Unit 1 Marine Biology

A possible explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested. 

• data
• theory
• hypothesis
• fact

A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. 

• scientific method
• recipe
• data collection
• metric system

List the Scientific Process steps in order.

• Observation, Question, Hypothesis, Experiment, Data, Conclusion

• Conclusion, Observation, Experiment, Data, Hypothesis

• Observation, Experiment, Hypothesis, Conclusion, Data, Question

• None of the above

What do marine biologists study?

• only the ocean floor

• just marine mammals

• ALL of the organisms in the ocean environment

• only seaweeds and plankton

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

What was one of the most significant scientific trips in the history of marine biology?

• Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigating the globe for the first time (or least some of his crew)

• Captain James Cook voyaging multiple times around the Earth (until he met his end in Hawaii)

• The HMS Challenger's three and half years expedition

Sonar is the use of _____________ to "see" in the ocean.

• light

• sound

• cameras

• lasers

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

The outermost layer of the Earth that contains the continents and the oceans.

• mantle
• crust
• outer core
• inner core

The layer of rock between the Earth's core and crust.

• outer core
• crust
• inner core
• mantle

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

Liquid metal layer that surrounds the Earth's inner core.

• inner core
• crust
• outer core
• mantle

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

Solid metal layer at the center of the Earth.

• mantle
• outer core
• inner core
• crust

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3