In 1-2 sentence, answer the following: 2. Describe an example of an organism tha
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Question
In 1-2 sentence, answer the following:
2. Describe an example of an organism that spends only part of its life cycle in the plankton. Also, what is the term used to describe this.
3. What is biodiversity prospecting and why might it help as a conservation strategy?
4. What is a necropsy and why might a necropsy on a deep sea fish, like the giant oarfish, be different than a normal necropsy on a marine mammal?
5. What is the food source for sharks and at which trophic level(s) do sharks feed?
Should contain 3 full sentences, answer the following;
6.Compare and contrast the following two organisms in terms of their food source, habitat, and predators: sharks and mussels.
7.Seabirds have some interesting characteristics to deal with the relatively harsh environment of the ocean.One is how seabirds conserve water reducing the amount of water they lose, and the second, is how seabirds are able to drink saltwater without becoming dehydrated. Describe the basic processes for how seabirds do both of these.
8.Coral are threatened in almost every area in the ocean, and bleaching is a process that often occur before a large die off of coral. Define coral bleaching and provide three scenarios under which a coral reef may have a large bleaching event?
Explanation / Answer
2) Organisms like larvae of sea urchins, star fish, marine worms and crustaceans spend only part of their life cycle in the plankton. After this they move into nekton or benthic areas.
Meroplantkon is the term used to describe such organisms which spend part of their life cycle in the plankton.