| A | B |
|---|
| El Nino or La Nina: trade winds strengthen | La Nina |
| El Nino or La Nina: trade winds lessen | El Nino |
| El Nino or La Nina: more upwelling | La Nina |
| El Nino or La Nina: poor fishing in Peru | El Nino |
| El Nino or La Nina: floods in Peru | El Nino |
| El Nino or La Nina: warm water at Catalina Is. | El Nino |
| El Nino or La Nina: fewer hurricanes in eastern Pacific | La Nina |
| El Nino or La Nina: more hurricanes in Atlantic | La Nina |
| El Nino or La Nina: drought in Indonesia | El Nino |
| Model that describes how surface water moves off California coast with north to south current flows there | Eckman Transport (or spiral) |
| nutrient-rich water coming from bottom to top of ocean along coastline | upwelling |
| symbiotic relationship in which: both organisms benefit | mutualistic |
| symbiotic relationship in which: one organism benefit and the other harmed | parasitic |
| symbiotic relationship in which: one organism benefit and the other unharmed | commensal |
| A trigger fish moving rocks exposing food that smaller fish eat is an example of a ___ relationship (small fish get food, trigger fish unaffected) | commensal |
| a remora swims next to a shark eating left over scraps of food, no benefit or harm to shark | commensal |
| senorita fish cleaning teeth of a blacksmith (fish) | mutualistic |
| isopods (fish lice) attach themselves to a fish and suck blood and nutrients from the fish | parasitic |
| Catalina is on what plate? | Pacific |
| Catalina is about ___ miles across the sea | 26 miles |
| Catalina is one of the ____ islands | Channel |
| In the northern hemisphere ocean waters circulate in a ___ cirection | clockwise |
| The ___ current brings cold water down from Canada | California Current |
| a south wind would cause water below it to move toward the ___ | Northeast |
| a north wind would cause water below it to move toward the ___ | southwest |
| an east wind would cause water below it to move toward the ___ | northwest |
| a west wind would cause water below it to move toward the ___ | southeast |
| kelp grows about ___ per day | 1-2 feet |
| kelp is held to the ocean bottom by a ___ | holdfast |
| the "trunk" of a kelp plant is called a ___ | stipe |
| the part of a kelp plant that absorbs nutrients is called the ___ | blade |
| the process of converting suns energy into food energy is called ___ | photosynthesis |
| when harvesting kelp only the top ___ feet may be cut | 4 feet |
| organisms creating light is called ___ | bioluminescense |
| all food energy comes from the ___ | sun |
| the kelp plant's gas bladder is called a ___ | pneumatocyst |
| if a kelp plant didn't have a holdfast what would happen? | float away, wash up on shore |
| if a kelp plant didn't have pneumatocysts what would happer? | it would sink to the ocean bottom and not get energy from the sun |
| why is a kelp plant a renewable resource? | grows for fast, can be continually harvested |
| what would happen if a kelp plant didn't have blades? | wouldn't get nutrients and be able to get energy from the sun, die |
| kelp is a brown ___ | algae |
| kelp must have water colder than ___ | 68 degrees f. |
| does kelp grow best in a El Nino or La Nina year? | La Nina |
| Can kelp grow in deep water? | no, wouldn't get sunshine |
| bioluminescense is used to ___, ___, & ___ | attract mate, defense, attract food |
| What is the name of the fault between the pacific plate and the american plate? | San Andreas |
