105) Which of the following deep-water fish was originally called the toothfish and is now on
the Seafood Watch List of fish to avoid purchasing?
A) Alaskan Salmon
B) Australian Slimehead
C) Chilean Seabass
D) Greenland Halibut
E) Orange Roughy
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
106) Recent research has indicated that about ________ percent of seafood sold with a
sustainable label is not meeting the criteria of sustainability.
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
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107) If you are concerned about purchasing fish from health thriving fisheries, which of the
following Tuna should you avoid?
A) Albacore (Canada & US Pacific, troll/pole)
B) Bigeye (US farmed)
C) Bluefin
D) Tongol (US farmed)
E) Yellowfin (US troll/pole)
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
108) If you are concerned about purchasing fish from health thriving fisheries, which of the
following should you avoid?
A) Arctic Char (farmed)
B) Catfish (US farmed)
C) Cod: Pacific (US non-trawled)
D) Salmon (Alaska wild)
E) Tuna: Canned (except troll/pole)
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
109) If you are concerned about purchasing fish from health thriving fisheries, which of the
following should you avoid?
A) Sardines: Pacific (US)
B) Striped Bass (farmed & wild)
C) Tilapia (Asia farmed)
D) Tilapia (US farmed)
E) Trout: Rainbow (US farmed)
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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110) If you are concerned about purchasing fish from health thriving fisheries, which of the
following should you avoid?
A) Arctic Char (farmed)
B) Black Cod (Alaska & Canada)
C) Cod: Atlantic (Canada & United States)
D) Cod: Pacific (US non-trawled)
E) Saberfish (Alaska & Canada)
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
111) If you are concerned about purchasing fish from health thriving fisheries, which of the
following should you avoid?
A) Crab: Dungeness
B) Crab: King (imported)
C) Crab: Stone
D) Mussels (farmed)
E) Oysters (farmed)
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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112) If you are concerned about purchasing fish from health thriving fisheries, which of the
following should you avoid?
A) Catfish (US farmed)
B) Cod: Pacific (US non-trawled)
C) Mahi mahi (imported longline)
D) Salmon (Alaska wild)
E) Striped Bass (farmed & wild)
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
113) If you are concerned about purchasing fish from health thriving fisheries, which of the
following should you avoid?
A) Cod: Pacific (US non-trawled)
B) Halibut: Pacific (United States)
C) Orange Roughy
D) Salmon (Alaska wild)
E) Striped Bass (farmed & wild)
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
114) Due to concerns about mercury or other contaminants you should limit your consumption of
all of the following except ________.
A) Alaska Wild Salmon
B) Albacore Tuna
C) Orange Roughy
D) Sharks
E) Swordfish
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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115) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: The concentration of
marine life increases as the distance from the continental margins into the open sea increases
BECAUSE the continents are the major sources of the nutrients phytoplankton needed for the
process of photosynthesis.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 13.1 What Is Primary Productivity?
Essent’l Concept: 13.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the mechanisms that control marine
primary productivity
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
Global Sci Out: 7
116) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Carbon does not limit
primary productivity BECAUSE various forms of carbon are quite abundant in the ocean.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 13.1 What Is Primary Productivity?
Essent’l Concept: 13.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the mechanisms that control marine
primary productivity
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
Global Sci Out: 7
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117) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Soluble nitrogen
compounds in the ocean completely recycled up to 10 times per year BECAUSE nitrogen
compounds are among the most studied in chemical oceanography.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 13.1 What Is Primary Productivity?
Essent’l Concept: 13.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the mechanisms that control marine
primary productivity
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
Global Sci Out: 7
118) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Productivity in middle
latitude oceans is very low during winter BECAUSE nutrient concentrations are highest at this
time.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 13.3 How Does Regional Primary Productivity Vary?
Essent’l Concept: 13.3 Explain variations in regional oceanic primary productivity
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
Global Sci Out: 7
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119) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: The true value of the
ecological efficiency in populations important to present fisheries is of practical importance
BECAUSE it determines the size of the fish harvest that can safely be taken from the oceans
without damaging the ecosystem.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
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
120) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: It is advantageous for
fishers to choose a population that feeds as close to the primary producing population as possible
BECAUSE energy transfer between trophic levels is inefficient.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
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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121) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Animals that feed
through a food web rather than a food chain are more likely to survive BECAUSE they always
feed very close to the primary producing population.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
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
122) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: The euphotic zone is
deeper near the coast than in the open ocean BECAUSE coastal waters contain more suspended
inorganic material that limit light penetration.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 13.1 What Is Primary Productivity?
Essent’l Concept: 13.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the mechanisms that control marine
primary productivity
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
Global Sci Out: 7
48
123) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Nutrient availability
must be the most important factor affecting the distribution of life in the oceans BECAUSE the
coastal zone is much more productive than the shallow open ocean.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 13.1 What Is Primary Productivity?
Essent’l Concept: 13.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the mechanisms that control marine
primary productivity
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
Global Sci Out: 7
124) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Nutrient availability
must be the most important factor affecting the distribution of life in the oceans BECAUSE the
coastal zone is much less productive than the shallow open ocean.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 13.1 What Is Primary Productivity?
Essent’l Concept: 13.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the mechanisms that control marine
primary productivity
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
Global Sci Out: 7
49
125) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Solar radiation must be
the most important factor affecting the distribution of life in the oceans BECAUSE the shallow
open ocean is much more productive than the coastal zone.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 13.1 What Is Primary Productivity?
Essent’l Concept: 13.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the mechanisms that control marine
primary productivity
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
Global Sci Out: 7
126) Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Solar radiation must be
the most important factor affecting the distribution of life in the oceans BECAUSE the coastal
zone is much more productive than the shallow open ocean.
A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 13.1 What Is Primary Productivity?
Essent’l Concept: 13.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the mechanisms that control marine
primary productivity
OSLP: 5 The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
Global Sci Out: 7
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