Water Quality
What scale is used to measure the acidity or basicity of water?
What is the pH scale?
What is the salinity level of freshwater ecosystems?
What adaptation helps fish maintain buoyancy ?
What is Swim bladder
What is the effect of thermal pollution on water bodies?
What is it increases water temperature and decreases dissolved oxygen?
What instrument is used to measure pH in water?
What is a pH meter or pH test strips?
What is the Clean Water Act?
What is a law enacted to protect local watersheds from pollutions?
Name two types of brackish ecosystems.
What are estuaries and mangrove swamps?
What is a common adaptation of aquatic plants that allows them to float ?
What are air-filled spaces in their tissues ?
How does climate change affect aquatic migration patterns?
What is it forces species to move to find suitable habitats?
How is salinity measured?
What is in parts per thousand (ppt)?
What is the difference between point source and non-point source pollution?
What is point source pollution comes from a single identifiable source, while non-point source pollution comes from multiple sources?
What are the three main types of marine ecosystems?
What are coastal, open ocean, and deep ocean?
Name an adaptation that helps deep-sea organisms survive in dartiness
what is bioluminescence ?
What is La Niña and its effect on hurricane activity?
What is a climate pattern that can lead to above-normal hurricane activity?
What is turbidity and how is it measured?
What is the measure of water clarity, often measured using a Secchi disk
What is the significance of dissolved oxygen in aquatic ecosystems?
What is it is necessary for the survival of aquatic life?
What is a characteristic of oligotrophic lakes?
What is they have low nutrient levels and clear waters?
How do webbed feet benefit aquatic birds?
What is they help with swimming?
What is eutrophication?
What is the process where excess nutrients lead to algal blooms and decreased oxygen levels?
What is the purpose of using test strips for water quality?
What is to measure various chemical components like hardness and nitrogen levels?
What are nitrogen compounds that can be harmful to aquatic ecosystems?
What are ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY:
What is the difference between lentic and lotic ecosystems?
What is lentic refers to still water (like lakes), while lotic refers to flowing water (like rivers)?
What is the term for animals that burrow into mud during extreme temperatures?
What is aestivation?
How do Argo floats contribute to climate change research?
What is they collect data on ocean temperature and salinity?
How do scientists track the behavior of marine organisms?
What is by using tracking devices like satellite tags or acoustic transmitters?