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The full name of the building we are currently sitting in
Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences
The largest species of shark
Whale Shark
The number one source of trash in the ocean
Cigarette butts
The number of seal species commonly seen around New England
2 (Gray and Harbor)
The percent of the earth covered by the ocean
70%
Butterfield
T/F: Some sharks give live birth
True
The phenomenon exhibited by corals as a results of increasing water temperatures
Bleaching
The structural origin of the Narwhal's tusk
Tooth
The number of oceans on Earth
5 (Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, Southern)
The number of residence halls at URI
25
The way to induce tonic immobility in a shark
Flip them upside down
The percentage of plant and animal species at risk of extinction
50%
The two main feeding strategies of whales (mouth structures)
Toothed and Baleen
The three types of marine reptiles
Sea turtles, marine iguanas, sea snakes
The number of marine related majors at URI
4 (Marine Biology, Aquaculture and Fisheries, Marine Affairs, Ocean Engineering)
The environmental parameter than sharks are able to sense through the ampullae of Lorenzini
Electromagnetic Fields
The percent of oxygen in the atmosphere produced by algae
70%
The closest terrestrial relative of the manatee
The elephant
External ear flaps, rotating hind flippers
The name of URI's research vessel
The Endeavor
The fastest shark in the oceans
The Mako shark
The current concentration of carbon in the atmosphere
407 ppm
Porpoise species with ~27 individuals remaining
Vaquita
The difference between a fin and a flipper
Flippers contain bones