Occurs when fish and other marine species are caught at a rate faster than they can reproduce.
What is overfishing
100
Expanded form of the acronym "GMO"
What is genetically modified organism
100
These structures prepare food for digestion by tearing off appropriate portions, crushing and grinding, and mixing food with amylase and other enzymes, thereby beginning the process of chemical digestion.
What are teeth
200
The twisting forces that torque different parts of a structure
What is torsion
200
The speed of music
What is tempo
200
Percent of all life found under the ocean
What is 50-80%
200
A sequence of nucleotides that codes for some physical characteristic, such as height, eye color, or hair color
What is a gene
200
This organ consists of three muscle layers oriented at roughly 90 degree angles to one another so as to act to churn and mix gastric juices with incoming boluses of food.
What is the stomach
300
Concrete reinforced with steel bars
What is a rebar
300
The type of tonality that most often conveys sadness in western music
What is minor
300
This shows all related food chains in an ecosystem.
What is a food web
300
Organisms that can survive in conditions like high heat, high acidity, or low oxygen
What are extremophiles
300
This organ is 20 feet in length but runs back and forth within the confines of the abdominal cavity so as to not require the person to be 20 feet tall in order to absorb nutrients.
What is the small intestine
400
Two common forces that act on structures
What are compressive, tensile, or torsional forces
400
The number of peaks or troughs in a wave that move past a fixed point in a given amount of time
What is frequency
400
Type of organism that is unable to make its own nutrients and must feed on organic material present in other organisms.
What is a heterotroph/consumer
400
The fruit into which cold-resistance genes from arctic flounder were placed
What is a tomato
400
This chemical compound converts inactive pepsinogen to active pepsin with in aid of an enzyme in the stomach.
What is hydrochloric acid
500
...to get to the other side
Why did the chicken cross the road (or bridge)
500
The neutral, stable interval that consists of seven half-steps
What is a perfect fifth
500
Zooplankton and krill are this type of marine organism
What are primary consumers
500
Expanded form of the acronym "DNA"
What is deoxyribonucleic acid
500
The pancreatic duct empties into this portion of the small intestine.