Krill
This is the part of the ocean partially enclosed by land.
What is a SEA?
Examples of THIS include Kingdom, Phylum, Order, Class, Family, Genus & Species.
What are TAXONOMY ranks/categories?
It is the deepest place in the ocean, reaching 10,994 meters in depth.
What is the MARIANA TRENCH?
This is an animal with a spine.
What is a VERTEBRATE?
THEY are the members of this session's Town Council.
Who are CLAY, CARTER, and KAYA?
Examples include the Arctic, Indian, Pacific, Atlantic, & Southern.
What are the world's OCEANS?
Examples of this are Parasitism, Mutualism, and Commensalism.
What are SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS?
THIS is a chemical reaction in a microbe or animal body that creates light without heat.
What is BIOLUMINESCENCE?
THIS is part of a fish that rests on the fish’s back and serves as a stabilizer.
What is a DORSAL FIN?
This is the acronym that helps us remember what to do before we speak.
What is THINK?
Trench, Crest and Trough are part of this.
What is a WAVE?
This is a tiny animal that, after multiplying, makes up a coral reef.
What is a CORAL POLYP?
THESE are limited to Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue & Indigo.
What are the COLORS of the VISIBLE LIGHT SPECTRUM?
Examples of THESE include Blue Whale, Sea Lion, Narwhal & Beluga.
What are MARINE MAMMALS?
This helps govern how Socratic Discussions are done and how learners interact with each other, which are known by this acronym.
What is ROE (Rules of Engagement)?
This is the apparent curvature of global winds, ocean currents, and everything else that moves freely across the Earth’s surface.
What is the CORIOLIS EFFECT?
Examples of this include Basal Plate, Nematocyst, Tentacle, Digestive Filament & Mouth.
What are PARTS of a CORAL POLYP?
Examples of THIS include Red Coloration, Giantism, Dwarfism & Transparency.
What are ADAPTATIONS of DEEP SEA ANIMALS?
An animal that eats plants and other animals in a food web.
What is a CONSUMER?
While Guides are available for support, as you are learning to be Independent Learners, you practice finding support from Brains, Books, and Buddies, which are covered by THIS acronym.
What is 3B4G?
These include Chloride, Magnesium, Sulfate, and Sodium.
What are minerals found in seawater?
Some examples of THESE that live HERE, include Clown Fish, Blacktip Reef Shark, Octopus, Anemone, Grouper & Scorpion Fish.
What are the ANIMALS of CORAL REEFS?
THIS is the middle layer of the world’s oceans, which receives only faint, filtered sunlight during the daytime.
What is the TWILIGHT ZONE?
THESE are the paired respiratory organ of fishes and some amphibians, by which oxygen is extracted from water flowing over surfaces within or attached to the walls of the pharynx.
What are GILLS?
This was the first full quest of this school year.
What is the OREGON TRAIL QUEST?
The process where a group of people work together, using their combined skills and knowledge, to achieve a specific goal, and was often talked about during this quest.
What is TEAMWORK?