Marine Biology

Lessons 1-3

100

What is marine biology?

The branch of science that investigates the organisms that live in salt water

200

What is buoyancy? & What is bioluminescence?

Buoyancy: How well an object floats

Bioluminescence: Living organism's ability to glow or light up

300

What is the name of the most buoyant place on earth?

The dead sea

400

What are the tides? How many times a day are they?

High tide and low tide, controlled by the moon and sun. High tide = water high on shoreline, low tide = water lowest on shoreline. 2 tide rotations per day, 1 bigger than the other.

500

List the 6 ocean zones (100pts per zone)

Intertidal, sunlight (epipelagic), twilight (mesopelagic), midnight (bathypelagic), abyss (abyssopelagic), and trench (hadopelagic) 

Lessons 4-7

100

List the 5 kingdoms

bacteria, fungi, protists, plants, and animals

200

True or false: coral is a plant

False, coral is an animal. Coral reefs are made up of hundred or thousands of tiny animals called coral polyps

300

What are the two types of coral? & define them

Hard & Soft coral. Hard = tough, made of calcium carbonate or limestone, grow in multiples of 6. Soft = more flexible, sways with current, made of more proteins, grow in multiples of 8.

400

List the 6 main marine invertebrates (100pts per name)

Cnidarians, Echinoderms, Sponges, Mollusks, Cephlopoda, and Crustaceans

500

List at least 1 animal that belongs to each marine invertebrate group (50 points per animal)

Cnidarians: corals, jellyfish, anemones

Echinoderms: starfish, sand dollars, sea cucumbers, sea urchins

Sponges

Mollusks: mussels, clams, snails

Cephlopoda: squid, octopuses, cuttlefish

Crustaceans: crabs, lobsters, shrimp

Lessons 8-12

100

Name 3 marine reptiles

crocodiles, sea snakes, sea turtles, lizards

200

What is the difference between invertebrate and vertebrate?

Invertebrate: animals with no backbone or spinal column

Vertebrate: animals with a backbone or spinal column

300

What is the difference between fish schooling and shoaling?

Schooling: when a group of fish swims together in the same direction in a synchronized manner

Shoaling: when a group of fish lives together for social aspects

400

Name 2 facts about sharks

*see shark fact puzzle & myths*

500

List the 4 main marine mammal groups (100pts per name)

Pinnipedia, Sirenia, Carniova, Cetaceans

Bonus: (must answer lessons 8-12 500pt question first)

500

Name at least 1 animal from each marine mammal group (50pts per animal)

Pinnipedia: seals, sea lions, walruses

Sirenia: manatee, dugongs

Carnivora: sea otters, polar bears

Cetaceans: dolphins, whales, porpoises