Marine Bio Terms
Geology Terms
Forestry Terms
Not-Class Trivia
100
What is plankton?
A small organism that floats near the surface of the water
100
If sediments are carried, then deposits are ______
deposited, stored, left in one place
100
Name 2 reasons California has a lot of wildfires
*not a lot of rain
*climate change (warmer weather)
*not a lot of preventative burning
*lots of fire suppression (more fuel or plants --> bigger fires)
100
Which city has the oldest zoo in the world that is still in use today?
London, Mexico City, or Lagos
London
200
What is this a picture of?
Red tide
200
What is the name of the process when you pile rocks, mud, trash, etc. to create land?
artificial land fill
200
Putting out fires seems like a good thing. What is one of the negative consequences of putting out every fire?
The fuel load (or amount of plants that can be burned) grows since none of it is being cleared by fire. The fires will become bigger later on (more fuel)
200
What country has the most vending machines per capita? 
Japan
300
Why does coral get bleached?
Warmer water (climate change) --> algae is expelled
300
What is a wetland? Name 1 type of wetland.
Wetland = land saturated by water
Marsh
Swamp
300
How does California's attitude toward fire differ from other states?
They don't like preventative burning, other states do it more (more normalized)
300
What is the biggest island in the world?
Greenland
400
There are two types of plankton: animal and plant. What is the name of the plant plankton? (hint: not algae)
phytoplankton
400
What are some examples of sediment (what could make up sediment)?
pebbles, animal/plant remains, mud, rocks, sand
400
What is fire retardant?
A pink substance that is dropped on fires to slow the spread
400
Which country produces the most coffee in the world?
Brazil
500
Explain the positive feedback loop of red tide. What happens when fish are poisoned?
Fish die, they provide nutrients to the dinoflagellates, the dinoflagellates grow, they produce more poison, more fish die, (repeat)
500
Explain how liquefaction happens
Soft soil land (often artificial fill) shakes more than other types of land --> water comes up from the ground --> ground becomes liquid --> buildings sink or fall
500
What is it called when your policy or goal is to put out every fire?
Fire suppression
500
What color is a giraffe's tongue?
Blue-black