QUIZ

Ninth inning - headed into extra innings.

1. How far back do we have the oldest evidence for pelagic fishing?

2. What is the simplest form of food gathering called?

3. What kind of relationship is there between a symbol and its referent?

4. How many cultures regard all things in their environment that are edible as "food"?

5. What term is used for fish that are caught but are not the kind being fished for?

6. What term is used for overfishing when mature adult population (spawning biomass) is depleted to a level where it no longer has the reproductive capacity to replenish itself?

7. To what do the terms "mariculture" and "aquaculture" refer?

8. What kind of nets are dragged behind a vessel?

9. What term is used for fishing done with materials that are floating in the ocean with no one to claim them?

10. What term is used for the greatest catch of a species that will ensure the long term viability of the species?

ANSWERS TO THE LAST QUIZ

1. Which bird seems most adapted to ocean living?

Ans. penguin

2. What is the largest animal in the ocean today?
Ans. blue whale

3. Which of the sea mammals can be thought of as "using tools"?
Ans. sea otter

4. What animal is thought to have inspired stories about mermaids?
Ans. manatees

5. What is the process called when coral suddenly turns white and loses its color?
Ans. bleaching

6. What term is used for organisms living on or in the sea bottom floor?
Ans. benthic

7. What is the area called where the river meets the sea?
Ans. estuary

8. What process makes water become more saline when it is found in a basin which has been filled by the tide and the tide has ebbed?
Ans. evaporation

9. Which class of mammals made the greatest change in becoming terrestrial (land living)?
Ans. reptiles

10. What are areas called where water covers the soil either all year or at different times of the year?
Ans. wetlands