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1. Nature of succession in Lake Baikal

a. Reduction b. Extension
c. Continuous d. all of these
2. Most of groundwater in the landmass is stored as
a. Groundwater b. Underground River
c. Reservoir d. Ice caps and Glaciers
3. Hydrologic term for water's entrance to the ground
a. Infiltration b. Run-off
c. Flow through d. Surface run-off
4. Sea water intrusion into the water table causes salinization of groundwater that flows into well. This intrusion could be due to
a. Excessive withdrawal of groundwater b. Shortage
c. Dam building d. Deforestation
5. A surface irregularity that a lentic body of water can occupy
a. Channel b. Basin
c. Water runway d. Stream
6. Sinking, tilting, and shaking. These describe what process of lake formation?
a. Glacial b. Biological activity
c. Tectonically produced d. Volcanic
7. An aquatic habitat home for Sardinella tawilis and Caranx ignobilis, is formed under what process?
a. Glacial activity b. Man-related activity
c. Volcanic activity d. Biologicaly produced
8. A form of erosion by glaciers by which moving ice can pry loose and lift out whole blocks of bedrock
a. erosion b. Glacial quarying
c. Disolution d. all of these
9. Lakes with high concentration of ion
a. Hardwater lakes b. Softwater lakes
c. Natural lakes d. Volcanic lakes
10. In formerly glaciated coastlines, erosion by glaciers produced deep, steep-sided basin becoming filled with melted water to form the famous
lakes of Norway.
a. Salt water lakes b. Beaver lakes
c. Disolution lakes d. Fjords
11. A former loop of a meandering river, which owing to silt deposition becomes separated from the river to form another type of lake
a. Oxbow lake b. Horse-shoe lake
c. all of the above d. none of these
12. The great grand canyon of Arizona indicates what property of water
a. Covalent bond b. Latent heat of fusion
c. Latent heat of vaporation d. Dissolving capacity
13. Red sea, saltiest lake, having 226 ppt salinity could be attributed to:
a. Having no outlet b. Low precipitation rate
c. High evaporation rate d. All of these
14. Causes of succession in lentic series
a. Gradual filling of lake basin b. Catastrophic events
c. Loss of water d. all of the above
15. Zonation of lakes according to annual circulation pattern
a. Amixis/Amictic b. Meromixis/meromictic
c. Holomixis/Holomictic d. all
16. Condition by which the entire water mass do not participate in mixing due to salinity differences and anaerobic bottom establishing a
Chemocline.
a. Stratification b. Meromictic
c. Circulation d. Holomictic
17. A shallow basin with gradually sloping sides, extensive sediments covering at the bottom, abundant nutrient supply, high biological
production, Proliferating growth of plants and poor oxygen at the bottom. This situation describes
a. Thermal stratification b. Profundal
c. Eutrophic state of a lake d. Enrichment
18. Particulates, organic matters and minerals in a lake is said to be __________ if it is derived from the outside of its system
a. Allochthonous b. Autochthonous
c. Natural minerals d. Dissolved organic matter
19. The phenomenon by which the nutrient enrichment and attendant aging of lakes have been proceeding at faster rates than normal due to
natural processes
a. Outwelling b. Cultural eutrophication
c. Lake Enrichment d. Hypopycnal flow
20. Lake according to annual circulation pattern exemplified by Lake Baikal which is permanently covered with ice
a. Polar lakes b. Beaver lakes
c. Amictic lakes d. Dystrophic lakes

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21. Consists of both dissolved and solid matter, small and fine particles like silt, clay and sand suspended in the water column
a. Particulate organic matter b. Suspended load
c. Minerals d. Carrying capacity
22. It indicates the size of the largest particles the running water can move
a. Competence b. Suspended load
c. Carrying capacity d. Boulder
23. A depositional feature, a most prominent valley built by a river
a. Delta b. Levees
c. Point bar d. Flood plain
24. The area on the inside of a river bends where deposited materials accumulate
a. Oxbow b. Pointbar/Levees
c. Accumulation d. Sediment
25. The closer the river approaches its _____________, the more mature it is said to be
a. Watershed b. Base Level
c. Point bar d. Delta
26. Causes of characteristic succession in lotic body
a. Chemical erosion b. Mechanical erosion
c. Both d. None
27. A river with a gradient that is raised by tectonic uplift
a. Mature River b. Intermittent River
c. Rejuvenated River d. Ephemeral River
28. A total land surface that a river collects water from is its ________
a. Drainage b. Catchment basin
c. Watershed d. all
29. Largest lotic body in the world
a. Amazon River of Brazil b. Amazon River of Venezuela
c. Amazon River of the North d. Colorado River
30. Longest lotic body of the world
a. Yellow river b. Nile River
c. Yang Tze River d. Intermittent River
31. The rise in sea level by 1 meter per century
a. Polarity epoch b. Flandrian Transgression Period
c. Henry's Law d. None
32. Waves caused by incoming tides as seawater rushes to the estuary
a. Tidal bulge b. Tidal flow
c. Tidal bore d. Spring tide
33. Classification of estuary based on geomorphology
a. drowned river valley b. lagoon type/bar built
c. fjord type and tectonically produced d. all
34. Classification of estuary based on water circulation
a. salt wedge and partially mixed b. vertically homogenous
c. inverse and intermittent/ephemeral d. All of the above
35. The flowing out of lighter freshwater above the heavier saltwater in an estuary towards the sea
a. Outwelling b. Hypopycnal flow
c. Turbulence d. None
36. Classification of estuaries in hydrographic basis characterized by strong flow of river water and is strongly dominant over tidal flow
a. Highly stratified/Salt wedge b. Vertically homogenous
c. Lagoon type d. Bar built estuary
37. Classification of estuary based on water circulation characterized by a more nearly equal freshwater and tidal inflow and is mixed by
turbulence
a. Partially mixed/Moderately stratified b. Vertically homogenous
c. Salt wedge estuary d. Hypersaline estuary
38. The continental drift theory was first proposed by ____________ in 1800's
a. Alfred Wegener b. von Humboldth
c. Arnold Henry d. None of them
39. In land, there is the Great Wall of China. In ocean there is _____________ which is about 40,000 miles and can be traced thru Atlantic,
Indian and Pacific Oceans.
a. Fracture zone b. Mid-Oceanic Ridge/System
c. Trenches d. Abyssal Hills
40. What is North today may become South later on, due to Magnetic reversal. Every half a million years, magnetic reversal occurs. Each
reversal is called ______________
a. Reversal effect b. Continental drift
c. Polarity epoch d. Syzygy
41. Portion of ocean adjacent to the continent, separating it from the sea including its shelf, slope and its rise
a. Littoral zone b. Continental margins
c. Continental plate d. Oceanic plate

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42. Considered the most prominent feature underwater due to heavily laden sediments mostly from remains of shallow-water organisms that
settled to the bottom after its death.
a. Marginal plateau b. Trenches
c. Benthic zone d. Abyssal plain
43. A Swiss-American geologist of 19th century who first described one amongst feature of the deep ocean floor as underwater islands/islets
having flat tops
a. Arnold Henry Guyot b. von Humbolt
c. Alfred Wegener d. None of them
44. ______________ is the largest particulate material with >250mm size
a. Rock b. Clay
c. Sediments d. Boulder
45. _________ is the smallest with 0.0039mm or less in size.
a. Silt b. Clay
c. Mud d. Particles
46. Rhythmical changes in water level are one of the few aspects of aquatic world that can be predicted
a. water movement b. Tides
c. Current d. Seiches
47. This is the type of current produced when the level change the water to move around
a. water current b. tidal current
c. tidal flow d. tidal bulge
48. A term referring to the parallel alignment of sun, moon and earth producing spring tide
a. Eclipse b. Syzygy
c. Illuminatti d. Alignment
49. A tide having one high and one low tide in the course of one tidal day, which is about 24h and 50min long.
a. Diurnal tide b. Semi diurnal tide
c. Neap tide d. Spring tide
50. Tides that occur twice daily and are about of equal height
a. High tide b. Diurnal tide
c. Semi-diurnal tide d. Spring tide
51. As early as 1876, tidal prediction machines were already in operation. This agency publishes an annual tide table covering most part of the
country using a Boodson-Ledge tide predicting machine which later on has been replaced with computers. What is that agency?
a. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
b. Philippine Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey
c. Project NOAH
d. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
52. Are irregular waves directly affected by the wind characterized by different periods and heights traveling at different directions
a. Irregular waves b. Regular waves
c. Travelling waves d. Sea waves
53. Waves of similar speed and dimension travelling together
a. Swells b. Wave trains
c. Wave patterns d. All of the above
54. The breaking waves create a lot of energy in the form of turbulence. The incoming waters flows back to the sea and are then called
____________ causing people to drown in these waves
a. Rip currents/Undertow b. Refractor waves
c. Internal waves d. Stationary wave
55. When waves reach shallow waters and are at an angle to the beach, the direction of travel will change. The part that first reaches the
shallow waters will slow down causing the entire wave to turn toward the shore. This change in direction is termed as ______________ which is
dependent on the bottom topography, wavelength and direction of the waves.
a. Refraction b. Contraction
c. Syzygy d. all
56. These waves occur when a wave reflects off a surface perpendicular to the motion of the waves merely moving up and down.
a. Inertial waves b. Standing waves
c. Catastrophic waves d. Internal waves
57. This is the slow oscillation of the water level in a lake or harbor usually observed after the passage of a storm
a. Sieches b. water bulge
c. Convergence d. Divergence
58. Waves found in sub-surface layers causing ships to remain steady even at full speed. Fishermen refer to them as Dead Sea, a phenomenon
frequently observed in European seas.
a. Internal wave b. Inertial waves
c. Standing waves d. Stationary waves
59. Storm surges, landslide surges and tsunamis exemplifies this type of waves which has been a result of unusual conditions having a severe
effects when coincide with high tides
a. Storm surge b. Inertial waves
c. Destructive waves d. Catastrophic waves

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60. The wind driven current affected by the Coriolis force is called____________
a. Tidal current b. Geostrophic current
c. Surface current d. Underwater current
61. When the water has no inclination, no wind stress and friction but has been set into motion, the water will continue to move at a constant
velocity. The wind driven current produced this way is termed as ________
a. Steady state current b. Inclined Surface current
c. Cold current d. Inertial current
62. Currently the NOAA satellites carrying AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer), collects data nearly all over the globe, is
considered advanced satellite. NOAA stands for?
a. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration b. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency
c. Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration d. Nationwide Operation and Atmospheric Administration
63. Occur where currents flowing at different rates or water masses of different temperatures or salinities meet and surface waters are carried
beneath the surface.
a. Zones of convergence b. Zones of Divergence
c. Zones of Emergence d. Upwelling
64. A condition wherein light winds blowing steadily over the water surface set up alternating areas of convergence and divergence zones is
called
a. Ekman Spiral b. Langmuir circulation
c. Coriolis effect d. all
65. Other things being equal, would lowering fertility of the water increase or decrease photic zone?
a. in equilibrium b. Steady
c. decrease d. increase
66. Classification of plankton based on environmental distribution
a. Rheoplankton b. Hypalmyroplankton
c. Limnoplankton d. all of the above
67. Plankton that are free floating at some stages of its life
a. Meroplankton b. Holoplankton
c. Femtoplankton d. Heleoplankton
68. Plankton measuring 0.02-0.2µ, considered as the tiniest, exemplified by viruses are?
a. Nannoplankton b. Picoplankton
c. Femtoplankton d. Net plankton
69. Brackishwater plankton
a. Saproplankton b. Euplankton
c. Autogenetic plankton d. Hypalmyroplankton
70. Device used to measure surface temperature using radiometric instrument mounted in aircraft
a. Deep Sea Reversing Thermometer (DSRT) b. Atmospheric Thermometer
c. Airborne-Surface Thermometer d. Airborne Radiation Thermometer (ART)
71. When several Nansen Bottles are used over a wide area or at various depths, the set up is called
a. hypsographic station b. hydrographic station
c. Survey station d. Field station
72. Another device used to measure temperature having advantage of being easier to use even while the vessel is in motion and capable of
sending continuous reading, producing a more complete picture of the site.
a. Bathythermograph b. Bathymetry
c. Hydroclimograph d. none of the above
73. In what region normally thermocline is absent?
a. Polar b. Temperate
c. Tropical d. Equitorial
74. Cycle of air moving as a result of temperature differences occurring over landmasses and vast oceans
a. Langmuir circulation b. Trade wind
c. Cell d. Monsoon
75. A law which states that if temperature of a liquid doesn't change, the concentration at saturation of a given dissolved gas increases when
the pressure of the gas above the solution increases.
a. Equilibrium Law b. Henry's Law
c. Steady-State Law d. None
76. A zone where salinity greatly increase relative to depth
a. Ecocline b. Ectocline
c. Halocline d. Holocline
77. Separates non-mixing, bottom layer with completely mixed upper layer
a. Chemocline b. Ecocline
c. Pycnocline d. Thermocline
78. A simple drifter instrument used to measure direction and speed of surface currents
a. satellite b. surface current meter
c. Drogue d. Drobe
79. Shows the pattern of distribution of dissolved oxygen
a. Oxygen profile b. Oxygen curve
c. Both d. None

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80. A term used by ecologists to indicate bottom body of water where decomposable organic matter and decomposers concentrates
a. Tropholytic zone b. Trophogenic zone
c. Saprobic zone d. Profundal zone
81. Carbon dioxide is present in water in the form of
a. carbonates b. bicarbonates
c. undissociated carbonic acid d. all
82. Which among the following bodies of water acquire more oxygen?
a. Pagsanjan falls b. Lanao lake
c. Tinagong dagat d. West Philippine Sea
83. In rare cases water absorbs too much oxygen. Water cascading down acquires extremely large quantities of oxygen duet to turbulence,
rapidity and high pressure impact of the fall reaching up to 150% of saturation. Given this situation, suffocation and death of its inhabitant
follows due to
a. Anorexia b. Gas bubble disease
c. Hyperventilation d. all
84. Nitrogen constitute 79% of atmosphere, abundant though it is, nitrogen is unavailable to most life unless comes in fixed forms. One way of
fixing nitrogen is biological process which involved specialized bacteria living in association with leguminous plants. What bacteria is that?
a. Cellulomonas b. Capitella
c. Nitrobacter d. Azotobacter
85. Specialized bacteria responsible in completing cycle of nitrogen in the environment by utilizing nitrates and releasing nitrogen in its
atmospheric state in a process of denitrification.
a. Desulfomonas b. Pseudomonas
c. Nitrosomonas d. all
86. Considered as pasture of the sea
a. Seaweeds b. Zooplankton
c. Euplankton d. Phytoplankton
87. Marks the beginning of a grazing food chain
a. Grazers b. Strainers
c. Phytoplankton d. Consumers
88. Plankton community that nourish themselves on suspended dead and dying algal cells and other organic remains
a. Saproplankton b. Pseudoplankton
c. Euplankton d. Phytoplankton proper
89. Possess the power of self-locomotion
a. sessile b. Periphyton
c. Plankton d. nekton
90. Organisms that are attached or clinging to stems and leaves of rooted plants or other surfaces projecting above the bottom for support.
a. Periphyton b. Pleuston
c. Aufwuchs d. all
91. Benthic plants include both micro and macroalgae clinging to any kind of bottom. They developed specialized organs that will keep them
permanently attached to their substrate. What is that specialized organ?
a. Anchorage b. Stipe
c. Frond d. Holdfasts
92. These are infaunal organisms inhabiting interstitial spaces or the water filled spaces between particles of soft bottoms. Life for them feels
like being between two striking cymbals.
a. Meiofauna b. Infauna
c. Epifauna d. Sessile
93. Its community member stays on top or prefers to do some acrobat on the underside of its home, the film, without sinking or falling off into
the water.
a. Neuston b. Benthos
c. Pleuston d. Surface feeders
94. Characteristic of neuston organism having the ability to resist water
a. Hydrostatic b. Hydrophobic
c. all d. none
95. Bacteria are unicellular organisms, e.g. fungi, ranging from 1-50µ are responsible and predominates tropholytic zones. What other term is
applied to decomposers?
a. Saprophytes b. Microconsumers
c. both d. none
96. Characterized by its great hydrostatic pressure which depresses metabolic activity of its inhabitants and absence of illumination.
a. Profundal b. Deep sea
c. Neritic zone d. Open sea
97. Dominating zone of pelagic province
a. Epipelagic b. Mesopelagic
c. Bathypelagic d. Abyssalpelagic
98. Its inhabitants tend to be transparent and bluish, smooth, shiny or silvery bodies making them practically invisible
a. Ocean b. Stream
c. Littoral d. Epipelagic

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99. Transition area between aquatic and upland terrestrial environment

a. Ecocline b. Riparian zone
b. Beach d. Sand dunes
100. Mimicking human organizations, one or only a few species generally control aquatic communities. It largely control energy flow and
determines environmental conditions for the other yet doesn't necessarily the top predator. Scientists call them ______
a. Model b. Ecological dominant
c. Predator d. Crepuscular predator

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Answer Key

1. a 26. b 51. b 76. c

2. d 27. c 52. d 77. a
3. a 28. d 53. d 78. c
4. a 29. a 54. a 79. c
5. b 30. b 55. a 80. a
6. d 31. b 56. b 81. d
7. c 32. c 57. a 82. a
8. b 33. d 58. a 83. b
9. a 34. d 59. d 84. d
10. d 35. b 60. b 85. b
11. c 36. a 61. d 86. d
12. d 37. a 62. a 87. c
13. d 38. b 63. a 88. a
14. d 39. b 64. b 89. d
15. d 40. c 65. d 90. d
16. b 41. b 66. d 91. d
17. c 42. d 67. a 92. a
18. a 43. a 68. c 93. a
19. b 44. d 69. d 94. b
20. c 45. b 70. d 95. c
21. b 46. b 71. b 96. b
22. a 47. b 72. a 97. d
23. d 48. b 73. a 98. d
24. b 49. a 74. d 99. b
25. b 50. c 75. b 100. b

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