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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"