings and dynamic soaring

Nesting in trees

Which of the following are marine plants that can grow totally submerged in saline environments.

Seagrasses

Cyanobacteria

Mangroves

Algae

Algae and cyanobacteria are types of marine plants.

True

False

Which of the following is more closely related to bacteria?

Green Algae

Euglena

Brown Algae

Blue-Green Algae

Which of the following is NOT an adaptation of a marine plant?

Ability to survive in environments with low oxygen levels

Leaves that can sweat out salt

Leaves that can sink

Roots that are well anchored to the group

Which of the following are adaptations of Mangroves? Choose 2.

Must be securely anchored to withstand wave action and tidal currents.

Must be able to grow totally submersed

Trees that grow in high saline waters

Able to grow in anoxic water

Cyanobacteria are organisms that produce ______________. This helped many other organisms on earth survive and thrive.

Carbon

Nitrogen

Oxygen

Water

Cyanobacteria are __________________ because they ___________________ a nucleus.

Prokaryotic, DO have

Eukaryotic, DO NOT

Eukaryotic, DO have

Prokaryotic, DO NOT have

Match each algae to its phylum

Rhodophyta

Brown algae

Phaeophyta

Golden algae

Chrysophyta

Diatoms

Baccilariophyta

Red Algae

Match each algae to its phylum

Euglenophyta

Green algae

Chlorophyta

Dinoflagellates

Dinophyta

Euglena

A vertebrate is an organism that...

Has no adaptations

is a mammal

Has no spine (no backbone)

Has a spine (backbone)

Amphibians such as frogs can be well adapted to marine environments.

True

False

Which marine vertebrates use lungs to breathe? Select all that apply.

Mammals

Reptiles

Birds

Fish

How do they reproduce?

Bird

Live birth

Reptile

Hard shelled Eggs

Mammal

Soft shell-less eggs

Fish

Soft shelled eggs

Which marine vertebrates are protected by scales? Select all that apply.

Birds

Mammals

Reptiles

Fish

Match the Phylum to its meaning.

Echinodermata

Pore bearing

Porifera

Flat worms

Platyhelminthes

Soft Body

Mollusca

Spiny Skin

Match the Phylum to its meaning.

Annelida

Stinging 

Arthropoda

Round Worms

Nematoda

Segmented Worms

Cnidaria

Jointed Feet

Which of the following is a marine invertebrate?

Sea stars

Sea urchins

Sea Cucumber

All of these are marine invertebrates

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Marine Mammals?

Usually have hair or blubber

Soft shelled eggs

Breathe air with lungs

Produce milk and give birth to live young

Match each marine mammal to its class.

Manatee

Pinniped

Sea Otter

Sirenian

Whale

Carnivora

Seal

Cetacean

Which one is not a cetacean?

Dolphin

Polar bear

Porpoise

Killer whale

Place each characteristic in the correct category.

Large, hairless and fish shaped body

Flattened fin like tail

Blowhole present on the top of the head

Fin or flapper footed

Blubber for insulation

Rooted and two sets of teeth with blade-like molars

Paddle like large forelimbs and no hind limbs

Pinniped (2)

Carnivora (1)

Sirenians (2)

Cetaceans (2)

There are more different species of vertebrates than there are of invertebrates.

True

False

Which of the following marine mammal adaptations helps them regulate their temperature?

Blubber or thick underfur is used as insulation.

Hydrodynamic body form

Communicate underwater with sound

Muscles can work anaerobically (without oxygen) while they hold their breath.

What is an example of a Marine Mammal Swimming Adaptation?

Large body with small surface-to-volume ratio reduces heat loss

Communicate underwater with sound, use echolocation to find prey

Tentacles carry food to the mouth

Appendages (fins) are modified for maximal propulsion (moving forward)

How does a tubenose help the albatross survive at sea?

It helps them know which direction they are flying in.

Albatross do not have tubenoses.

It allows them to smell freshwater and travel to it.

It has a special glad that removes excess salt that drips out their noses and off their bills.

Which of the following is NOT a marine bird adaptation?

Tubenose

Webbed feet

Stiff wings and dynamic soaring

Nesting in trees