What are plants that produce their nutrients through photosynthesis
100
The ability of certain marine fish and invertebrates to light up part of their bodies through chemical reaction
What is bioluminescence
100
dumping wastes, garbage, pesticides, fertilizers
What is possible humans affect on water quality?
100
Environmental Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico 2010
What is an oil spill
100
The water found in an estuary containing fresh and salt water
What is "brackish"
200
Zooplankton
What are tiny animals that eat other plankton for food
200
Open water or pelagic zone and the bottom of the ocean or benthic zone
What is divisions of ocean water environments
200
Industrial development
What is a human activity that affects the quantity of water
200
The number of men that died on the Gulf of Mexico Oil Rig explosion
What is 11 men
200
The percentage of sea creatures that live deep in the ocean
What is 10%
300
how the water moves
What is the definition for how scientists classify different freshwater environments
300
Sunlight, twilight, midnight
What are the 3 subzones making up the pelagic zone
300
It is a type of pollution that is easy to identify and control
What is point source pollution
300
The Alaskan oil spill of 1989
What is Exxon Valdez
300
EXAMPLE: Oil leak from a tanker truck
What is point source pollution
400
Wetlands act as filters for the water that moves through them, prevent flooding, provide habitat for a variety of organisms, and help minimize erosion
What is the value of wetlands?
400
The pressure deep in the ocean is very great, as you decrease depth the pressure decreases, an organism brought form the deep in the ocean would swell from the change in pressure.
What is a creature being brought up from the deep ocean
400
Not a good idea to use the ocean as a garbage dump
What is oceans cannot break down all the pollutants that humans add
400
The first attempt to clog the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
What is 'Top Kill'
400
Ocean zone where enough sunlight hits for plants to grow
What is Epipelagic
500
Life in Lakes & Ponds
Life in Wetlands
Life in Rivers & Streams
Life in Estuaries
What is freshwater environments
500
90%
What is the percentage of organisms that live in the uppermost zone of the ocean
500
Chemicals (pollution) in the air mix with moisture in the air to produce precipitation that is acidic (has a pH lower than 5.0)
What is acid percipitation
500
The chemical used to break down the oil on the surface of the ocean that causes the oil to change to a rusty orange color