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Aquatic and Marine Biology

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This hub covers key concepts in aquatic and marine biology, including fish anatomy, marine animal behavior, and commercial fisheries. These topics are essential for general science sections in various competitive exams. Use these resources to test your knowledge of diverse aquatic ecosystems.

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Aquatic and Marine Biology Questions

Multiple choice
  1. Juvenile planktonic squid

  2. Tiny shrimp-like crustaceans

  3. Larvae of a conger eel 7.6 cm

  4. Ocean sunfish larvae 2.7 mm

  5. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

Since all of the above mentioned are the examples of zooplankton, so this is the correct option.

Multiple choice
  1. Sucker fish, Mosquito fish, Lung fish

  2. Cray fish, Star fish, Jelly fish

  3. Cat fish, Cray fish, Flying fish

  4. Sucker fish, Star fish, Lung fish

  5. Mosquito fish, Star fish, Jelly fish

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

False fishes (which do not belong to pisces) Cray fish: Astacus - a crustacean from Arthropoda Star fish: Asterias - an asteroid from Echinodermata Jelly fish: Aurelia - a scyphozoan from Coelentrata

Multiple choice
  1. Common parsley frog

  2. African dwarf frog

  3. Common spadefoot

  4. Litter frog

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

African dwarf frog is a tongueless frog. It is also toothless and completely aquatic. It uses its webbed feet to shove food in its mouth and down its throat. It has a hyobranchial pump to draw or suck food into its mouth.

Multiple choice
  1. Tadpole

  2. Neonatal salamander

  3. A fish that has limbs

  4. Four digit toads

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Axolotl or neonatal salamander is known as the walking fish. Axolotls are unusual among amphibians as they reach adulthood without undergoing metamorphosis.

Multiple choice
  1. In water

  2. Bamboo tray

  3. On paper

  4. Cardboard

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Silkworms are reared by keeping the caterpillar in clean bamboo trays along with freshly chopped mulberry leaves.

Multiple choice
  1. Trichechus, Delphinus, Phocaena

  2. Dugong dugon, Trichechus and Balaenoptera

  3. Trichechus, Rhytina, Dugong

  4. Balaenoptera musculus, Delphinus delphis, Physeter catodon

  5. All marine mammals belong to order Cetacea

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Correct answer. All of these belong to order Cetacea. Cetacea and Sirenia are two orders of class mammalia.They are mosinus delphistly marine, large fish like mammals adapted to life in water. Cetaceans are predominantly carnivorous animals, e.g., Balaenoptera musculus(blue whale), Delphinus delphis(dolphin), Phocaena(porpoise). Sirenians on the other hand are herbivores, e.g., Manatee(Trichechus) and Dugong (Dugong dugon).