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111 Cards in this Set
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what is the eyespot used for
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sensitive to light and movement
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most widely distributed unicellular marine organism
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protista /bacteria
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what is unusal about Noctiluca
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light up greenish blue color
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In what group would you find Noctiluca
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dinoflagalates
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the ability to produce light is
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bioluminesence
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what % of the worlds fresh water is held in the poles
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97%
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the top portion of the diatom is called a
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fustule
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name the 3 main groups of algae
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brown-phaephyta
green chlorophyta red- rodophyta |
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what adapatation allows cord grass to survive in a salty environment
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salt glands
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diatoms are composed of
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silica
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why are diatoms transparent
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to photosynthesize
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what is a algal bloom
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fast growth of dinoflaggellates
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what algae is the most commercial
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red
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what is a holdfast
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fibrous pad of tissue found on algae
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name the 2 types of whales
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toothed or baleen / mysticea or odontoceti
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how are the 2 types of whales different?
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toothed or baleen for feeding structures and either 1 or 2 blowholes
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how do dinoflaggelattes move
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flagella (2)
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spicules are composed of
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silica
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spicules are found in what phylum, class, and common name
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porifera, hexactenellida, sponges
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commonly used household product
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sponges
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sponges are found in what phylum
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porifera
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name the 2 phylum w/ radial symmetry
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echinodermata and cnidaria
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what is a stinging cell called
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nematocyst
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2 types of coral
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hard, soft
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what is coral composed of
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caco3
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where is the largest reef located and its name
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great barrier reef
australia |
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what is the hard covering of the arthropods composed of
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kiten
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krill is the principle food source for
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baleen whales
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another name for the madreporite is
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sieve plate
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the madreporite is what
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opening for the WVS in echinoderms
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Agnatha are
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jawless fish
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sirenians are
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sea cows
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chondrichthyes are
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cartiligeious fish
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osthothecitheyes
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bony fish
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only marine lizard is
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marine iguana found in galapoga
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name 2 unusual characteristics of the leather back turtle
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carapace not attached and leathery carapace
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why do birds preen
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spread oil on feathers
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what allow s birds to drink water
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salt glands
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how many heart chambers in reptile, fish, croc
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3,2,4
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what are the measurements of a leather back turtle
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2m
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only land dwelling marine mammal
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polar bear
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what was found on sept 1 1985 and who found it
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titanic and robert ballard and J. Michelle
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who were the 1st seafarers around the meditterean
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phoenicians
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who was the 1st to attempt to circumnavigate the earth
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magellan
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darwins ship was
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beagle
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the greatest single SCuba dive
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135m
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who invented the JIM suit
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DrSlyvia Earle
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NOAA means
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national oceanographic and atmospheric administration
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SCUBA means
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self contained under water breathing apparatus
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GPS
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global positioning system
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what does a hydrometer measure
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salinity
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what are the 3 most common salts
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MgCl,NaCl, NaSO4
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salinity is measured in
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ppt
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the average salinity of the ocean
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35ppt
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difference between benthos and benthic
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benthic is bottom and benthos is animals that live on bottom
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what do animals need to survive on a sandy beach
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hard coverings , ability to w/stand wet and dry
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cord grass has what to survive in salty water
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salt glands
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coral reefs need what to survive
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clear water , warm water , plenty of sunllight
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What is camouflage
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blending in surroundings
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why are coral reefs so biodiverse
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lots of areas to live and things to eat
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what causes waves
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wind
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Tsunami's are ?
caused by? |
large waves, seismic activity
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what is tidal range
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distance betw/ hi and low tide marks
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what is a strandline
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debris left by tides
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what is a wavelength
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distance betw/ crest to crest or trough to trough
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what is the fetch
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area over which the wind blow and produces waves
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what is a bore
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lagre wave moves into narrow channel
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what are rogue waves
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large lone waves
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a build up of dinoflagellates
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red tide
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a build up of dinoflagates off of new york
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brown tide
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you find hydrothermal vents and these on the bottom of the ocean
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seeps
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turtles can be distinguished by
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carapace
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what has been taking its toll on the turtle population
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pollution, poaching, development
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what allows penguins to dive deep
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dense bones
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how did the sperm whale get its name
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spermaceti in the forehead
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what are buluga whales sometimes called
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sea canaries
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What does SOSUS stand for and do?
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Sound surveilance system
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what is counter shading
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dark on top light on bottom
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what is melanin
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brown black skin pigment
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what is bioluminescence used for
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attracting a mate, defense
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largest tidal range is found
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bay of fundy, canada
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what does tsumanni mean
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harbour wave
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oceanic verses continental ..which sinks
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oceanic
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name 2 underwater canyons
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hudson off new york,and monterrrey off california
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average depth of ocean
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3636m
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what is trough
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bottom of wave
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what is crest
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top of wave
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order sea lions and seals are found in
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sirina
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what is unusal about a sea snake
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flat body and flat tail
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How do crabs breath in water and air
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moist gills
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how do whales dive
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collapsiable rib cage
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star fish stick to surfaces by
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using their tube feet
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star fish feeding appartus is called
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aristotles lantern
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largest whale
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blue
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largest mountain range
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mid ocean ridge
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largest sea turtle
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leatherback
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wrote silent spring
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rachel carson
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deepest area on planet
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Challenger Deep, in the Mariannas Trench, in the Pacific Ocean
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untreated human watse
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raw sewage
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these cause the red tide
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dinoflaggelates
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thermophilic bacteria are
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heat loving
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3 organisms that live near the vents
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worms, crabs, clams ,fish
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need this to survive at the vents
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sulphur
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% population that lives near the coast
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75
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toxin that harmed birds, which birds, how?
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DDt, eagles, brown pelicans, soft shelled eggs
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darwins ships name
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hms beagle
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toxin that hurt fish, where
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mercury
minimata bay , Japen |
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DDT stands for
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dichloro diphenyl trichlorlethane
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PCB stands for
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poly chlorinated biphenyls
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explain biomagnification
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concentrations increases as you go up the food chain
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what 2 fish can have too much mercury even today.
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tuna and swordfish
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