Section 1 Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
1
Q

Productivity

A

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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Oceanography

A

the study of the ocean and their phenomena

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Marine Biology

A

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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Inductive Reasoning

A

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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Deductive Reasoning

A

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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Theory

A

a body of observations that have stood the test of time

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Experimental Variable

A

factor that is altered in an experiment

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Experiment Set

A

has experimental variable

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Control Set

A

without experimental variable

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Observational Science

A

observing and describing and possibly theorizing; but not testing

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Aristotle

A

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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Pliny the Elder

A

roman naturalist; works in natural history

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Kumulipo

A

hawaiian creation chant

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Jean-Baptiste Lemark

A

environment shapes animals, forms vs function

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

George’s Cuvier

A

“father” of vertebrate paleontology

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Charles Darwin

A

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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Modern Science Originated…

A

in the challenger expedition, 19th century

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

First Marine Bio Lab…

A

Louis Agassiz started a lab for teachers in 1873

19
Q

Scientific Method (1)

A

making observations

20
Q

Scientific Method (2)

A

using inductive reasoning to form a hypothesis

21
Q

Scientific Method (3)

A

using deductive reasoning to design experiments

22
Q

Scientific Method (4)

A

gathering results

23
Q

Scientific Method (5)

A

drawing conclusions

24
Q

70% of the Ocean affects (3)

A

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

25
Q

Zones of Intolerance

A

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

26
Q

Ecosystem

A

system composed of living organisms and their physical environment

27
Q

Biosphere

A

composed of all the earths ecosystems; all are interconnected

28
Q

Environment

A

consists of all the external factors acting on that organism

29
Q

Abiotic Factors

A

physical factors; temperature, salinity, pH, sunlight

30
Q

Biotic Factors

A

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

31
Q

Habitat

A

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

32
Q

Microhabitat

A

smaller subdivisions of a habitat

33
Q

Homeostasis

A

International steady state of a cell or an organism

34
Q

Optimal Range

A

range of environmental factors to which an organism is best adapted

35
Q

Zones of Stress

A

Regions above and below the optimal range of environmental variables

36
Q

Phytoplankton

A

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

37
Q

Ectotherms

A

animals that obtain most of their body heat from the environment

38
Q

Endotherms

A

animals that obtain most of their body heat from metabolism

39
Q

Metabolism

A

the sum of all the chemical reactions that occur within cells

40
Q

Salinity

A

a measure of the concentration of dissolved inorganic salt in water

41
Q

Solutes

A

substance is dissolved in water

42
Q

Osmosis

A

movement of water across a semipermeable membrane from an area of low salute concentration to an area of high salute concentration

43
Q

Sunlight

A

a central role in the marine environment; powers photosynthesis