The Science of Marine Biology

What do marine biologists study?

• only the ocean floor

• just marine mammals

• ALL of the organisms in the ocean environment

• only seaweeds and plankton

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Why is the field of Marine Biology important?

• The ocean supplies a lot of food

• Lots of medicines come from the ocean

• Marine organisms can help predict the affect of human activities

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How do marine organisms affect the Earth as a whole?

• They help regulate the climate (remove carbon dioxide from atmosphere)

• They produce more than half of the oxygen in our atmosphere

• They can show us how human activities affect the ocean

• All answers are correct

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What is zoology?

• the study of the chemistry of living things (biochemistry)

• the study of plants

• the study of animals

• the study of all organisms

If you were researching an anti-venom for sea snakes, what discipline of marine biology would you focus on?

• the chemistry of living things (biochemistry)

• marine botany

• geology

• ecology

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Ecology is the study of:

• plants

• animals

• environments

• ecosystems (all the plants and animals and the environment)

Oceanography is the study of:

• geological properties of the ocean (sea floor, volcanoes, trenches)

• chemical properties of the ocean (density, temperature, pressure)

• Both answers are correct

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What people explored much of the North Atlantic and parts of North America?

• Phoenicians

• Greeks

• Vikings

• Polynesians

Where did the Arab traders voyage?

• Eastern Africa

• Southeast Asia

• India

• All answers are correct

What was one of the most significant scientific trips in the history of marine biology?

• Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigating the globe for the first time (or least some of his crew)

• Captain James Cook voyaging multiple times around the Earth (until he met his end in Hawaii)

• The HMS Challenger's three and half years expedition