Unit 10

Question 1

aquaculture

Answer 1

farming fish, shellfish, or seaweed

Question 2

consortium

Answer 2

an association formed to take on enterprises that are too large for any one member

Question 3

corrosive

Answer 3

damaging or eating away

Question 4

echo sounder

Answer 4

a device that uses sound waves to determine the ocean’s depth and map the ocean floor

Question 5

feedback loops

Answer 5

results that impact other members of the system in a cyclical way

Question 6

geology

Answer 6

the study of the earth’s physical features

Question 7

global positioning system

Answer 7

a device that coordinates with other satellites to determine and track the location of receivers on earth

Question 8

ice pack

Answer 8

an expanse of large pieces of floating ice that form a mass in the polar seas

Question 9

inorganic

Answer 9

non-living

Question 10

physical oceanography

Answer 10

the study of physical processes and conditions in the ocean

Question 10

pinnipeds

Answer 10

seals, sea lions, and walruses

Question 11

protists

Answer 11

single-celled organisms

Question 12

systems thinking

Answer 12

the examining of the parts of the system and determining the ways in which the individual parts are connected

Question 13

toxicology

Answer 13

the study of how organisms interact with poisons

Question 14

unmanned

Answer 14

managed without a person present