Marine Animals
What is the name of the world's largest living structure?
Great Barrier Reef (2,600km)
How long does it take for a plastic bottle to break down in the ocean?
Up to 450 years
What is taxonomy?
The process of naming and classifying organisms
Name 3 harmful gases that are produced from industries.
Water vapors, Carbon dioxide (CO2), Methane (CH4), Nitroxide (NO2), Ozone, Carbon monoxide, Nitrogen oxides (NOx), Sulfur oxides (SOx), Ammonia
What is this an example of? A single fire ant would easily drown in the flood waters, but clusters of 100,000 fire ants are capable of creating water-repellent life boats that can float for weeks on end without drowning the ants.
Resilience
Which tiny marine crustaceans are a crucial part of the ocean food chain, serving as the primary food source for many larger animals such as whales?
Krill/Phytoplankton
What chemical from sunscreen is harmful to coral reefs?
Oxybenzone
What is the most specific (smallest) level of classification?
Species
Which country produces the most carbon dioxide in total each year?
China
Where is the highest tide found in the world?
The Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, Canada
What marine animal is known for having the densest fur of any mammal, which helps it stay warm in cold ocean waters?
Sea Otters
What type of pollution is caused by excess nutrients entering the ocean, often resulting in harmful algal blooms?
Eutrophication
What is the only kingdom where all members have cells that lack cell walls completely?
Animalia
True or False: Carbon spends the longest amount of time in the geosphere part of the cycle.
True
Name the most critically endangered marine mammal? Hint: It is also the smallest cetacean.
Vaquita Porpoise
What is a sharks 6th sense called? It assists with locating food by sensing the prey's muscle contractions and heart beat.
Ampullae of Lorenzini
What is the term for the process by which toxic substances become more concentrated in the tissues of organisms higher up the food chain?
Bio-magnification
What are the 3 major classes in the phylum Mollusca? Give an example of each.
Cephalopoda (Squids, Octopus, etc.), Gastropoda (Snails, Slugs, etc.), Bivalvia (ex. Clams, Oysters, Scallops, etc.)
Which two greenhouse gases have the largest concentration in the Earth's atmosphere?
Carbon dioxide and water vapors
What is the name given to the deepest part of the ocean?
The Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench (35,876 feet)
What is the body part found on most cartilaginous and bony fish that is located between the tail and body of the fish?
Caudal Peduncle
What is the phenomenon where deep water rises to replace water that has been pushed away by surface winds and involves the movement of nutrient-rich water from the deep ocean to the surface?
Up-welling
What are the 8 levels of taxonomy in order?
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
What source is making the largest contribution to the increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? Hint: It's a fossil fuel.
Burning coal in power plants
Cuttlefish have what color blood?
Green