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Marine Biology (BH)
Basics
Question: Name the 5 oceans
Answer: Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, Southern
Question: Name the oceanic pelagic zones
hint: Mr. Ray's song
Answer: Epipelagic, Mesopelagic, Bathypelagic, Abyssopelagic, Hadopelagic
Question: This is the percentage of the earth that is covered by water
Answer: 70%
Question: The warmest water in the ocean is near the ______
AND
The coldest water in the ocean is near the ______ and ______ _____
Answer: Equator
North and South Poles
Question: The mixture of warm and cold water in the ocean causes this
Answer: Ocean currents
Marine Life
Question: All living organisms need these three things
Answer: Food, Water, Air (oxygen)
Question: This is an example of an echinoderm (usually show lines of symmetry)
Answer: Starfish or sea urchins
Question: Mussels, clams, snails, squid, and octopuses are all examples of these
hint: starts with an "m"
Answer: Mollusks
Question: This is the simplest multicellular creatures that can live anywhere in the ocean
hint: they are eaten almost exclusively by hawksbill sea turtles
Answer: Sponges
Question: Jellyfish, corals, and anemones are in this group
hint: starts with a silent "c"
Answer: Cnidarians
Coral Reefs
Question: This microscopic algae lives in coral
Answer: Zooxanthellae
Question: Together, corals form these
Answer: Coral Colony
Question: Islands that continue to sink below the surface of the water leave behind this type of coral reef
Answer: Atoll
Question: Coral are mainly composed of this component, that gives them a hard skeleton base
Answer: calcium carbonate
Question: Coral and the algae that lives on it, live in this type of relationship with each other
Answer: Symbiotic
Sea life Part 1
Question: The angler fish uses this type of light to attract their prey
Answer: Bioluminescence
Question: The sunlight zone is home to this percentage of marine life
Answer: 90%
Question: The shell on a sea turtle is called this
Answer: Carapace
Question: This is the deepest known place in the ocean
Answer: Mariana Trench
Question: The largest Coral reef is _______________ and is near this continent
Answer: Great Barrier Reef
Australia
Sea life Part 2
Question: This type of cnidarian under distress can attach to a surface, revert back to the polyp stage, and regrow
Answer: immortal jellyfish
Question: These are known as the "flowers of the sea" even though they are actually animals
Answer: Sea anemones
Question: Bivalve means these type of mollusks have _____ ________ and also make pearls
Answer: two shells
Question: Mollusks use this to coat the irritating grain of sand
Answer: Nacre
Question: Cephalopods get their name from Latin words that help describe them, so that cephalopoda literally means this
Answer: "head-footed"