QUIZ

ONWARD! HERE WE ARE AT WEEK SEVEN. HALF WAY THERE!

1. What oceanic environment is made from the exoskeletons of living and deceased organisms?

2. What environment contains many tree and shrub like plants whose roots are often exposed and at other times submerged?

3. What term is used for area where rivers meet the ocean?

4. What is the largest made by non human animals?

5. What are areas where water covers the soil either all year or at different times of the year – which includes the growing season of plants?

6. What kind of process do primary producers have that does NOT involve sunlight?

7. What do kelp have that looks something like roots, but do not have the funtion of true roots?

8. What kind of animal lives near hydrothermic vents and lacks a mouth and digestive tract?

9. What term is used for animals at the top of the food chain?

10. In what kind of animals has there been an interest in producing anti-cancer drugs?

ANSWERS TO THE LAST QUIZ

2. What multicellular organisms are algae?
ANSWER: sea weeds

3. What term is used for animals that live spcifically below the surface of the sea bottom?
ANSWER: infauna

4. There are 2 terms used somewha interchangeably for organisms that assist one another. Tell me one of them.
ANSWER: mutualism or symbiosis

5. What animals, covering several phyla are rarely eaten but many are important as parasites?
ANSWER: worms

6. What whale is the most endangered?
ANSWER: right whale or North Atlantic Right Whale

7. Which phyla is known for its regenerative powers?
ANSWER: echinoderms or echinodermata

8. What kinds of pearls are created when sand is deliberately introduced into one of the shell fish that can produce pearls?
ANSWER: cultured

9. What is the biggest fish in the ocean?
ANSWER: whale shark

10. What marine mammal is though of as using tools?
ANSWER: sea otter