A Salty Surprise
Weird Sea Critters
Hello? Are you listening?
Just Gassy Things
Pollution
100
Concentration of salt in ocean waters
3500 ppm
100
What type of fish is Nemo?
Clownfish
100
Phenomenon of emitting excitable molecules for light communication in dark places of the ocean
Bioluminescence
100
Name of organism that produces most of the world's oxygen
Phytoplankton
100
Term for a large collection of pollutants in ocean
Gyre
200
Most prevalent salt in ocean water (cation and anion)
Sodium chloride
200
The largest animal ever (hint: it's a marine mammal)
Blue whale
200
What is the general name for compounds produced by organisms that help them communicate, defend themselves, and mate?
Secondary metabolites
200
Chemical principle that determines the equilibrium between dissolved and gaseous carbon dioxide
Le Chatelier's Principle
200
How big is the Great Pacific Gyre?
Two times the size of Texas
300
Two-thirds of the world's supply of this metal is from the ocean
Magnesium
300
What is the largest fish?
Whale shark
300
What is the green fluorescent protein used for?
Tracing gene expression by inserting gene sequence next to a known protein
300
Areas of the ocean that contain no oxygen
Dead zones
300
Name one of the three things listed in the presentation that can assist in reducing ocean pollution.
1. Don't use plastic straws

2. Carry a cloth bag

3. Refuse single-serve packaging

400
Colorant of Brittany Gray Sea Salt from France
Clay
400
What phylum do starfish belong to?
Echinoderm
400
What is the functional group that makes bioluminescence possible?
Aromatic groups
400
What phenomenon causes coral bleaching and introduces invasive species in the ocean?
Ocean acidification
400
How many pieces of plastic are estimated to be in 1 square mile of ocean?
46,000
500
Primary colorant of pink sea salt
Iron oxide
500
Name of the jellyfish that produces GFP
Aequora victoria
500
The name of the enzyme that induces light production
Luciferase
500
What was the genus of coral that Katie studied over the summer?
Porites
500
Seven EU countries plus Norway and Switzerland have done what to their waste output?
Have reduced it by 80%
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