Rocky Coasts Practice Quiz 2025

What is the daily rising and falling of ocean waters along Earth's coastal areas called?

• waves
• tides
• currents
• estuaries

submerged only at high tide

• splash zone

• lower shore

• upper shore

Which of the following factors do NOT limit the growth of kelp forests?

• Salinity

• Light

• Space

• Temperature

What type of symmetry do crustaceans have?

• Bilateral

• Radial

• None

This coastline was created due to...

• Erosion

• Deposition

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• Both

What is E pointing to?

• Blade

• Holdfast

• Bulb / Gas Bladder / Pneumatocyst

• Stipe

Which of the following words means to "dry out"?

• desiccate

• detritus

• determinate

• dextrose

What does the term echinoderm mean?

• tube feet
• star shaped
• spiny skin
• stomach foot

Which is considered a keystone predator in the middle intertidal zone?

• birds

• crabs

• limpets

• sea stars

Bivalves such as _______________________ are also classified as mollusks.

• sea stars

• mussels

• barnacles

• anemones