Unit 2 Quiz: What does a Marine Biologist do?

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Unit 2 Quiz: What does a Marine Biologist do?

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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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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

Match the early explorer to their major contribution

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Vasco Núñez de Balboa		Raiding voyages took them throughout much of Europe and to North America
Henry Hudson		In 1492 he crossed the Atlantic and discovered the new world of the Americas
Christopher Columbus		He traveled across Panama and saw the South Sea later called the Pacific Ocean
Vikings		Portuguese navigator that attempted to circumnavigate the globe before being murdered by tribal filipinos
Ferdinand Magellan		English navigator that explored and mapped the river that was later to be named in his honor

The HMS challenger expedition made many significant contributions to our knowledge of the ocean, name one and state its importance to marine biology.

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

Michelangelo

Arisotle

Benjamin Franklin

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.

What skill is a scientist using when she listens to the sounds that whales makes.

drawing conclusions

making observations

interpreting data

making a hypothesis

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

Make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analyze the results, ask a question, draw conclusions, communicate results.

Ask questions, make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analyze results, draw conclusions, communicate results.

Ask a question, analyze results, make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, draw conclusions, communicate 

Ask a question, make a hypothesis, test hypothesis, draw conclusions, analyze results, communicate results.

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

It should restate the question

It is an if/then statement

It is a prediction.

It is testable

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

the number of plants in the water

the temperature of the water

the amount of salt in the water

the water 

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

the water

the temperature of the water

the amount of salt in the water

the number of plants in the water

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

dependent variables 

controlled experiments

controlled variables or constants

independent variables 

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

forming a hypothesis

drawing conclusions

making observations 

asking questions 

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

labels

all of these

neatness 

titles

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

bar graph 

line graph

pie graph 

data table 

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

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

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

Match the early explorer to their major contribution

Vasco Núñez de Balboa 

Raiding voyages took them throughout much of Europe and to North America

Henry Hudson

In 1492 he crossed the Atlantic and discovered the new world of the Americas

Christopher Columbus

He traveled across Panama and saw the South Sea later called the Pacific Ocean

Vikings

Portuguese navigator that attempted to circumnavigate the globe before being murdered by tribal filipinos

Ferdinand Magellan

English navigator that explored and mapped the river that was later to be named in his honor

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

Michelangelo

Arisotle

Benjamin Franklin

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.

What skill is a scientist using when she listens to the sounds that whales makes.

drawing conclusions

making observations

interpreting data

making a hypothesis

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

Make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analyze the results, ask a question, draw conclusions, communicate results.

Ask questions, make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analyze results, draw conclusions, communicate results.

Ask a question, analyze results, make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, draw conclusions, communicate 

Ask a question, make a hypothesis, test hypothesis, draw conclusions, analyze results, communicate results.

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

It should restate the question

It is an if/then statement

It is a prediction.

It is testable

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

the number of plants in the water

the temperature of the water

the amount of salt in the water

the water 

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

the water

the temperature of the water

the amount of salt in the water

the number of plants in the water

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

dependent variables 

controlled experiments

controlled variables or constants

independent variables 

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

forming a hypothesis

drawing conclusions

making observations 

asking questions 

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

labels

all of these

neatness 

titles

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

bar graph 

line graph

pie graph 

data table 

Unit 2 Quiz: What does a Marine Biologist do?

Unit 2 Quiz: What does a Marine Biologist do?

The HMS challenger expedition made many significant contributions to our knowledge of the ocean, name one and state its importance to marine biology.

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

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

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

Match the early explorer to their major contribution

The HMS challenger expedition made many significant contributions to our knowledge of the ocean, name one and state its importance to marine biology.

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

What skill is a scientist using when she listens to the sounds that whales makes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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