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Section 1 Flashcards

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Productivity

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the amount of food produced by marine organisms and the number of organisms the ocean can support

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Oceanography

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the study of the ocean and their phenomena

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Marine Biology

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the study of organisms and their reactions with each other and their environments

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Inductive Reasoning

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involves looking at individual observations and proposing a general explanation for them

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Deductive Reasoning

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the process of reasoning whereby observations suggest a general principle from which a specific statement can be derived

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Theory

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a body of observations that have stood the test of time

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Experimental Variable

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factor that is altered in an experiment

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Experiment Set

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has experimental variable

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Control Set

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without experimental variable

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Observational Science

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observing and describing and possibly theorizing; but not testing

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Aristotle

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the first to develop scheme of classification “ladder of life”

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Pliny the Elder

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roman naturalist; works in natural history

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Kumulipo

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hawaiian creation chant

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Jean-Baptiste Lemark

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environment shapes animals, forms vs function

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George’s Cuvier

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“father” of vertebrate paleontology

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Charles Darwin

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HMS beagle 1831 observations of atolls, 1859 origin of the species by natural selection

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17
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Modern Science Originated…

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in the challenger expedition, 19th century

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First Marine Bio Lab…

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Louis Agassiz started a lab for teachers in 1873

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Scientific Method (1)

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making observations

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Scientific Method (2)

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using inductive reasoning to form a hypothesis

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Scientific Method (3)

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using deductive reasoning to design experiments

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Scientific Method (4)

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gathering results

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Scientific Method (5)

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drawing conclusions

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70% of the Ocean affects (3)

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global issues, provides food and vital resources, helps understand/ relate to organisms and how we affect them

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Zones of Intolerance

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regions where an environmental variables is so far from optimal range that the organism cannot survive

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Ecosystem

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system composed of living organisms and their physical environment

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Biosphere

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composed of all the earths ecosystems; all are interconnected

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Environment

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consists of all the external factors acting on that organism

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Abiotic Factors

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physical factors; temperature, salinity, pH, sunlight

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Biotic Factors

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biological factors; living organisms, and their interactions with each other( plants and animals)

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Habitat

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where an organism lives, specific place where an organism is found

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Microhabitat

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smaller subdivisions of a habitat

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Homeostasis

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International steady state of a cell or an organism

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Optimal Range

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range of environmental factors to which an organism is best adapted

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Zones of Stress

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Regions above and below the optimal range of environmental variables

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Phytoplankton

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photosynthetic organisms (mostly microscopic plantlike organisms and bacteria) that float in the sea currents

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Ectotherms

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animals that obtain most of their body heat from the environment

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Endotherms

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animals that obtain most of their body heat from metabolism

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Metabolism

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the sum of all the chemical reactions that occur within cells

40
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Salinity

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a measure of the concentration of dissolved inorganic salt in water

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Solutes

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substance is dissolved in water

42
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Osmosis

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movement of water across a semipermeable membrane from an area of low salute concentration to an area of high salute concentration

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Sunlight

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a central role in the marine environment; powers photosynthesis

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