Unit 2 Quiz: What does a Marine Biologist do?

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Match the early explorer to their major contribution

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Christopher Columbus
Raiding voyages took them throughout much of Europe and to North America
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
In 1492 he crossed the Atlantic and discovered the new world of the Americas
Ferdinand Magellan
He traveled across Panama and saw the South Sea later called the Pacific Ocean
Henry Hudson
Portuguese navigator that attempted to circumnavigate the globe before being murdered by tribal filipinos
Vikings
English navigator that explored and mapped the river that was later to be named in his honor
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The HMS challenger expedition made many significant contributions to our knowledge of the ocean, name one and state its importance to marine biology.

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Who is considered to be the father of marine biology? He was also the person to discover that fish breathe using their gills

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  • Charles Darwin
  • Captain James Cook
  • This explorer circumnavigated the world twice and logged descriptions of numerous plants and animals previously unknown
  • Although he is best known for the Theory of Evolution, he contributed significantly to the early study of marine biology. His expeditions were spent collecting and studying specimens from a number of marine organisms and he studied the formation of coral reefs.
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What skill is a scientist using when she listens to the sounds that whales makes.

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What is the correct order of the steps in the scientific method.

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Which of the following is NOT a rule when writing a hypothesis?

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Scientist conducted an experiment to determine how the amount of salt in a body of water affects the number of plants that can live in the water. In this experiment the independent variable is

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A scientist conducted an experiment to determine how the amount of salt in a body of water affects the number of plants that can live in the water. In this experiment the dependent variable is

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All the things in an experiment that must be the same to make it fair are called

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When you decide whether or not the data supports the original hypothesis, you are

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Which of the following is important when creating a graph in science.

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The best graph to use if I want to compare the price of six different cars would be a

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Why is it important to conduct scientific tests more than one time?

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Please include in your response all of these items:
  • A marine science career
  • A description of the career
  • A problem the oceans face
  • How the previously named career could help solve the issue

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Why is studying marine science important? Please give at least two reasons