Invertebrates
The phylum of invertebrates with soft bodies and typically 1-2 shells.
What is Mollusca?
The process of gases like carbon dioxide, methane and water vapor building up in the atmosphere causing the planet to warm.
What is the Greenhouse Effect?
The name for the top fin of a fish.
What is dorsal fin?
Instead of scales, sharks are covered in...
What are dermal denticles?
The unintentionally caught animals while fishing for a target species.
What is bycatch?
The phylum of invertebrates that includes insects and crustaceans.
What is Arthropoda?
The combustion of oil, gas and coal is collectively known as
What is Burning Fossil Fuels?
A tuna has this type of body form.
What is Fusiform?
Sharks can have up to how many gill slits?
7
When people, acting rationally in their own self interest, deplete a shared resources.
What is the Tragedy of the Commons?
The phylum that includes organisms with stinging cells.
What is Cnidaria?
When CO2 is absorbed into the ocean and lowers the pH.
What is Ocean Acidification?
The organ that helps bony fish stay bouyant.
What is the swim bladder?
A manta ray has what body form?
What is dorsoventrally flattened?
Overfishing is caused by 1) Overcapacity and 2) what?
What are Destructive Fishing Methods?
The phylum Echinodermata includes what organisms.
What are Sea stars, sea urchins and sea cucumbers?
When stressed coral release their zooxanthellae.
What is coral bleaching?
A common style of camouflage most fish have that help them blend in from above and below.
What is countershading?
Chondrichthyses have a skeleton made of
What is cartilage?
A scientific based solution to overfishing that requires catch limits.
What is Maximum Sustainable Yield?