Ocean Science
Force caused by the Earths rotation and helps move currents
What is Coriolis effect?
tiny animals that make up corals
What is polyps?
what is crown-of-thorns
woven traps. traditional fishing method
what is enu fishing?
Odontocetes
Ocean currents help distribiute this factor around the world.
What is heat/temperature?
food factory algae inside corals
What is zooxanthelle?
Popular clam referenced in the Samoan Tatau song
what are giant clams?
Lau fishing using coconut fronds or netting for this fish
what is atule fishing?
english word for Mumua and sacred to which village in American Samoa
what is dolphin and Fagasa?
blocks sunlight from reaching corals after mass flooding
what is sediments?
Due to stress from high temperature in the water - corals lose their algae
What is coral bleaching?
Samoan Name: Alualu
What is Jellyfish?
what is overfishing
Tafola
what is Samoan word for whale?
temperature cyclones can form
what is 80 degrees Fahrenheit (26.5 degrees Celcius)?
coral reefs are often called this because of their biodiversity.
What are the rainforests of the sea?
what are herbivorous fish?
Villages are establishing these efforts to protect fish stocks for the future?
what are marine protected areas?
What is Samoan word for Sea Turtle?
Warm Surface currents in the Pacific generally move in this direction
What is Westward?
global increasing of ocean temperatures
what is climate change?
alogo, manini and pone belong in this group of fish
what is surgeonfish?
Rod and reel, gleaning, bamboo pole, free diving, nets, etc. are types of what kind of fishing practices in Samoa
What is subsistence fishing?
whales fave meal that are red and tiny
what is krill?