Sea Floor Stuff
Aye Aye, Captain!
Miniscule Microbes
Wonderful Water
the "bio"
in Marine Bio
100

We would see mid-ocean ridges, volcanoes, and magma seeps where two of these meet.

Tectonic plates (plate boundary)

100

Naturalist on 5-year voyage in 1830s.  His observations led to his Theory of Evolution via Natural Selection.

Charles Darwin

100

2 marine producers in addition to plants (sea grasses):

cyanobacteria 

algae (phytoplankton & kelp)

100

These two ions make up 85% solutes dissolved in oceans.

Duh!  Sodium (Na+) and Chlorine (Cl-_

100

% of our atmospheric oxygen produced by ocean organisms

       30%        50%       70%

50% of atmospheric oxygen comes from ocean photosynthesizers

200

New seafloor comes from cooled _____

Magma

200

Our favorite Viking who traveled across the Atlantic from Europe 400years before Columbus.  Son of Erik the Red who settled Greenland.

Leif Eriksson

200

Which single-celled group is prokaryotic, photosynthetic, enriched Earth's ancient atmosphere w/ oxygen, and can cause red tides?

Cyanobacteria

200

What's the pressure at 100meters deep?

1(surface) + 10 (1 per each 10) = 11 atm

200

Correct way to write a species' scientific name

Genus species

ex/ Carcharadon carcharis (Great White Shark)

300

A trench without sediment is at this type of continental margin, such as our west coast.

Active

300

Ferdinand & Isabella sponsored him in 1492 to "sail the ocean blue."   Established future trade routes between Europe and the Americas.

Christopher Columbus

300

Who is: a bacteriophage, causes the release of DOM from bacteria, can cause diseases, and is just a piece of DNA or RNA covered w/ a protein coating?

marine viruses

300

Water property that (3 different):

1) makes us so cold so fast when swimming

2) moderates coastal temperatures

3) makes us work hard to move in water than air

1) water is good thermal conductor

2) water has a high specific heat capacity

3) water's higher viscosity

300

Name which biomolecule (3 different):

1) forms cell membrane

2) forms membrane channels

3) quick energy & exoskeletons 

1) membrane = lipids

2) membrane channels = proteins

3) quick energy/exoskeletons = carbohydrates

400

Alternating positive/negative magentic bands on the seafloor tell that that this has flipped many times during Earth's history.

Magnentic poles (North/South)

400
1519, first to sail around the world.  Has a GPS system named for him.

Ferdinand Magellan

400

Who is unicellular, planktonic, photosynthetic, and has a geometric-shaped silica shell.


Diatoms

400

3 Differences gyres & the great ocean conveyor:

location

what drives them

what they move

 

Gyre is surface current;  GOC is deeper

Gyre driven by wind; GOC by density

Gyre moves thermal energy (heat); GOC diss. oxgen

400

3 factors creating genetic diversity w/in sexual reproduction:

1) crossing over of parts of chromosomes during meiosis

2)independent assortment of all chromosomes into gametes

3) different genes inherited from two parents

500

How many ocean basins have formed?

Four basins 

(Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian)

500

First captain to bring along a naturalist on multiple voyages during the 1770s.  Greatly expanded knowledge of Pacific geography.  He met an untimely demise on the island of Hawaii.

Capt. James Cook

500

Who is unicellular, eukaryotic, photosynthetic, planktonic, can cause red tides, can live endosymbiotically inside coral, and has 2 flagella?

Dinoflagellates

500

Two sources of marine ions & minerals:

1) rock weathering (runoff from lithosphere/sea floor)

2) chemicals from sea vents/undersea volcanoes

500

There are 6 kingdoms of living things.  What are the 4 kingdoms of organisms we studied in Ch 5 Microbial World?

Arachaea & Bacteria (two prokaryotic kingdoms)

Protist & Fungi (2 of the 4 eukaryotic kingdoms)