Multiple Choice
The number of benthic species
A) Increases continuously from the continental shelf coral reefs to the abyssal plain
B) Increases continuously from the continental shelf soft sediments to those of the abyssal plain
C) Decreases from continental shelf muddy sediments to the continental slope, then increases again
D) Increases from shelf muds to the depths of the continental rise, then decreases toward the abyssal plain
Correct Answer:
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Correct Answer:
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Q6: Following a disturbance, the later stages of
Q7: Temperature in the deep-sea abyssal plain<br>A) Is
Q8: Muddy sediments dominated by deposit feeders<br>A) Tend
Q9: Suspension feeders do badly in mud because
Q11: Particulate organic matter<br>A) Is deposited on the
Q12: Cold seeps<br>A) Are found in the same
Q13: In polar regions a unique supply of
Q14: Vestimentiferans can live without a gut because<br>A)
Q15: Which of the following statements about hot-vent