Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Final Exam Review

In addition to the review packet that you have, and the PowerPoints on LIS organisms that are posted on our class page (and StudentShare), feel free to ask questions here in the Comments section. I'll check each night to answer. Please read the comments first to see if anyone has already asked your question. If you'd like to chime in with an answer, feel free to do that too.
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15 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 1, 2011 at 1:47 PM

    What is the disease MSX? What are filter feeders? Also, what type of energy do most power plants use?
    -Kate

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  2. Mr. LilleyJune 1, 2011 at 7:03 PM

    Hi Kate, MSX is a parasitic disease that affects oysters; filter feeders are anything that get their food by filtering the water (most eat some kind of small plankton); and most power plants in the US(unfortunately) burn fossil fuels (coal, specifically).

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  3. AnonymousJune 1, 2011 at 7:20 PM

    Okay. Thank you.

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  4. AnonymousJune 2, 2011 at 11:52 AM

    Do we need to know what MSX is? How does current fossil fuels contribute to the greenhouse effect? Can you please list the names of all the organisms on the slideshow because some slides didn't say what the organism was and I want to make sure I am memorizing the right species.
    Thanks,
    Lucy

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  5. AnonymousJune 2, 2011 at 2:36 PM

    HEY Mr. Lilley!

    I know that a type of Zooplankton is a copepod, I was wondering what is a specific name of a Phytoplankton?
    Thank you!!

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  6. AnonymousJune 2, 2011 at 3:05 PM

    Just a few questions Mr. Lilley...

    how does the water quality change as you go from western basin to the eastern basin?
    and
    why did the oyster populations in LIS decline so sharply? when did this happen? are they recovering?

    Thanks!

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  7. AnonymousJune 2, 2011 at 3:51 PM

    Hi Mr. Lilley!
    I was wondering if we need to know how nuclear power works, or if we just need to know examples.If so, what how does it work?
    Thanks!

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  8. Mr. LilleyJune 2, 2011 at 5:46 PM

    Okay, a couple answers:

    Lucy - see answer to Kate 6/1 on MSX; the burning of fossil fuels contributes to the greenhouse effect by emitting CO2, which is really good at trapping heat; and the slides without names in the PowerPoint are various kinds of plankton (assorted pictures in that collage), and a number of molluscs and crustaceans in the biodredge picture (can you name 3-4 organisms in that picture?).

    Kate - some examples of phytoplankton are algae and diatoms - both do photosynthesis.

    Maggie -- lots of reasons, all in Conditions By Basin article. Re: oysters, see response to Kate 6/1, and graphs on Invertebrates article.

    Hannah - splitting atoms of Uranium releases a TON of energy. That heats the water -> steam -> turbine...

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  9. AnonymousJune 2, 2011 at 5:55 PM

    Thank you, have a good night.

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  10. AnonymousJune 2, 2011 at 6:16 PM

    Thanks Mr Lilley!

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  11. AnonymousJune 2, 2011 at 6:38 PM

    hi Mr. Lilley,
    question= We don't need to know what DDT stands for right?
    just wondering.

    thanks : )

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  12. Mr. LilleyJune 2, 2011 at 6:53 PM

    MaryLena - Nope. Not even for extra credit! But for curiosity's sake, it's "dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane."

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  13. AnonymousJune 2, 2011 at 7:09 PM

    thanks mr lilley

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  14. AnonymousJune 2, 2011 at 7:31 PM

    Is nuclear power expensive or cheap? I think its expensive but im not 100% sure.
    Thank you!

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  15. AnonymousJune 2, 2011 at 7:51 PM

    Also, why is an Rocky Intertidal Zone a critical habitat?

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