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Fringe reef?

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Grow parallel to shorelines

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Coral Reefs

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  • Construct reefs= tropical waters
  • Corals shelter is coralite
  • Skeleton is made of calcium carbonate
  • tentacles are used to trap animals into their polyps digestive system
  • circulation conditions= waves, tides, and currents
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Barrier reef?

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A linear reef that is separated from the shore by a lagoon.

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Atoll Reefs?

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Rings of coral reefs formed on the tops of subsiding ancient volcanos.

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What is an example of a Pacific Atoll Reef?

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The Bikini Island

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Coral lives in a symbiotic relationship with a yellow algae called…

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Zooxanthellae

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What do corals do?

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Protect the shores from erosion, provides a calm lagoon area for sea grass to grow, for tourism, and research.

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What are some medicinal uses for coral?

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Many have similar structure as to human bones, treatments for cancer, coral is not recognized as foreign material by the human immune system and is rarely rejected.

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Krill is what kind of consumer?

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Primary

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What is the original source of most energy?

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Sunlight

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Typhoon?

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Tropical cyclone that occurs in the western Pacific Ocean.

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Hurricane?

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Type if tropical cyclone that occurs in the Atlantic or eastern Pacific Ocean. Category 5 is the worst.

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Tsunami?

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Series of waves created within a body of water that is caused by underwater earthquakes.

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Storm surge?

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Water pushed forward by an incoming storm that can be produced by hurricanes or typhoons.

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What kind of atmospheric pressure is normal in a hurricane?

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Low

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Estuary?

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Wetland where a river meets a sea

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Sea?

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Body of salt water that is not as large as an ocean - more or less land locked

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Gulf?

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An extension of an ocean or sea into the land, larger than a bay.

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Bay?

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An inlet of the sea, smaller than a gulf and usually land locked on 3 sides.

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Oceanographic Engineer’s do?

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Responsible for the development of oceanographic equipment such as oil rigs and subs.

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Geophysical Oceanographers do?

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Study features below the ocean floor.

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Physical Oceanographer’s do?

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Study the wind, waves, rides and currents

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Geological Oceanographer’s do?

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Marine geologists are interested in origin and evolution of the earth and it’s ocean basins

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Chemical Oceanographers do?

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Chemical compositions of the water

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Biological oceanographers do?

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Study plants and animals

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What is the main environmental threat to floridas reefs?

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Urbanization

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Where is the Great Barrier Reef located?

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NE Australia

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What is the animal that is on the top of the good chain in Mangrove swamp land?

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Monitor lizard

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Know the functions of a mangrove swamp.

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Filter, protect the coast line, nursery

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What is the main cause of ocean acidification?

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Carbon dioxide

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What is hydrochory?

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The dispersal if seeds in mangrove swamps by water

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NASA receives most funding from?

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Government

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Both El Niño and La Niña have a major impact on ______ _____ and _______

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Weather, fisheries and oceans

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The Pacific Ocean contains how much water?

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1/2 the worlds water
Deepest ocean
Ring of fire - surrounding the Pacific Ocean and subduction zones

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Atlantic Ocean facts

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Mississippi River discharges into it.
The Gulf of Mexico is part of this ocean
Narrowest ocean.

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Indian Ocean facts?

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Three major rivers of Asia discharge into it.

First ocean to be explored

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Arctic Ocean facts?

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Shallowest ocean

I’ve sheets that float on it

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Antarctic Ocean?

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Often called the southern ocean

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Coral Reefs

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  • Construct reefs= tropical waters
  • Corals shelter is coralite
  • Skeleton is made of calcium carbonate
  • tentacles are used to trap animals into their polyps digestive system
  • circulation conditions= waves, tides, and currents
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Fringe reef?

A

Grow parallel to shorelines

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Barrier reef?

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A linear reef that is separated from the shore by a lagoon.

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Atoll Reefs?

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Rings of coral reefs formed on the tops of subsiding ancient volcanos.

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What is an example of a Pacific Atoll Reef?

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The Bikini Island

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Coral lives in a symbiotic relationship with a yellow algae called…

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Zooxanthellae

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