Conservation and Climate Change
This activity is when people gather at the beach and pick up washed up or left behind garbage including plastic and glass.
What is a beach cleanup?
This ocean is the largest ocean in the world
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This shark is the biggest shark alive currently
What is a whale shark?
This is the study of marine organisms, their behaviors and the interactions they have with their environment
What is marine biology?
This crab was in the famous movie The Little Mermaid.
Who is Sebastian?
This terms describes a long-term change in the average weather patterns that have come to define Earth's local, regional and global climates.
What is climate change?
H2O is the chemical formula of this compound
What is water?
This type of shark has 360 degree vision
What is a hammerhead shark?
This term describes marine biologists selecting an area of focus based on species, groups, behaviors, techniques or ecosystem
What is specialization?
This shark is said to have lived thousands of years ago and went extinct.
What is the Megalodon?
What is plastic?
This gas was most commonly found in the volcanic eruptions that lead to the creation of the ocean
What is water vapor?
This material founded within human noses and ear is what the entire sharks skeleton is made of
What is cartilage?
This describes one reasons in which studying marine biology is important
What is protecting habitats and ocean wildlife?
This terms is best defined as fishermen catching and discarding animals they do not want, cannot sell, or are not allowed to keep
What is bycatch?
This Swedish activist icon has constantly advocated for the planet, climate change and global warming, winning person of the year.
Who is Greta Thunberg?
This gas is most commonly dissolved in the ocean
Sharks have six senses including sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell and _____
What is electroreception?
This is how many years of schooling is required for entry level marine biology
What is 4 years?
This sound is famous in this movie
What is Jaws?
A long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance is known as this.
What is a tsunami?
The salinity of the ocean is caused by the dissolving of this ionic compound
What is sodium chloride?
Tiny tooth-shaped scales along the body of a shark that help with the sharks hydrodynamics is known as this
What are dermal denticles?
This is the average salary of a marine biologist
What is 66k?
Many ocean animals including sharks, sea lions and turtles are often tracked through this process
What is tagging