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| How much of the Earth is covered in water? |
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| What do oceans do for our planet? |
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Supply food
Stabilize temperature and climate |
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| What percent of life on Earth is found in the oceans? |
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| What are the 5 main sources of our water? |
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Ice caps/ Glaciers
Groundwater
Lakes, rivers, and the atmosphere
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Oceans |
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| Why should we worry about the available drinking water on Earth? |
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| Fresh water is getting harder to find since only 2% of the water on Earth is fresh water. Fresh water is endangered. |
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| The study of the ocean and the organisms within it |
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| Why do scientists use graphs? |
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| Help scientists visually demonstrate what their data says |
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| What can be done with most data? |
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| Type of graph comparing one set of data to another |
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| Type of graph that shows how parts relate to a whole |
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| Type of graph that shows the relationship between on set of data to another |
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| What four bits of information should go along with every graph? |
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Labels on X-Axis
Labels on Y-Axis |
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| Characteristics that help a living thing survive in its environment |
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| List the 4 abiotic factors that you use to identify each zone of the ocean. |
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Temperature
Amount of Light
Water Pressure
Salinity |
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| An animal's ability to create their own light |
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| What are the three zones of the ocean? |
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| Where do 90% of the ocean creatures live? |
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| Ability to stretch their stomachs in order to eat creatures larger than themselves |
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| Brittle Stars Adaptations |
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| Filter water for nutrients |
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Latitude and Longitude Lines
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Compass Rose |
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| What lines begin at the Equator? |
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| Which way does Latitude run? |
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| What lines begin at the Prime Meridian? |
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| Why way does Longitude run? |
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| What are the 4 hemispheres that divide earth? |
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Northwest
Northeast
Southeast
Southwest |
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| North America is in what hemisphere? |
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| Where do the majority of animals that produce bioluminescence live? |
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| structures that produce light |
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| Move from one place to another |
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| Things an animal does to survive in its environment |
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| Example of behavioral adaptation |
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| Things that are built into an animal to help it survive in its environment |
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| Example of physical adaptation |
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| Upward movement of nutrients from the ocean floor. |
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| How much of the world's water is ice caps? |
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| How much of the world's water is groundwater? |
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| How much of the world's water is Lakes, Rivers and atmosphere? |
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| How much of the world's water is unaccounted for? |
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| How much of the world's water is Oceans? |
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| 1. Some creatures produce light with a chemical reaction inside their bodies called bioluminescence. How does bioluminescence benefit creatures? |
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| Capture-recapture is one way scientists: |
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| See if action is needed to protect species` |
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| How might humans have a negative impact in the ocean? |
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| Temperature, availability of food, predators, are all examples of: |
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| Ocean organisms that can give off a sudden burst of light do this to: |
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| A sea creature with bioluminescence lures uses this adaptation to: |
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| the variable that is changed on purpose by the experimenter |
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| the variable that responds |
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| the group (standard) to which everything is compared |
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| all factors which are NOT allowed to change during the experiment |
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| The animal's ability to create light. |
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| How does bioluminescence help animals? |
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In order to feed
To protect themselves
To find a mate |
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| Help scientists visually demonstrate what their data says |
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| Structures that produce light |
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| data based on observations (using your five senses) or information characterized by categories. |
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| What are some examples of qualitative data? |
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| What was collected from the experiment |
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| Things that animals do to survive in its environment |
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| Things that are built into a animal to help it survive in its environment |
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| Highest Zone in the ocean. Most sunlight. Contains 90% of animals in the ocean. |
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| Middle zone in the ocean. Has some creatures with bioluminescence. Has some sunlight. |
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| Bottom and largest zone in ocean. Most creatures have sensory adaptations. No sunlight at all. |
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| Numerical Data which is preferred by scientists when appropriate. |
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| upward movement of nutrients from the ocean floor |
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| When animals move from one place to another |
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