The beach is (not) my happy place
True or False: Sir Isaac Newton a creationist?
true
How many people in the world today are involved with fishing?
15 million
Name two other names that refer to hurricanes.
Typhons & cyclones
What are the four major types of algae?
yellow, green, brown & red
Fill in the blanks: One of the first people to conduct a scientific study of currents and emphasize their importance to seafarers was ____________________ ____________________.
Benjamin Franklin
What is the fastest growing source of the world’s energy?
Wind
Where is the greatest quantity of squid harvested?
Japan
Fill in the blanks: The major tide-causing forces are the gravitational effects that the ____________________ and the ____________________ have on the planet.
Moon & sun
What percentage of Monterey Bay remains to be explored?
98%
What is the most diverse group of algae?
Green
What does the term plankton mean?
Fill in the blanks: Ship captains are careful to follow ____________________ charts as their vessels leave a seaport and then “hitch a ride” on one of many powerful ocean ____________________ that are going their way.
Tidal, currents
What has three hearts, blue blood, and breathes with gills?
Octopus
What caused the MS Munchen to sink in mid-December 1978?
Rouge waves
What is bykill?
fish caught unintentionally
What do wave meters measure?
the direction, length, and height of waves
Almost eight out of ten fish caught are used for human consumption. What is the remainder used for?
fertilizers, glue, and pet and livestock food
What causes the movement of currents?
winds, the rotation of the earth (Coriolis effect),, and the sun’s heat
Since they breathe air, have some hair, and give birth to live young, whales are ____________________.
Mammals
What law of Sir Isaac Newton has been used to develop methods of predicting tides?
Law of Gravatation
What are some uses of red algae?
Paint & food
bacteria growth medium
How many species are there of mollusks?
100,000
Belonging to the most widespread class of vertebrates, bony fish make up about ____________________ percent of all the known types of fish.
95%
What is photosynthesis?
The process where a pigment, called chlorophyll,, captures sunlight and turns it into organic, molecules such as sugar
How is a pearl formed?
The formation of a pearl begins when an, irritating bit of sand gets inside the oyster. The, annoyed oyster responds by slowly secreting layer, after layer of shell around the grain of sand. After, months, a beautiful pearl may form.