SCIENTIFIC NAMES
Blue-ringed octupuses
Hapalochlaena
When did the Polynesian Triangle start?
1500 BCE
All life on Earth is composed of how many of the 107 chemical elements?
23
What is the name of species interactions in which one species benefits at the expense of another?
Parasitism
Who named the Pacific Ocean?
Ferdinand Magellan
Chironex fleckeri
Sea Wasp
List the four large basins, in order from largest to smallest.
Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean
Who is known as the father of taxonomy?
Carl Linnaeus
How do most organisms that live buried in the sediment acquire food?
They are suspension feeders so they acquire food from the surrounding water
In the history of marine biology what discovery is Aristotle known for?
Recognizing the importance of gills
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
What percentage of the Earth's ocean area does the continental shelf make up?
8%
How many rows of ciliary combs do Comb jellies have?
8
The San Francisco Bay in California is an example of what estuary?
Tectonic estuary
How are humans interrupting the nitrogen cycle?
Introducing more nitrogen than naturally occurs (causing eutrophication)
Diomedea exulans
Wandering albatross
What percentage of seawater is pure water, and what percentage is dissolved solids and gases?
96.5% Pure water
3.5% dissolved solids and gases
Cuttlefish have a cuttlebone which is used for what?
Buoyancy
Animals in the deep sea use what, for prey attraction, communication, and court displays?
Bioluminescence
What percentage of the Earth’s oceans should be protected in order to reach recovery goals?
30%
Sea otters
Enhydra lutris
What causes crests to overshoot and become troughs?
Inertia
Manatees and dugongs are relatives of what animal?
Elephant
What do Osedax mucofloris worms do?
They are bone-eating worms and burrow into the skeleton of the whale and consume the oil from the bones.
How much economic loss did the Deepwater Horizon spill cause?
$8.7 billion