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Quiz 1 Lesson 1
zoology 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When you go to the beach, where is the best place to look for sea life? | Tide pools |
| Where will you find jellyfish, white angler crabs, and gulper eels? | the abyssal plain |
| The waters that are not salty like the ocean are called what? | fresh water |
| What are the 4 oceans of the world? | Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic |
| What is an estuary? | A place where a river meets with the ocean |
| What are neap tides? | When the sun's gravity works against the moon's gravity and causes high tides to be lower and low tides to be higher |
| How many days does it take the moon to travel around the earth? | more than 28 |
| What happens during a full moon or a new moon? | high tides are higher, low tides are lower, these are spring tides. |
| Circular patterns of the oceans currents are called? | gyres |
| Why did God create plankton? | to feed many of the ocean animals |
| What is the difference between vertebrates and invertebrates? | vertebrates have a backbone |
| What did God do to clean up the oceans and rivers of the world? | created filter feeders |
| sessile comes from the Latin word sessilis that means what? | sitting ie sponges are sessile |
| Animals that scurry, hop, slither, or scoot are called... | benthic |
| Name some nektonic animals. What does this word mean? | whales, seals, fish, sea snakes; swimming |
| A Latin word that means, water. | Aqua |
| Name some animals that are not benthic but sit on the bottom of a lake or ocean. | flounder, stingrays |
| What does planktos mean? | to drift or wander |
| What are the 2 kinds of plankton? | phytoplankton, zooplankton |
| Which of the 2 kinds of plankton use the sun to make their own food? | phytoplankton |
| Warm-blooded | body temperature stays the same |
| What causes tides? | the moon |
| What is the beginning of a river called? | the head |