Unit 1 Vocab

Question 0

Bleaching

Answer 0

When corals lose zooxanthale and turn white

Question 1

Aquaculture

Answer 1

Farming techniques to the growth and harvesting of aquatic organisms

Question 2

Eutrophication

Answer 2

Excessive algae growth

Question 3

Non-Biodegradable

Answer 3

When a substance takes a long time to break down

Question 4

5 general ways humans impact the oceans

Answer 4

1. Introduction to alien species
2. Global climate change
3. Extraction of living and non-living resources
4. Pollution of environments
5. Physical alteration of the ocean environments

Question 5

Types of pollution

Answer 5

Solid waste, thermal waste, sewage, oil, radioactive waste, heavy metals, eutrophication, pesticides, PCB’s and toxic organic chemicals

Question 6

Living resources

Answer 6

Fin fish
Shellfish
Clupeiod fish

Question 7

Non-living resources

Answer 7

Energy, oil, and natural gas (methane)

Question 8

Continental rise

Answer 8

Formation of sediment creating a delta like structure

Question 9

Continental slope

Answer 9

Exact edge of the continent

Question 10

Continental shelf

Answer 10

Biologically the riches part

Question 11

What is a water molecule made of?

Answer 11

1 oxygen and 2 hydrogen atoms