Marine Biology Do Nows
Jan 01, 2016
Look in the book and find your favorite chapter. What is your favorite chapter and why did you pick it?
Look in the book and find your favorite chapter. What is your favorite chapter and why did you pick it?
How many oceans are there? What are their names?
What structure can be found in the middle of the Atlantic?
What can creatures of the deep produce?
Who invented SCUBA?Why do lots of small fish swim
together?
How many oceans are there? What are their names?
What structure can be found in the middle of the Atlantic?
What can creatures of the deep produce?
Who invented SCUBA?Why do lots of small fish swim
together?
List 4 reasons why you should study Marine Biology?
How much money are the ocean’s living systems worth?
What is the difference between physical and geological oceanography?
What is Marine Biology?
List 4 reasons why you should study Marine Biology?
How much money are the ocean’s living systems worth?
What is the difference between physical and geological oceanography?
What is Marine Biology?
Who is considered to be the 1st marine biologist?
Who is Charles Darwin? What did he study?
Who was considered to be the most influential marine biologist of his day?
Who lead the Challenger Expedition?What did the Challenger expedition
do?
Who is considered to be the 1st marine biologist?
Who is Charles Darwin? What did he study?
Who was considered to be the most influential marine biologist of his day?
Who lead the Challenger Expedition?What did the Challenger expedition
do?
Where was the first marine lab located?
Where was the first marine lab in the US located?
Who developed the basic technology of SCUBA?
Who devoted his life to scuba diving and the oceans?
What can satellites measure?What can remote sensing
technology be used for?
Where was the first marine lab located?
Where was the first marine lab in the US located?
Who developed the basic technology of SCUBA?
Who devoted his life to scuba diving and the oceans?
What can satellites measure?What can remote sensing
technology be used for?
What is a habitat?What do geological processes
determine?What are the four major ocean
basins?Which ocean is the largest and
deepest?Which ocean is the smallest and
shallowest?
What is a habitat?What do geological processes
determine?What are the four major ocean
basins?Which ocean is the largest and
deepest?Which ocean is the smallest and
shallowest?
How old is earth?What is the equation for
density?What are the three layers of
earth?How is earth’s magnetic field
generated?How does the mantle behave?
How old is earth?What is the equation for
density?What are the three layers of
earth?How is earth’s magnetic field
generated?How does the mantle behave?
Two Types of Plates Make Up the Earth’s Crust
Two Types of Plates Make Up the Earth’s Crust
Continental Oceanic
Made of
Density
Age (oldest rocks)
Thickness
What did Bacon observe about the continents?What did Alfred Wegner propose? Why was it
not accepted?What did sonar help to find in the oceans?What are the two main ridges in the ocean? What island sits on the mid-Atlantic ridge?Where are most trenches found?What did the Glomar Challenger determine
about rock age and sediment build-up?
What did Bacon observe about the continents?What did Alfred Wegner propose? Why was it
not accepted?What did sonar help to find in the oceans?What are the two main ridges in the ocean? What island sits on the mid-Atlantic ridge?Where are most trenches found?What did the Glomar Challenger determine
about rock age and sediment build-up?
What does earth’s magnetic field do every once in a while?How are bands located around the mid-
ocean ridge?What are rifts known as?What is the lithosphere broken up into?What layer do the plates float on?What happens in the asthenosphere that
helps move the plates?What is subduction? Where does it
occur?Explain how sea floor spreading works?
What does earth’s magnetic field do every once in a while?How are bands located around the mid-
ocean ridge?What are rifts known as?What is the lithosphere broken up into?What layer do the plates float on?What happens in the asthenosphere that
helps move the plates?What is subduction? Where does it
occur?Explain how sea floor spreading works?
What is a Hot Spot? What can they make?What are the two main regions of the sea
floor?What are the most productive areas in
the ocean?Which area of the ocean floor contains
lots of sediments?Where is the deepest spot on earth? What is the difference between
seamounts and guyots?
What is a Hot Spot? What can they make?What are the two main regions of the sea
floor?What are the most productive areas in
the ocean?Which area of the ocean floor contains
lots of sediments?Where is the deepest spot on earth? What is the difference between
seamounts and guyots?
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What happens when an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate?
What happens when an oceanic plate collides with an oceanic plate?
What happens when a continental plate collides with a continental plate?
What is subduction?What is a convection current?
What happens when an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate?
What happens when an oceanic plate collides with an oceanic plate?
What happens when a continental plate collides with a continental plate?
What is subduction?What is a convection current?
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What does a water molecule look like?
What is polarity? Draw it in a water molecule?
What three states does water exist in?
What is a solvent?What is an ion?
What does a water molecule look like?
What is polarity? Draw it in a water molecule?
What three states does water exist in?
What is a solvent?What is an ion?
9/28/129/28/12What two factors determine where
an organism lives?What are hydrogen bonds?What is heat capacity?Why does water have a high heat
capacity?As water cools, what happens to
its density?Why is waters high heat capacity
important?
What two factors determine where an organism lives?
What are hydrogen bonds?What is heat capacity?Why does water have a high heat
capacity?As water cools, what happens to
its density?Why is waters high heat capacity
important?
10/1/1210/1/12Why is water the universal solvent?Where do the salts in the ocean
water come from?What are the two major ions in salt
water?What is salinity?What does the rule of constant
proportions tell us?What happens to salinity if: Water
evaporates? Water freezes? It rains?
Why is water the universal solvent?Where do the salts in the ocean
water come from?What are the two major ions in salt
water?What is salinity?What does the rule of constant
proportions tell us?What happens to salinity if: Water
evaporates? Water freezes? It rains?
What is a water column?What are the 3 most important gases in
the ocean?How do the gases get into the water?
What is this called?What is the relationship between
temperature and dissolved oxygen?Why is carbon dioxide so soluble in
water? What color penetrates water the most?
The least?What causes turbidity?What happens to pressure as you go
deeper into the ocean?
What is a water column?What are the 3 most important gases in
the ocean?How do the gases get into the water?
What is this called?What is the relationship between
temperature and dissolved oxygen?Why is carbon dioxide so soluble in
water? What color penetrates water the most?
The least?What causes turbidity?What happens to pressure as you go
deeper into the ocean?
What one factor determines the three dimensional structure of the sea?Compare deep water with surface water?What is an unstable water column?What is overturn?What three factors determine the
salinity of the open ocean?What is a water mass?Why is thermohaline circulation
important?What is a thermocline?What are the three layers of the ocean?
What one factor determines the three dimensional structure of the sea?Compare deep water with surface water?What is an unstable water column?What is overturn?What three factors determine the
salinity of the open ocean?What is a water mass?Why is thermohaline circulation
important?What is a thermocline?What are the three layers of the ocean?
Where does most of the motion in the ocean occur?What causes the motion in the ocean? What
causes that?What is the Coriolis effect? What happens
to an object in the northern hemisphere?Because of the Coriolis effect, water moves
at what angle from the direction of the wind?How are currents responsible for weather?What is a gyre?
Where does most of the motion in the ocean occur?What causes the motion in the ocean? What
causes that?What is the Coriolis effect? What happens
to an object in the northern hemisphere?Because of the Coriolis effect, water moves
at what angle from the direction of the wind?How are currents responsible for weather?What is a gyre?
What causes waves?Draw a wave and label the
parts.What is the fetch?How does water move in a
wave?What is a tsunami?
What causes waves?Draw a wave and label the
parts.What is the fetch?How does water move in a
wave?What is a tsunami?
What happens in a spring tide?
What happens in a neap tide?What is the tidal range?What is a fetch?Where can we find a very
large tidal range?
What happens in a spring tide?
What happens in a neap tide?What is the tidal range?What is a fetch?Where can we find a very
large tidal range?
What is Ecology?What are some abiotic
factors?What controls populations?What is the carrying capacity
of the environment?What is competition?
What is Ecology?What are some abiotic
factors?What controls populations?What is the carrying capacity
of the environment?What is competition?
What is a habitat?What is the difference
between abiotic and biotic factors?
What is a community?What is a population?What is competition?
What is a habitat?What is the difference
between abiotic and biotic factors?
What is a community?What is a population?What is competition?
How much energy is passed on from trophic level to trophic level?What is Biomass?In fig10.13, what are the producers?
Primary consumers? Secondary consumers? Autotrophs? Heterotrophs?In fig. 10.14, list two food chains you
would find this food web? What are three tertiary consumers? 4th level consumer? Top predator?If the diatoms have 1000 calories, how
much would the krill have? Petrel? Skua?
How much energy is passed on from trophic level to trophic level?What is Biomass?In fig10.13, what are the producers?
Primary consumers? Secondary consumers? Autotrophs? Heterotrophs?In fig. 10.14, list two food chains you
would find this food web? What are three tertiary consumers? 4th level consumer? Top predator?If the diatoms have 1000 calories, how
much would the krill have? Petrel? Skua?
What are some predatory strategies?
What is coevolution?What is a symbiont?What is commensalism?What is parasitism?What is mutalism?
What are some predatory strategies?
What is coevolution?What is a symbiont?What is commensalism?What is parasitism?What is mutalism?
What are two examples of decomposers?
What is DOM?What is detritus?What is productivity?What two factors limit
primary productivity?
What are two examples of decomposers?
What is DOM?What is detritus?What is productivity?What two factors limit
primary productivity?
What are the three major nutrient cycles?
Where can you find a benthic organism?
Where can you find a pelagic organism?
What are sessile organisms?What are nekton?What are the depth zones of the
pelagic realm?
What are the three major nutrient cycles?
Where can you find a benthic organism?
Where can you find a pelagic organism?
What are sessile organisms?What are nekton?What are the depth zones of the
pelagic realm?
What are some of the riches of the continental shelf?
What zones do the continental shelf communities live in?
What are the two factors that affect the shelf’s fundamental characteristics?
What are lithogenous sediments?
What are some of the riches of the continental shelf?
What zones do the continental shelf communities live in?
What are the two factors that affect the shelf’s fundamental characteristics?
What are lithogenous sediments?
Why are continental shelf communities more at risk than other communities?
What factors determine the distribution of soft bottom communities?
Why is there higher diversity in the soft-bottom communities?
Why are continental shelf communities more at risk than other communities?
What factors determine the distribution of soft bottom communities?
Why is there higher diversity in the soft-bottom communities?
What are infauna?What are epifauna?What is Zostera marina?Why are sea grass beds so
productive?What are suspension feeders?What are deposit feeders?
What are infauna?What are epifauna?What is Zostera marina?Why are sea grass beds so
productive?What are suspension feeders?What are deposit feeders?
What is a kelp?What physical factors do kelp
need to grow?Explain the relationship
between kelp, sea urchins and sea otters.
What is a kelp?What physical factors do kelp
need to grow?Explain the relationship
between kelp, sea urchins and sea otters.
What are three characteristics of the pelagic?What types of organisms are common in
the pelagic?What organisms form the basis of the
food chain?Why are protozoan zooplankton
important?Which type of zooplankton do whales eat?Why are jellyfish considered part of the
plankton?
What are three characteristics of the pelagic?What types of organisms are common in
the pelagic?What organisms form the basis of the
food chain?Why are protozoan zooplankton
important?Which type of zooplankton do whales eat?Why are jellyfish considered part of the
plankton?
What are holoplankton?What are meroplankton?What are some adaptations
plankton have to stay in the epipelagic?
Draw a copepod.Draw a dinoflagellate.
What are holoplankton?What are meroplankton?What are some adaptations
plankton have to stay in the epipelagic?
Draw a copepod.Draw a dinoflagellate.
What are Neuston?What are some examples of
nekton?What are the requirements for
prey in the epipelagic?What are the two problems
organisms face in the epipelagic?What adaptations do plankton
have to help them stay afloat?
What are Neuston?What are some examples of
nekton?What are the requirements for
prey in the epipelagic?What are the two problems
organisms face in the epipelagic?What adaptations do plankton
have to help them stay afloat?
What are most of the adaptations of epipelagic organisms related to?
What are some of the sense organs of the epipelagic?
What is countershading? How does it work?
What are some adaptations that nekton have for swimming?
What are most of the adaptations of epipelagic organisms related to?
What are some of the sense organs of the epipelagic?
What is countershading? How does it work?
What are some adaptations that nekton have for swimming?
Why are epipelagic food webs of particular interest to us?What is a basic food chain in the
epipelagic?What two things do phytoplankton need
to perform photosynthesis?What are the 3 major nutrients that
control primary production?Where are nutrient rich waters found in
the ocean?How do nutrients get into the epipelagic?
Why are epipelagic food webs of particular interest to us?What is a basic food chain in the
epipelagic?What two things do phytoplankton need
to perform photosynthesis?What are the 3 major nutrients that
control primary production?Where are nutrient rich waters found in
the ocean?How do nutrients get into the epipelagic?