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100

When do you declare your major as a BSc student (typically)?

What is Before registering for 2nd year courses

100

What kind of skeleton is going to be in the new Ocean Sciences Exhibit in the Steele Oceans Building?

What is a Blue Whale

100

Pesto the penguin, the King Penguin chick weighing ~15 pounds more than the average adult King Penguin, has begun a natural process (that happens to penguins as they mature) that will result in him dropping down towards the average. What is this process?

What is moulting

100

The pufferfish family is one of the most dangerous fish for humans. Why is this?

What is "they contain lethal toxins and are eaten as sushi and must be prepared by an expert"

200

How many work terms do you need to do to complete the co-op program?

What is three

200

True or false: the Aquatron turned 30 years old this year.

What is "false" (it turned 50!)

200

Recently, Nova Scotia's Natural Resources Minister has stated he wants to keep pursuing a type of renewable energy in the Bay of Fundy, despite repeat failures. What type of energy/power is this?

What is tidal power

200

The Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) is a species that is missing a fin/appendage. Which fin is it missing?

What is the caudal fin (tail)

300

Name as least 2 programs (i.e. majors) that you can earn credits for with SEASIDE classes

What are BIOL, MARI, OCEA, ENVS, GEOG

300
In what decade was the LSC completed and opened?

What are the 1970s

300

MARS (the Marine Animal Response Society) recently opened a new facility in Seaforth. What is this facility for?

What are necropsies

300

A Snakehead fish, which is highly invasive and spreading around the Washington DC area, can survive on land for a period of time. How long can they survive (up to A) minutes, B) hours, or C) days?)

What is C) days

400
What is an honours?

A type of undergraduate degree that requires a minimum GPA, specific classes (often), and a 4th year research project and thesis (usually). Typically, an Honours degree is required if you want to continue on to graduate school (Masters and/or PhD).

400

The Aquatron is home to which very endangered fish that is only found in Nova Scotia?

What is the Atlantic Whitefish

400
Earlier this year, a very valuable fishery was closed in the Maritimes and made headlines. The fish in question are caught as juveniles as they enter rivers from the ocean, and can be worth as much as $5000 per kilo. What is this fish?

What is the American Eel

400

Some sharks and skates produce their eggs in capsules referred to as "________'s purses." Which mythological ocean beings do these purses "belong" to?

What are mermaids