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Question 1

Name the parts of a proper scientific experiment

Answer 1

Research, hypothesis, collecting data, analyze data, draw conclusions

Question 2

What is a hypothesis?

Answer 2

Something that you’re gonna test

Question 3

How can a hypothesis be tested?

Answer 3

With an experiment

Question 4

What is a control?

Answer 4

Keeping everything the same/comparison experiment

Question 5

How do you construct a controlled experiment?

Answer 5

Have to have one experiment that stays the same

Question 6

What is a variable?

Answer 6

Change variable/ liable to change

Question 7

Describe the difference between a dependent and independent variable.

Answer 7

Dependant changes because of independent, changes with other one.

Independent=change

Question 8

What should be done after an experiment is completed just once?

Answer 8

Repeat it

Question 9

What do you do with the data that is collected during an experiment?

Answer 9

Record it, analyze it, report it

Question 10

What must scientific data be?

Answer 10

Non-bias and true

Question 11

Why are mathematical models used in data collection? (Ex: quatrat Study of marine plants)

Answer 11

Less time-consuming

Question 12

What must a conclusion support?

Answer 12

data from experiment

Question 13

Why are questions important in scientific research?

Answer 13

Question the research, make sure it’s valid

Question 14

Describe the difference between biotic and abiotic factors.

Answer 14

Biotic = living,

abiotic =never living

Question 15

Give examples of biotic factors

Answer 15

Cat, dog, food, predators, competition, diseases

Question 16

Give examples of abiotic factors

Answer 16

Salinity, temperature, sunlight, natrual disasters,

Question 17

How does marine pollution affect the marine environment

Answer 17

Lowers oxygen, block sunlight, Indigestion in animals

Question 18

What is the carrying capacity?

Answer 18

Amount of species in an area/how much can be held

Question 19

What are limiting factors?

Answer 19

How big the population can get

Question 20

Give examples of limiting factors

Answer 20

Space, food, temperature levels, diseases, natural disasters, competition

Question 21

How do limiting factors affect the caring capacity?

Answer 21

Limit the amount that the place can hold

Question 22

Explain the difference between a producer and a consumer

Answer 22

Producers make own food by photosynthesis, consumers eat producers

Question 23

Give examples of a producer

Answer 23

Algae, plants

Question 24

Give examples of a consumer

Answer 24

Sharks, dolphin, zooplankton

Question 25

Explain the difference between a primary, secondary and a tertiary consumer

Answer 25

Primary eats producers, secondary eats primary, tertiary eats secondary

Question 26

Give examples of a primary consumer

Answer 26

Manatee

Question 27

Give examples of a secondary consumer

Answer 27

shark, fish

Question 28

Give examples of a tertiary consumer

Answer 28

Tuna, giant squid, killer whale, orca

Question 29

Describe the difference between an autotrough, a herbivore, carnivore and an omnivore

Answer 29

Autotroph, makes own food. Herbivore eats plants. Carnivore eats animals. Omnivore eats both

Question 30

Give examples of an autotroph

Answer 30

Phytoplankton

Question 31

Give examples of a herbivore

Answer 31

Manatee, zooplankton

Question 32

Give examples of a carnivore

Answer 32

Sharks, sea snakes

Question 33

give examples of an omnivore

Answer 33

Sea turtle

Question 34

Which zone would contain the most producers?

Answer 34

Intertidal zone

Question 35

Which zone would have the greatest biodiversity?

Answer 35

Intertidal zone

Question 36

What happens to the energy into the number of individuals as you move up the food chain?

Answer 36

Ask Amber

Question 37

How do predators and prey interact?

Answer 37

Predators eat pray

Question 38

How is predator and prey population size link

Answer 38

When predators increase prey decrease, vice versa

Question 39

What is population density?

Answer 39

Number of individuals in an area

Question 40

Why is population density important to species?

Answer 40

Because without population density the food chain would be unbalanced

Question 41

What is symbiosis?

Answer 41

Interaction between two different species living together

Question 42

Describe the difference between commensalism, mutualism and parasitism

Answer 42

Mutualism, where both organisms benefit. Commensalism, where one organism benefits while the other organism is not harmed. Parasitism is when one benefits and the other is harmed

Question 43

Give examples of commensalism

Answer 43

Sponges have a habitats for things, remoras on sharks

Question 44

Give examples of mutualism

Answer 44

Clown fish, anenome, camouflage

Question 45

Give examples of parasitism

Answer 45

Bacteria, fungus, worms

Question 46

What is an invasive species?

Answer 46

Lionfish, goes to other fish species, non-native

Question 47

What affect do invasive species have on the native species?

Answer 47

Take resources from other organisms causing harm

Question 48

List the statement for Darwins theory of natural selection.

Answer 48

1. ) Variation in species 2. ) offspring survive 3. ) competition for resources 4. ) adaptions allow them to survive

Question 49

Why is overproduction of offspring important?

Answer 49

Higher chance of survival

Question 50

Give examples of adaptions?

Answer 50

camouflage in stripes, hardshell

Question 51

What is survival of the fittest?

Answer 51

Best adapted can survive

Question 52

What are variations?

Answer 52

Differences in individuals

Question 53

What causes variations among species?

Answer 53

Mutations

Question 54

Why are variations important to species?

Answer 54

If everything was the same everything could die

Question 55

Explain the difference between Bentos, plankton and Nekton including their location and movement.

Answer 55

Benthos live on the bottom, move by crawling -little swimming. Plankton live near the surface. Nekton swim, found everywhere

Question 56

Give examples of benthos

Answer 56

Sponges, worms, sea anemone

Question 57

Give examples of plankton

Answer 57

Larva, zooplankton, phytoplankton

Question 58

Give examples of nekton

Answer 58

Fish, manatees, sharks, whales

Question 59

What is the difference between phytoplankton and zooplankton?

Answer 59

Phytoplankton, producers. Zooplankton, consumers.

Question 60

What must phytoplankton have?

Answer 60

Sunlight, Clearwater

Question 61

List the types of parasites that were covered in unit six.

Answer 61

Viruses, bacteria, fungi, prodozoi, ecoli, worms

Question 62

How are marine algae classified?

Answer 62

Color

Question 63

Explain how marine algae obtain their energy

Answer 63

Sunlight, photosynthesis

Question 64

Why are sponges important to small invertebrates?

Answer 64

Provide shelter

Question 65

What abiotic conditions are necessary for the formation of coral reefs?

Answer 65

Salt water, clean clear water, sunlight, salinity, warm temperatures

Question 66

Describe coral bleaching

Answer 66

Release algae cause water gets too warm

Question 67

Give examples of the class Cephalopoda?

Answer 67

Octopus, squid, nodeis

Question 68

Give examples of the class Bivalva

Answer 68

Scallops, clams, muscles

Question 69

Give examples of the phylum Arthropoda

Answer 69

Crabs, lobsters, crayfish

Question 70

Give examples of the phylum echinodermata

Answer 70

Starfish, sea cucumbers, see stars

Question 71

What is the difference between a vertebrate and an invertebrate?

Answer 71

Vertebrates have backbone

Question 72

Why are estuaries important to juvenile fish and invertebrates?

Answer 72

Provide habitats, protection

Question 73

Describe the characteristics of the class chondrichthyes

Answer 73

Have cartilage, no swim bladder, clackoid scales

Question 74

Give examples of the class chondrichthyes

Answer 74

Sharks, skates, rays

Question 75

How did the majority of bony fish reproduce?

Answer 75

External fertilization, large amount of eggs

Question 76

Explain reproduction in sea turtles

Answer 76

On the sand, dig hole, covers sand, leave, no parental care

Question 77

Why is it important to protect the coastlines and beaches in order to preserve sea turtles?

Answer 77

Because that's where they lay eggs

Question 78

Which animal belongs to class aves?

Answer 78

Birds

Question 79

describe the characteristics of mammals

Answer 79

Hair, live birth, memory glands, two sets of teeth, lungs, four chambered heart

Question 80

Which animals belong to the order Cetacea?

Answer 80

Dolphins

Question 81

Describe echo location. Which marine animal uses this technique

Answer 81

Dolphins, bounces sounds off of objects