Day One
What is the range of patients the clinic might receive during intake?
0-40
What does MC tell Everest when they are alone for chores?
Call to cull wolves
Sharks do not have bones, but are instead made out of this.
Cartilage
What type of animal is a frog?
Amphibian
What type of frog did we dissect?
Bull Frog
Which animal receives more energy?
Goat or Mountain Lion
Goat- herbivore (10% of plant energy, which uses 10% of the energy received from the sun)
What biome is the book based in?
Taiga
What is the biggest threat to sharks?
Humans! (overfishing/by-catch/finning
What is the mix of fresh and salt water?
Brackish
What was surprising inside a couple of the frogs?
Eggs!
What amount of energy is passed down each trophic level?
10%
What happens when one of the wolves sounds the alarm? Why?
Stacy and the pack find Tucker guarding a small dog from a wild wolf pack
Name the largest shark species and how long it is. (Bonus: name the smallest and how small.)
Whale Shark - 40 feet
Bonus: Dwarf Lantern Shark - 4 inches
What is the pH scale and range? What is considered neutral?
Tests for acidity; 0-14; 7
What is the frog missing that most lunged animals have?
Diaphragm
Name each trophic level and give an example
Producer: Tree
1 Consumer: Caterpillar
2 Consumer: Bird
3 Consumer: Peregrine Falcon
Apex: Peregrine
Name at least 4 wolves.
Bous for every name after
Everest, Tucker, Addison, Wink, Basil, and Noah
How many sharks are killed on average by humans annually?
Over 100 million (11,000 an hour)
What is the critical pH level for frogs?
4
Name 6 organs we found yesterday. Bonus for each additional organ named.
Heart, lungs, gall bladder, large and small intestines, kidneys, spleen, liver, stomach, bladder
What three species of sea turtle are more likely to be patients at CROW? Which is the most abundant in Florida waters? Least?
Loggerhead (most), green, and Kemp's Ridley (least)
Give the series of events leading up to the cliffhanger at the end of the last chapter we read yesterday.
Chase off wolves - pup runs off - they follow the pup to the cave tunnel - find themselves in an old mine - go down until they reach pools of magma - during rescue, the stone Stacy is on begins to break
What is the shark's 6th sense and what is it for?
Ampullae of Lorenzini - detect minuscule electromagnetic fields in the water given off by other organisms, sensing movement
What ppm salt measurement constitutes salt water? Fresh?
Bonus for Brackish
Salt: 25+ ppm
Fresh: <0.01 ppm
Brackish: 0.01-25 ppm
What are some characteristics of amphibians that make them sensitive to water quality? This makes them a - what?
permeable skin, eggs lack shells, suited for life in and out of water
Bioindicator