Experiments
What is the pH of water?
7
What type jellies are in the touch tank?
Moon jellies!
What are the two biggest animals on the planet that eat plankton?
Blue whale and whale shark
What month is Lloyd's birthday in?
May
What type of water is in Long Island Sound?
Brackish Water
Which one has a higher density? Fresh water of salt water?
Salt water
How many sharks are in our shark tank?
8!
Seven Sand tiger sharks and one lemon shark
What's the biggest plankton in the world?
Lion's mane jelly
Which counselor was a volunteer before they were an educator?
Tyler
What are 2 invasive species we have in Connecticut?
Asian shore crab/lion fish/mute swan/etc.
Define hypotonic and hypertonic
hypotonic-when there are more water molecules outside the cell than inside
hypertonic-when there are more water molecules inside the cell than outside
What is the horseshoe crab's closest relative?
scorpion/spider
What is the difference between holoplankton and meroplankton?
Holoplankton stay plankton their entire lives, meroplankton are only plankton part of their lives
What school does Abby go to?
Scranton University
What is the name of the net we used at the beach?
Seine net
What are the tools we used to do tank maintenance?
Thermometer, hydrometer, pH meter/pH strips
Name all five seals.
Tillie, Rasal, Leila, Polly, Ariel
What does zooplankton eat?
Phytoplankton
Which counselor is not originally from Connecticut?
Lisa
What are the 3 types of fish we caught on the boat?
Porgy, summer flounder, and dogfish shark
What was the name of the animal we looked at under the microscope?
Brine Shrimp Nauplii
What are the names of our two monkeys?
Tonks and Minerva
Name 2 plankton we saw on the boat
copepod, snail, worm, diatoms, dinoflagellates
Which counselor has been at the aquarium the longest?
Lloyd
What was the name of the aquarist who helped us feed the stingrays?
Brendan