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Coral Reefs
100
These tides occur during the full moon and new moon.
What are spring tides?
100
This is the root-like, anchoring structure of many seaweeds.
What is the holdfast?
100
jawless, bony, and cartilaginous
What are the three types of fish?
100
The highest catch that can be taken without overfishing
What is the maximum sustainable yield?
100
The expulsion of zooxanthellae due to unfavorable conditions
What is coral bleaching?
200
The steepest part ofthe continental margin.
What is the continental slope?
200
The ___________phylum contains coral, jellyfish, and se anemones.
What is the cnidarians?
200
During this stage salmon leave fresh water and enter salt water.
What is the smolt stage?
200
Most marine resources are taken from this part of the ocean.
What is the continental shelf?
200
The three types of coral reefs.
What are fringing, barrier, and atoll?
300
As you move deeper in the ocean the water becomes
What is colder and denser?
300
This is a defining feature for all echinoderms.
What is a water vascular system?
300
This structure is present in bony fish and absent in cartilaginous fish.
What is the swim bladder?
300
These catches are harvested from the bottom of the ocean.
What is a demersal catch?
300
This is the idea temperature for coral reefs to flourish.
What is 18 degrees Celsius?
400
These tides are characterized by two daily high tides, both of the same approximate height
What are semidiurnal tides?
400
This phylum is characterized by a segmented body.
What is arthropoda?
400
The bright color of many fishes is the result of
What are chromatophores?
400
This is 200 miles off the coast of a country.
What is the exclusive economic zone (EEZ)?
400
Most atolls are found in this region.
What is the Indo-West Pacific region?
500
This causes objects moving in the northern hemisphere to veer off course to the right or clockwise.
What is the Coriolis effect?
500
This secretes the shell for a bivalve.
What is the mantle?
500
A young salmon that no longer has a yolk sac and has left the gravel bed is called a
What is a fry?
500
These are the most commonly caught fish in the world
What are herrings and sardines?
500
This organism eats by mesenterial filaments, absorbing dossolved organic matter, and gaining nutrients from zooxanthellae.
What is a coral polyp?