the name of the intensity scale used to measure tsunami
What is Papadapoulos-Imamura Scale?
100
marine biome is divided into these 2 horizontal zones
What are the Open Ocean & Coastal Zones?
100
sea lice on salmon is an example of what symbiotic relationship
What is parasitism?
100
an insecticide used to kill insects
What is DDT?
100
coral reefs are made from these
What are hard corals made of polyps?
200
highest wave amplitude (Offshore or near coast)
What is near the coast?
200
occupies just 10% of the total ocean area, but are home to 98% of marine life
What are coastal zones?
200
an ecological phenomenon triggered by the addition or removal of top predators, which often results in dramatic changes in ecosystem structure and nutrient cycling (example: how wolves change rivers)
What is a trophic cascade?
200
an organic form of mercury
What is methylmercury?
200
this type of algae give corals their color
What is zooxanthellae?
300
a reason for wave amplification near the coast
What is shoaling (slowing down-shallower depths), focusing (uneven ocean floor), resonance (reflection off the shore)?
300
the upper ocean zone that is warm, sunlit, and rich in oxygen and is home to lobster, sharks, and mackerel
What is the euphotic zone?
300
the greatest population and available energy units are at the bottom of the food pyramid/chain (True/False)
What is true?
300
where the chemicals build up in fish
What are the fatty tissues?
300
the type of reef shown in Finding Nemo
What is a Barrier reef? (parallel to shore, separated by a wide lagoon with deep portions)
400
a cause of a tsunami wave
What are undersea earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, and large meteorite impacts?
400
the lower open ocean zone that is dark, cold, and high in water pressure (the fangtooth lives here)
What is the abyssal zone?
400
This type of plankton (plant & animal characteristics) is often responsible for shellfish becoming toxic as a result of red tide outbreaks.
What are dinoflagellates?
400
the greatest concentrations of chemicals accumulate in marine life that are in the lower levels of the food chain (True or false)
What is false?
400
Atolls (circular reefs that surround a large deep central lagoon) first started out as volcanoes (True or false)
What is True?
500
something we can do to help reduce the damage of a tsunami
What are monitor oceans, analyze past events to create numerical models, build defenses (breakwaters), fortify buildings, and evacuation planning?
500
organisms here are adapted to living on land and underwater
What is the intertidal zone? (foreshore)
500
animals or plants living on the ocean floor
What are benthos?
500
DDT can persist in water for this length of time
What is 150 years?
500
when corals lose their color as a result of the warming of the surrounding ocean water