Marine Tardigrades (continued)
some species have been found more than this many feet below the ocean surface.
What is 15,000? (Spinner00)
Marine photosynthesis is estimated to produce over 50% of the Earth's oxygen, making it essential for the survival of this
What is most life forms, (including humans)? (Spinner00 for "including humans")
Tardigrades are also called this
What are water bears?/ What are moss piglets? (Spinner00 x 2 for both)
The ocean supports this estimated amount of all life on the planet, making it a crucial component of global biodiversity
What is 50-80%? (Spinner00 x 3 for "percent")
Cephalopods that are known for their intelligence
What are squids and octopuses? (Spinner00 x 3 for both)
Tardigrades contract to this state when changes in salinity happen
What is tun? (Wall-a-Bee for correct pronunciation)
These organisms absorb vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis
What are marine photosynthesizers? (Wall-a-Bee)
Tardigrades have lobed legs, which this is another word for
What is lobopodous? (Wall-a-Bee for correct pronunciation)
the foundation of nearly all marine food webs
What are phytoplankton? (Wall-a-Bee)
Animals with no backbones
What are invertebrates? (Wall-a-Bee for correct pronunciation)
Their resistance to radiation is due to this
What is efficient DNA repair mechanisms and protective proteins? (Poison IV for both)
The primary consumers of phytoplankton
What is zooplankton? (Poison IV for correct pronunciation)
about this many known species of tardigrade are "marine"
What is 150? (Poison IV)
These animal-like organisms feed on phytoplankton
What are zooplankton? (Poison IV for correct pronunciation)
The things corals build that support immense biodiversity
What are reefs? (Poison IV)
Tardigrades can resist radiation to this amount of times the lethal dose for humans
What is 1000? (Match-a-Pair)
photosynthesis in the ocean is primarily carried out by these
What are microscopic organisms? (Match-a-Pair for correct pronunciation)
The film of water around the tardigrade's body helps it to do this
What is exchange gas? (Match-a-Pair)
These play critical roles in decomposition
What are bacteria?/ What are archaea? (Match-a-Pair for both)
Besides krill, name a crustacean
What are crabs?/ What are lobsters?/ What are
shrimp?/ What are barnacles?
This cavity is also called the gut, it’s the stomach where food is digested
What is gastrovascular? (Bang-a-Rang for correct pronunciation)
Great White sharks are this kind of consumer
What is tertiary? (Bang-a-Rang for correct pronunciation)
The word ‘buccal’ means "about (this)"
What is mouth? (Bang-a-Rang)
tardigrades are classified as this
What is extremophiles? (Bang-a-Rang for correct pronunciation)
besides phytoplankton, herring eat this
What is krill? (Bang-a-Rang)