Pack Camp & Counselors
Which two counselors did not share the animals that they were terrified of?
Ryan and Mateo
While land makes up less than a third of Earth's surface, this exact integer represents the percentage submerged under ocean water.
71%
Despite making up only a fraction of total ocean depth, this sunlit top layer supports over 90% of all marine biodiversity.
Sunlight Zone
In a rare reversal of parental roles, male seahorses carry, incubate, and give birth to offspring using this specialized body structure.
Brood Pouch
To satisfy its immense daily metabolic demands, Tommy's favorite baleen whale consumes up to this weight in krill every day
4 tons
Lacking a thick layer of blubber, sea otters stay warm in frigid waters because their fur boasts this record density per square inch.
Lacking a centralized brain, heart, lungs, and blood, jellyfish process sensory input using this simplified nerve system.
Nerve Net
Beluga whales adjust the shape of this squishy, fatty forehead organ to focus and direct their echolocation clicks.
Melon
Which group won our connections game on Monday?
Group 2
Although freshwater fills lakes, rivers, and ice caps, this percentage of Earth's entire liquid water supply is held within the ocean basins.
97%
Named after the Greek underworld, this zone consists of deep V-shaped trenches where hydrostatic pressure exceeds 1,000 times atmospheric pressure.
Trench Zone
Hadley's favorite ocean acrobat can launch its body up to this maximum height in the air when breaching.
15 to 20 Feet
Predating both trees and dinosaurs, Isabelle's favorite ocean predator has inhabited Earth's waters for at least this many millions of years.
400 Million Years
Technically known as vibrissae, these specialized facial structures on sea lions are packed with nerve endings to detect water movement.
Whiskers
Mateo's favorite soft-bodied invertebrate can squeeze through tiny openings because this is the only hard, rigid structure in its body.
Beak
This phenomenon occurs when an organism absorbs higher-energy light wavelengths and re-emits them as lower-energy, visible colors like neon green.
biofluorescence
Two counselors go to school together. Which two counselors and what is the school?
Emme and Isabelle both go to Boston college
Forget land plants—these microscopic, drifting photosynthetic organisms are responsible for generating over half of the planet's atmospheric oxygen.
Phytoplankton
Every night, creatures in the Twilight Zone perform this daily event: swimming upward to feed before descending at dawn.
Daily (or vertical) migration
Rather than swimming continuously, a seahorse uses this specialized type of tail to anchor itself to grass or coral against currents.
Prehensile Tail
Reaching up to 188 decibels, a blue whale's low-frequency vocalization is louder than this man-made machine at takeoff.
Jet Engine
Unlike true seals, sea lions possess these prominent external ear structures and can rotate their hind flippers forward to walk on land.
Pinnae or External Ear Flaps
Octopuses rapidly alter their skin color and patterns for camouflage by expanding and contracting these specialized pigment-containing cells.
Chromatophores
The continuous global loop of ocean currents driven by temperature and salinity differences is officially known by this thermodynamic term.
thermohaline circulation (or the global ocean conveyor belt)
Which two groups of counselors were terrified of the same animals? What animals were they terrified of?
Emily, Sophia, and Hadley were all scared of Sharks. Emme and T are both scared of crabs
Though all interconnected in a single global conveyor belt, geography divides the sea into these 5 distinct ocean basins.
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic oceans
Lacking solar radiation, the vast, pitch-black Midnight Zone hovers continuously at this specific temperature in Fahrenheit.
39 Degrees F
Shedd Aquarium's famous high-jumping dolphin, identifiable by dark ring markings around her eyes, goes by this name.
Munchkin
Swell sharks and carpet sharks absorb ambient deep-water light and re-emit it as a neon green glow through this process.
Biofluorescence
Sea lion vibrissae are sensitive enough to track prey by feeling these subtle motions left behind in the water column.
Ripples or Hydrodynamic Wakes
While fish travel in a school, a group of jellyfish can be referred to as a bloom, a swarm, or this striking term.
Smack
Unlike plants, deep-sea organisms near hydrothermal vents create energy without sunlight using chemicals like hydrogen sulfide in this process.
chemosynthesis
Which counselor said they liked one animal on Monday and presented on a different one during the week? What animal was said on Monday and what animal was presented on?
Sophia
Dolphin was said and Sea Pig was presented upon.
Organisms in this volatile coastal zone must adapt to survive both total aquatic submersion and severe air exposure every single day.
Intertidal Zone
Deep-sea benthic ecosystems far from hydrothermal vents rely heavily on this steady shower of organic debris falling from upper layers.
Marine Snow
Before leaping up to 20 feet out of the water, a Pacific white-sided dolphin can reach underwater swimming speeds of this range.
20 to 25 MPH
Instead of teeth, blue whales rely on plates made of this same keratin protein found in human hair and fingernails to filter krill.
Baleen
Sea otters keep their dense coat waterproof by meticulously grooming and trapping this insulating layer directly against their skin.
Air Layer or Air Bubbles
Unlike an octopus, which uses 3 hearts and blue copper-based blood to survive, jellyfish circulate nutrients without blood using this central body cavity.
Gastrovascular cavity
The scientific term describing the crushing force exerted by water depth in zones like the Hadalpelagic.
hydrostatic pressure