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Biology-Rowdy Newcomers in the Great Lakes 1.1
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What
a
r
e eyes mad
e
of many facets?
HINT:
Dragonflies
have them!!
Compound eyes
How do scientists collect info about the planets and other objects in space?
optical telescopes [such as the Keck Telescope on Muana Kea, Hawaii. It has 36 hexagonal mirrors]
What is the science of life??
Biology!!!
gave you an easy one (:
What trouble-making
mollusk
arrived in the
Great Lakes in the 1980's?
Zebra Mussels
What is ballast?
Ballast is water pumped into the hold of a ship to add weight and help steady the seagoing vessel.
*Zebra mussels are believed to have traveled to america in a freshwater ballast of European cargo ships
What is the
problem
with
zebra mussels??
They reproduce too much! Atleast
400
per year! But if all the eggs survived, one female could produce
40,000 per year!!
And
they attach to objects and can block pipes.
Where do zebra mussles
live for their entire life?
They attach themselves to a rock or other solid object with their tiny hairs, and will spend the rest of their lives there!
What is the approach to get rid of the zebra mussels
????
Scrape them off their moorings (:
Define
bios
in
Greek parts.
Life/ way of life
What
is
an
ORGANISM?
ANYTHING
capable of carrying on
life processes!
Author
scazhorse
ID
32509
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Biology-Rowdy Newcomers in the Great Lakes 1.1
Description
My first section in my biology book ((:
Updated
2010-09-03T01:15:25Z
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