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Name:________KEY___________

EPSS 15 Fall 2024

Quiz Week 4

1. Which major surface ocean current would we find at 0o latitude in any ocean basin?
a. Equatorial Counter Current
b. North Equatorial Current
c. Kuroshio Current
d. Antarctic Circumpolar Current

2. The major surface ocean current would we find at 0o is flowing in which direction?
a. From West to East
b. From East to West
c. From North to South
d. From South to North

3. Which ocean is mostly isolated from the others and does not play a large role in global
overturning circulation?
a. Atlantic
b. Pacific
c. Indian
d. Arctic

4. Which of the following properties do we observe maintaining an unstable stratification in the


sub-tropical ocean?
a. Temperature
b. Salinity
c. Pressure
d. Density

5. Which radioactive isotope of carbon do we use to measure the age of deep ocean waters? This
heavier isotope has more ________ than carbon’s stable isotopes.
a. 14C, neutrons
b. 12C, protons
c. 14C, protons
d. 12C, neutrons
6. Which ocean has the oldest water?
a. North Atlantic
b. Southern
c. North Pacific
d. Indian

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7. Deep water moving near the seafloor in the Pacific ocean at 30 oS is flowing mostly in which
direction?
a. North
b. South
c. East
d. West

8. A wave that gets its energy from a meteor impact is called a________.
a. Tsunami
b. Tidal Wave
c. Wind Wave
d. Storm Surge

9. Which situation is likely to produce the lowest tide at a point on the surface of the Earth closest
to the moon.
a. The Earth is directly between the sun and the moon.
b. The sun is at a 90o angle to the moon relative to the Earth.
c. The moon is directly between the sun and the Earth.
d. The sun and moon are at a 180o angle to each other.

10. Wind-driven waves in the deep ocean cause individual molecules in the surface water to move
______.
a. In a circle
b. In an oval
c. Straight down
d. Straight up

11. Please select all of the following that can be caused by a tsunami.
a. Water retreats from the beach for several minutes
b. Water floods 10 km inland
c. Buildings and roads are destroyed
d. Storm Surge

12. Please select all of the following who are autotrophs.


a. Cyanobacteria
b. Dinoflagellates
c. Salps (Tunicates)
d. Kelp

13. A chemo-heterotroph uses _______ as a carbon source and ________ as an energy source.
a. Carbon dioxide; Light
b. Organic compounds; Organic compounds
c. Carbon dioxide; Organic compounds
d. Organic compounds; Light

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14. Zooplankton that eat phytoplankton belong on which trophic level?


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

15. In lecture, we looked at a colored plankton blooms including a pink bloom of _______ who are
________ because they have no nucleus.
a. Coccolithophores; Prokarya
b. Halophilic Archaea; Eukarya
c. Halophilic Archaea; Prokarya
d. Coccolithophores; Eukarya

16. Inside a cell, the __________ helps with photosynthesis, while the ________ helps with
respiration.
a. Chloroplast; Mitochondria
b. Nucleus; Chloroplast
c. Chloroplast; Nucleus
d. Mitochondria; Chloroplast

17. Each time we go up a trophic level (each time something gets eaten by something else), about
_____ of the energy that came in is lost (as heat, movement, etc.).
a. 20 %
b. 90 %
c. 50 %
d. 75%

18. Which of the following ocean organisms is the smallest?


a. Bacterioplankton
b. Phytoplankton
c. Metazooplankton
d. Nekton

19. Please select all of the following who are nekton.


a. Sea turtles
b. Crabs
c. Squid
d. Hammerhead Sharks

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20. Please select all of the following element that are present in the organic material produced by
photosynthesis.
a. Carbon
b. Nitrogen
c. Phosphorus
d. Chloride

21. The distance between the peaks of a wave is called the [wavelength].

22. The three domains of life are [Archaea], [Bacteria], and [Eukarya].

23. A food [chain] only has one organism per trophic level, while a food [web] can have many
organisms per trophic level.

24. Chlorophyll absorbs red and blue light, so to our eyes it appears to be the color [green].

25. Match each source to the type of wave it will produce (connect with lines)

SOURCES WAVES______________

Moon’s Gravity = Tidal Wave

Seafloor Earthquake = Tsunami

Blowing Wind = Wind Wave

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