Invertebrates
Ecology
Fish
Earth Science
Misc
100
What is the phyla for sponges?
What is Porifera
100
The near-shore area where freshwater and saltwater meet
What is estuary
100
What family of fish has barbels to feel and taste?
What is goatfish
100
The only extinct volcano on the Big Island
What is Kohala
100
Organisms that are native and found no where else in the world.
What is endemic
200
What Class do jellyfish belong to?
What is Scyphozoa
200
A common intertidal organism with a strong muscular foot and a single shell that looks like a chinaman's hat.
What is limpet
200
What is the sensory organ that allows fish to sense pressure changes?
What is lateral line
200
The last stage of an island's life cycle
What is seamount
200
What type of symbiotic relationship is a moral eel getting cleaned by a cleaner shrimp
What is mutualism
300
What is the Phylum for octopus and snails?
What is Mollusca
300
When chemicals concentrations accumulate as you go higher up the food chain
What is biomagnification
300
Different fish feed the same way on similar food sources, their groups are called ...
What is fish feeding guilds
300
A deep current that depends on salinity and temperature to connect the waters of all oceans
What is thermohaline circulation
300
When excess nutrients runoff into the water causing a large algae bloom and oxygen depletion.
What is eutrophication
400
What phylum has two forms: medusa and polyp?
What is Cnidaria
400
Three possible producers in the coral reefs
What is algae/seaweed, phytoplankton, zooxanthallae
400
A larger fish that grinds up coral with its beaklike mouth
What is parrotfish
400
Which is the oldest - Oahu, Kure atoll, Big Island, Loihi
What is Kure atoll
400
A colonial coral that typically grows in greenish yellow mounds
What is lobe coral
500
What is the name of the symbiotic algae that lives in coral.
What is zooxanthallae
500
Plankton that drift only during their larval stages are referred to as
What is meroplankton
500
Sharks intestines are adapted for greater absorption because they have a ...
What is spiral valve
500
What are the three ways that organisms arrived naturally to Hawaii?
What is wind, water, wings
500
Ancient hawaiians used this technique for navigating the oceans without technology
What is wayfinding
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