What is the largest marine community? a. Intertidal community ...

[cookcarl]

What is the largest marine community?
  a. Intertidal community
  b. Photic zone community
  c. Between the photic zone and the deep bottom
  d. Deep bottom communities

Question 2

What phylum is the most successful and widely distributed in terms of parasites?
  a. Nematoda
  b. Annelida
  c. Polychaeta
  d. Mollusca

[ladyjames123]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
The mass of dark water between the sunny surface and the deep bottom is the largest marine
community. This community is also the sparsest in terms of populations. Information can be found in
the section Marine Organisms Live in Communities

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
All major phyla have representations of parasites in the ocean. Nearly all parasites have a speciesspecific
relationship. This is an exclusive relationship to one parasite and one host. Information can be
found in the section Organisms in Communities Can Live in Symbiosis.