SCUBA
This essential piece of scuba equipment helps you breathe underwater.
What is a regulator?
Mangroves grow in this type of environment
What are salty, muddy waters?
Sponges belong to this phylum.
What is Porifera?
This is another name for macroalgae.
What is seaweed?
The type of gas you breathe in a standard scuba tank
What is air?
The device that allows you to control your buoyancy while diving
What is a buoyancy control device (BCD)?
Mangroves play an important role by protecting these coastal areas from erosion.
What are shorelines?
The process in which water moves through the sponge.
What is diffusion?
The three main groups of macroalgae are red, green, and this color.
What is brown?
Mangrove roots are specially adapted to extract oxygen from this part of the environment
What is waterlogged soil?
This gauge tells a diver how much air they have left in their tank.
What is a pressure gauge?
The long roots of mangrove trees are called this and help stabilize the soil
What are prop roots?
The process in which sponges get nutrition.
What is filter feeding?
Macroalgae attach to rocks or other surfaces using this structure.
What is a holdfast?
Sponges reproduce both sexually and asexually through this process.
What is budding or regeneration?
Divers use this piece of equipment to protect their eyes and see clearly underwater.
What is a scuba mask?
Mangrove forests act as nurseries for these types of animals.
What are juvenile fish?
The number of species of Sponges found in Harrington Sound
What is 50?
Green macroalgae, such as sea lettuce, contain this pigment that gives them their color.
What is chlorophyll?
The scientific term for the process sponges use to move water through their bodies.
What is filter feeding?
These help you to move through the water easier
What are fins?
Breathing structures for black mangroves.
What are pneumatophores?
Macroalgae provide this essential resource for aquatic ecosystems.
What is oxygen?