Section 1

Question 1

Productivity

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Oceanography

Answer 2

the study of the ocean and their phenomena

Question 3

Marine Biology

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Inductive Reasoning

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Deductive Reasoning

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Theory

Answer 6

a body of observations that have stood the test of time

Question 7

Experimental Variable

Answer 7

factor that is altered in an experiment

Question 8

Experiment Set

Answer 8

has experimental variable

Question 9

Control Set

Answer 9

without experimental variable

Question 10

Observational Science

Answer 10

observing and describing and possibly theorizing; but not testing

Question 11

Aristotle

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Pliny the Elder

Answer 12

roman naturalist; works in natural history

Question 13

Kumulipo

Answer 13

hawaiian creation chant

Question 14

Jean-Baptiste Lemark

Answer 14

environment shapes animals, forms vs function

Question 15

George’s Cuvier

Answer 15

“father” of vertebrate paleontology

Question 16

Charles Darwin

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Modern Science Originated…

Answer 17

in the challenger expedition, 19th century

Question 18

First Marine Bio Lab…

Answer 18

Louis Agassiz started a lab for teachers in 1873

Question 19

Scientific Method (1)

Answer 19

making observations

Question 20

Scientific Method (2)

Answer 20

using inductive reasoning to form a hypothesis

Question 21

Scientific Method (3)

Answer 21

using deductive reasoning to design experiments

Question 22

Scientific Method (4)

Answer 22

gathering results

Question 23

Scientific Method (5)

Answer 23

drawing conclusions

Question 24

70% of the Ocean affects (3)

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Zones of Intolerance

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Ecosystem

Answer 26

system composed of living organisms and their physical environment

Question 27

Biosphere

Answer 27

composed of all the earths ecosystems; all are interconnected

Question 28

Environment

Answer 28

consists of all the external factors acting on that organism

Question 29

Abiotic Factors

Answer 29

physical factors; temperature, salinity, pH, sunlight

Question 30

Biotic Factors

Answer 30

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

Question 31

Habitat

Answer 31

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

Question 32

Microhabitat

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smaller subdivisions of a habitat

Question 33

Homeostasis

Answer 33

International steady state of a cell or an organism

Question 34

Optimal Range

Answer 34

range of environmental factors to which an organism is best adapted

Question 35

Zones of Stress

Answer 35

Regions above and below the optimal range of environmental variables

Question 36

Phytoplankton

Answer 36

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

Question 37

Ectotherms

Answer 37

animals that obtain most of their body heat from the environment

Question 38

Endotherms

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animals that obtain most of their body heat from metabolism

Question 39

Metabolism

Answer 39

the sum of all the chemical reactions that occur within cells

Question 40

Salinity

Answer 40

a measure of the concentration of dissolved inorganic salt in water

Question 41

Solutes

Answer 41

substance is dissolved in water

Question 42

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

Question 43

Sunlight

Answer 43

a central role in the marine environment; powers photosynthesis