Unit 1

Question 1

About _____ of the earth’s surface is covered by the ocean.

Answer 1

71%

Question 2

_____ of our protein comes from the ocean.

Answer 2

20%

Question 3

Most medicine comes from _____.

Answer 3

Land

Question 4

What are the sources of Medicines and Drugs in the ocean?

Answer 4

Poppies-Foxgloves-Willows PFW

Question 5

What can be made from Poppies?

Answer 5

Morphine-Codeine PMC

Question 6

What can be made from Foxglove?

Answer 6

Digitalis (Heart Medicine) FD

Question 7

What can be made from Willow?

Answer 7

Asprin WA

Question 8

Scientists believe that lowly marine creatures such as _____, _____, _____, and _____ can be a source of a number of medications.

Answer 8

Algae-Sponges-Urchins-Snails ASUS

Question 9

Define Sessile

Answer 9

Does not move—stays in one place.

Question 10

Define Invertebrate

Answer 10

Has no backbone.

Question 11

What are the common forms of renewable energy?

Answer 11

Solar Power-Wind Power-Geothermal Power-Hydroelectric Power SWGH

Question 12

You have learned that _____ of the world’s population lives within _____ miles of an ocean.

Answer 12

30%-60

Question 13

How is the energy from waves generated?

Answer 13

Energy of surface waves is captured and converted into electricity.

Question 14

What are the benefits of the energy derived from waves?

Answer 14

No harmful gas, created by unequal heating or gravitational attraction therefore unlimited. GU

Question 15

What are the drawbacks of the energy derived from waves?

Answer 15

Not very attractive, impact on ecosystem not known, potential noise pollution. AEN (Attractive-Ecosystem-Noise)

Question 16

How is the energy from tides generated?

Answer 16

The gravitational pull of the moon and the sun along with the rotation of the earth cause the tides.

Question 17

What are the benefits of energy derived from tides?

Answer 17

Same as energy from waves.

Question 18

What are the drawbacks of energy derived from tides?

Answer 18

Impact on estuary plants and animals, increased turbidity of water, impacts navigation. ETN

Question 19

Define Aquaculture

Answer 19

The farming of aquatic animals or plants principally for food. It includes the breeding, rearing, and harvesting of fish, mollusks, crustaceans, and plants in fresh and saltwater environments. BRH

Question 20

More than half of our seafood is consumed by _____.

Answer 20

Humans

Question 21

_____ produces 60% of all farmed seafood.

Answer 21

China

Question 22

What are the benefits of aquaculture?

Answer 22

Can be a solution to the world’s food insecurity problem-Highly efficient compared to land-based protein. IE

Question 23

What are the drawbacks of aquaculture?

Answer 23

Overfishing of key species-Fish waste, nutrients, antibiotics, and invasive species. OW

Question 24

What are the risks of open water net-pen aquaculture?

Answer 24

Invasive Species-Drugs-Escape-Fish Waste-New Diseases/Parasites. IDEWD

Question 25

Define Invasive Species

Answer 25

If nonnative species are raised in net pens, it could lead to introductions of invasive species into the open waters of the Great Lakes.

Question 26

Define Drugs

Answer 26

The addition of antibiotics and growth hormones releases them directly into the Great Lakes where they affect wild fish health and public drinking water supplies.

Question 27

Define Escape

Answer 27

Escaped fish compete with wild fish for land, disrupt their natural reproduction, and can interfere with their genetic diversity.

Question 28

Define Fish Waste

Answer 28

Concentrated amount of fish waste in a small area.

Question 29

Define New Diseases

Answer 29

Crowded fish cages are breeding ground for diseases and parasites that could spread from caged fish to wild populations.

Question 30

The ocean contains a complex combination of _____, _____, _____, and _____ processes that sometimes result in commercially viable forms of a wide range of minerals.

Answer 30

Physical-Chemical-Biological-Geological PCBG

Question 31

Interest in deep sea metals is largely due to depleting terrestrial deposits for metals such as _____, _____, _____, _____, _____, _____, _____, and ______.

Answer 31

Copper-Nickel-Aluminum-Manganese-Zinc-Lithium-Cobalt CNAMZLC

Question 32

A country's exclusive economic zones extends _____ off your designated coast.

Answer 32

200 nautical miles.

Question 33

What are some reasons we should mine the ocean floor?

Answer 33

Improve the economies of developing nations-Decrease impact at land-based mining operations-It's in your EEZ, it's yours. ELY

Question 34

What are the impacts of mining the ocean floor?

Answer 34

Destroys the sea floor-Eliminates organisms we don't even know about-Very expensive. DEE

Question 35

What technologies are used for deep-sea mining?

Answer 35

Continuous Line Bucket System- Hydraulic Suction Systems CLB HSS

Question 36

Define The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Answer 36

The largest of 5 offshore plastic accumulation zones in the world's oceans; it's located halfway between Hawaii and California

Question 37

There are 4 types of plastic sizes that are found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Which plastic has the highest object count in the patch?

Answer 37

The 4 plastic types are microplastics, mesoplastics, macroplastics, and megaplastics; according to the model, 94% of the object count is represented by microplastics.

Question 38

What is the saying for unit measurements?

Answer 38

King Henry Died By Drinking Chocolate Milk

Question 39

What are the measurements for the basic units?

Answer 39

Meters-Liters-Grams MLG

Question 40

The _____ is always your independent variable and the _____ is the dependent variable.

Answer 40

X-Axis/Y-Axis

Question 41

How to figure out how many units each tick mark should be?

Answer 41

Range of Data/ Number of Lines (ALWAYS ROUND UP)