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intro to marine bio
MARS 1020 Flashcards- exam 1
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Biology
Undergraduate 3
06/28/2012

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What is Marine Biology?
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Study of all living organisms (plants, animals, protists, fungi, and bacteria) that are found in marine environments.
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Oceans
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continental shelf, continental slope, abyssal plain
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Estuaries
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where the land meets the sea
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Inorganic chemistry
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water chemistry
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Organic and biochemistry
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(relating to how the organisms in the marine environment conduct the business of life)
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Physical geology
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(relates to the formation of ocean basins, coast lines, and coastal land forms, plate tectonics)
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Physical geography
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(weather and climate – oceans are inextricably linked to global climate patterns)
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Physics
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(ocean currents, wave action, physical forces exerted by the ocean on living organisms)
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first cartographers
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Greeks
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first major British oceanographic expedition conducted by
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Charles Wyville Thompson
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induction versus deduction
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1. Induction: analyzes a variety of observations, generalizes the results to arrive at a unifying principle  small specifics to big picture
2. Deduction: reason from general principles to specific conclusions  big picture to small specifics
3. Both modes of thinking are essential to the scientific process
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