75) Baleen whales are an example of a heterotroph that feeds by ________ feeding.
A) active predation
B) deposit
C) filter
D) passive predation
E) photosynthetic
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 13.4 How Are Energy and Nutrients Passed Along in Marine Ecosystems?
Essent’l Concept: 13.4 Discuss how energy and nutrients are passed along in marine ecosystems
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
Global Sci Out: 7
76) Clams are an example of a heterotroph that feeds by ________ feeding.
A) active predation
B) deposit
C) filter
D) passive predation
E) photosynthetic
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 13.4 How Are Energy and Nutrients Passed Along in Marine Ecosystems?
Essent’l Concept: 13.4 Discuss how energy and nutrients are passed along in marine ecosystems
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
Global Sci Out: 7
77) Arenicola is an example of a heterotroph that feeds by ________ feeding.
A) active predation
B) deposit
C) filter
D) passive predation
E) photosynthetic
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 13.4 How Are Energy and Nutrients Passed Along in Marine Ecosystems?
Essent’l Concept: 13.4 Discuss how energy and nutrients are passed along in marine ecosystems
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
Global Sci Out: 7
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78) Orchestoidea is an example of a heterotroph that feeds by ________ feeding.
A) active predation
B) deposit
C) filter
D) passive predation
E) photosynthetic
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 13.4 How Are Energy and Nutrients Passed Along in Marine Ecosystems?
Essent’l Concept: 13.4 Discuss how energy and nutrients are passed along in marine ecosystems
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
Global Sci Out: 7
79) The sand star Astropectean is an example of a heterotroph that feeds by ________ feeding.
A) active predation
B) deposit
C) filter
D) passive predation
E) photosynthetic
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 13.4 How Are Energy and Nutrients Passed Along in Marine Ecosystems?
Essent’l Concept: 13.4 Discuss how energy and nutrients are passed along in marine ecosystems
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
Global Sci Out: 7
80) Sharks are an example of a heterotroph that feeds by ________ feeding.
A) active predation
B) deposit
C) filter
D) passive predation
E) photosynthetic
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 13.4 How Are Energy and Nutrients Passed Along in Marine Ecosystems?
Essent’l Concept: 13.4 Discuss how energy and nutrients are passed along in marine ecosystems
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
Global Sci Out: 7
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81) Sea anemone are an example of a heterotroph that feeds by ________ feeding.
A) active predation
B) deposit
C) filter
D) passive predation
E) photosynthetic
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 13.4 How Are Energy and Nutrients Passed Along in Marine Ecosystems?
Essent’l Concept: 13.4 Discuss how energy and nutrients are passed along in marine ecosystems
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
Global Sci Out: 7
82) Whale sharks are an example of a heterotroph that feeds by ________ feeding.
A) active predation
B) deposit
C) filter
D) passive predation
E) photosynthetic
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 13.4 How Are Energy and Nutrients Passed Along in Marine Ecosystems?
Essent’l Concept: 13.4 Discuss how energy and nutrients are passed along in marine ecosystems
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
Global Sci Out: 7
83) The flow of energy through a biotic community is ________.
A) cyclic and multidirectional
B) cyclic and unidirectional
C) noncyclic and multidirectional
D) noncyclic and unidirectional
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 13.4 How Are Energy and Nutrients Passed Along in Marine Ecosystems?
Essent’l Concept: 13.4 Discuss how energy and nutrients are passed along in marine ecosystems
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
Global Sci Out: 7
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84) The flow of nutrients through a biotic community is ________.
A) cyclic and multidirectional
B) cyclic and unidirectional
C) noncyclic and multidirectional
D) noncyclic and unidirectional
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 13.4 How Are Energy and Nutrients Passed Along in Marine Ecosystems?
Essent’l Concept: 13.4 Discuss how energy and nutrients are passed along in marine ecosystems
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
Global Sci Out: 7
85) Most ecological efficiencies in natural ecosystems average about ________ percent.
A) 2
B) 6
C) 10
D) 15
E) 20
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 13.4 How Are Energy and Nutrients Passed Along in Marine Ecosystems?
Essent’l Concept: 13.4 Discuss how energy and nutrients are passed along in marine ecosystems
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
Global Sci Out: 7
86) Individual members of a feeding population in a food chain are generally ________ in size
and ________ numerous than their prey.
A) larger; less
B) larger; more
C) smaller; less
D) smaller; more
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 13.4 How Are Energy and Nutrients Passed Along in Marine Ecosystems?
Essent’l Concept: 13.4 Discuss how energy and nutrients are passed along in marine ecosystems
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
Global Sci Out: 7
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87) Which of the following feeds closest to the primary producing population?
A) Anchovy
B) Humans
C) Mako shark
D) Tuna
E) Zooplankton
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 13.4 How Are Energy and Nutrients Passed Along in Marine Ecosystems?
Essent’l Concept: 13.4 Discuss how energy and nutrients are passed along in marine ecosystems
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
Global Sci Out: 7
88) Which of the following ecosystems accounts for 35.6% of the world marine fishery?
A) Coastal and coral systems
B) Nontropical shelves
C) Open ocean
D) Tropical shelves
E) Upwellings
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 13.5 What Issues Affect Marine Fisheries?
Essent’l Concept: 13.5 Evaluate several issues that affect marine fisheries
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.; 6 The ocean and humans
are inextricably interconnected.
Global Sci Out: 7
89) Which of the following ecosystems accounts for 21.0% of the world marine fishery?
A) Coastal and coral systems
B) Nontropical shelves
C) Open ocean
D) Tropical shelves
E) Upwellings
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 13.5 What Issues Affect Marine Fisheries?
Essent’l Concept: 13.5 Evaluate several issues that affect marine fisheries
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.; 6 The ocean and humans
are inextricably interconnected.
Global Sci Out: 7
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90) Which of the following ecosystems accounts for 20.9% of the world marine fishery?
A) Coastal and coral systems
B) Nontropical shelves
C) Open ocean
D) Tropical shelves
E) Upwellings
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 13.5 What Issues Affect Marine Fisheries?
Essent’l Concept: 13.5 Evaluate several issues that affect marine fisheries
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.; 6 The ocean and humans
are inextricably interconnected.
Global Sci Out: 7
91) Which of the following ecosystems accounts for 18.7% of the world marine fishery?
A) Coastal and coral systems
B) Nontropical shelves
C) Open ocean
D) Tropical shelves
E) Upwellings
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 13.5 What Issues Affect Marine Fisheries?
Essent’l Concept: 13.5 Evaluate several issues that affect marine fisheries
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.; 6 The ocean and humans
are inextricably interconnected.
Global Sci Out: 7
92) Which of the following ecosystems accounts for 3.8% of the world marine fishery?
A) Coastal and coral systems
B) Nontropical shelves
C) Open ocean
D) Tropical shelves
E) Upwellings
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 13.5 What Issues Affect Marine Fisheries?
Essent’l Concept: 13.5 Evaluate several issues that affect marine fisheries
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.; 6 The ocean and humans
are inextricably interconnected.
Global Sci Out: 7
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93) Tropical shelves and ________ contribute about the same percentage to the world marine
fishery.
A) coastal systems
B) coral reefs
C) nontropical shelves
D) the open ocean
E) upwellings
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 13.5 What Issues Affect Marine Fisheries?
Essent’l Concept: 13.5 Evaluate several issues that affect marine fisheries
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.; 6 The ocean and humans
are inextricably interconnected.
Global Sci Out: 7
94) The recent abundance of the Maine Lobster in the North Atlantic Ocean is due to ________.
A) a lobster fishing moratorium
B) an on-shore breeding program
C) human-induced climate change
D) limiting fishing to one month a year
E) the overfishing of cod
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 13.5 What Issues Affect Marine Fisheries?
Essent’l Concept: 13.5 Evaluate several issues that affect marine fisheries
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.; 6 The ocean and humans
are inextricably interconnected.
Global Sci Out: 7
95) The overfishing of which of the following caused the closure of North Carolina’s century-old
bay scallop fishery in 2004?
A) Cod
B) Lobster
C) Rays
D) Sharks
E) Surgeonfish
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 13.5 What Issues Affect Marine Fisheries?
Essent’l Concept: 13.5 Evaluate several issues that affect marine fisheries
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.; 6 The ocean and humans
are inextricably interconnected.
Global Sci Out: 7
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96) Which of the following often wind up as bycatch because fishers commonly used them to
locate tuna?
A) Birds
B) Dolphins
C) Rays
D) Sharks
E) Turtles
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 13.5 What Issues Affect Marine Fisheries?
Essent’l Concept: 13.5 Evaluate several issues that affect marine fisheries
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.; 6 The ocean and humans
are inextricably interconnected.
Global Sci Out: 7
97) On average, close to ________ percent of the commercial catch is discarded as bycatch.
A) 10
B) 15
C) 20
D) 25
E) 50
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 13.5 What Issues Affect Marine Fisheries?
Essent’l Concept: 13.5 Evaluate several issues that affect marine fisheries
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.; 6 The ocean and humans
are inextricably interconnected.
Global Sci Out: 7
98) Modification of ________ have reduced dolphin mortality as bycatch.
A) drift nets
B) gill nets
C) lobster traps
D) long lines
E) purse seine nets
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 13.5 What Issues Affect Marine Fisheries?
Essent’l Concept: 13.5 Evaluate several issues that affect marine fisheries
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.; 6 The ocean and humans
are inextricably interconnected.
Global Sci Out: 7
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99) In 2003 the world fishing fleet spent over ________ billion to catch $80 billion worth of fish.
A) $60
B) $80
C) $100
D) $120
E) $140
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 13.5 What Issues Affect Marine Fisheries?
Essent’l Concept: 13.5 Evaluate several issues that affect marine fisheries
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.; 6 The ocean and humans
are inextricably interconnected.
Global Sci Out: 7
100) Which of the following is not a problem currently facing fisheries management?
A) Fisheries often encompass the waters of many different countries
B) Inadequate guidance for minimally regulated new fisheries
C) Restrictions on the number of new fishing vessels
D) That fishing limits are difficult to enforce internationally
E) The environmental degradation of many ecosystems
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 13.5 What Issues Affect Marine Fisheries?
Essent’l Concept: 13.5 Evaluate several issues that affect marine fisheries
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.; 6 The ocean and humans
are inextricably interconnected.
Global Sci Out: 7
101) Which of the following is not a problem currently facing fisheries management?
A) Fisheries often include a variety of ecosystems
B) Inadequate guidance for minimally regulated new fisheries
C) Limited scientific analysis
D) Misreporting of catch and bycatch
E) Over enforcement of international regulations
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 13.5 What Issues Affect Marine Fisheries?
Essent’l Concept: 13.5 Evaluate several issues that affect marine fisheries
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.; 6 The ocean and humans
are inextricably interconnected.
Global Sci Out: 7
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102) The Canadian government declared which of the following completely off-limits to fishing
in 2003?
A) Cod
B) Flounder
C) Haddock
D) Halibut
E) Herring
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 13.5 What Issues Affect Marine Fisheries?
Essent’l Concept: 13.5 Evaluate several issues that affect marine fisheries
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.; 6 The ocean and humans
are inextricably interconnected.
Global Sci Out: 7
103) The collapse of Atlantic cod stocks resulted in fishers seeking the deep-water Greenland
________, which is now in danger of becoming overfished throughout the Atlantic.
A) flounder
B) haddock
C) halibut
D) herring
E) tilapia
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 13.5 What Issues Affect Marine Fisheries?
Essent’l Concept: 13.5 Evaluate several issues that affect marine fisheries
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.; 6 The ocean and humans
are inextricably interconnected.
Global Sci Out: 7
104) Which of the following deep-water fish was original called the slimehead and is now on the
Seafood Watch List of fish to avoid purchasing?
A) Alaskan Salmon
B) Chilean Seabass
C) Greenland Halibut
D) Orange Roughy
E) Patagonian Toothfish
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 13.5 What Issues Affect Marine Fisheries?
Essent’l Concept: 13.5 Evaluate several issues that affect marine fisheries
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.; 6 The ocean and humans
are inextricably interconnected.
Global Sci Out: 7
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