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| correction to first question about albacore | 7/18/2007 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: Earlier today I asked about the difference between albacore tuna and the shell used in jewelry. I ...
A: Hermit crabs are one of the only types of crustacean that use other shells in fact their own ...
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| Electric Eels | 7/8/2007 | Lindsey Visser |
Q: I'm a student at the Institute of Children's Literature. I have an assignment on how to write an ...
A: I think all of your questions are best answered by this website ...
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| oceans | 6/27/2007 | Lindsey Visser |
Q: I am supposed to be making a chart about the oceans. I have to include the location, area, climate, ...
A: This seems like kind of an unreasonable question for you to have to answer without some sort of ...
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| penguins | 6/5/2007 | Lindsey Visser |
Q: I am a pre-k teacher in the public school system in Georgetown, Texas. (15 miles north of Austin). ...
A: That's an interesting question. I believe you are comparing this concept to when your tongue ...
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| humpback whales | 5/28/2007 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: How do humpback whales help humans?
A: this answer is going to be a bit of a stretch but I will try. They help (when there is a ...
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| Ocean motion | 5/22/2007 | Lindsey Visser |
Q: Ok two questions- I'm in year 12 studying oceanography in earth and environmental science and I'm ...
A: After discussing this with colleagues, i would say that dimolecular oxygen (O2) is not produced by ...
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| ?? | 5/8/2007 | Lindsey Visser |
Q: Hi I need a question awnseed how is lead pollution so harmful to our oceans?
A: Lead pollution is so harmful to our oceans because it is bioaccumulated and biomagnified (when a ...
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| I need help on a report. | 5/8/2007 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: I need help on a question that i can't seem to find. i need an experts opinion on how lead ...
A: Well I am sorry to say that lead is not exactly my field but I will try my beast to point you in the ...
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| Bull sharks | 4/24/2007 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: I just came across a Daily Telegraph newspaper article on bull sharks, which are numerous in ...
A: Well to start of with your grasp on the salt water fresh water physiology of fish is rather good, ...
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| overfishing | 4/18/2007 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: we too are having a debate with overfishing... can you name one or two good things and bad about it?
A: Well first of the words benefits and overfishing should never be used in the same sentence. ...
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| Careers | 4/13/2007 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: I am a student looking to head into the veterinary medicine and sciences however, i am thinking of ...
A: well there are a lot more opportunities for veterinary medicine and sciences. Fields in marine life ...
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| salt water crabs | 4/12/2007 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: me and my cousin found a small black and white crab by the ocean and we were wondering if we put it ...
A: Well I cant really tell what the crab is from your discription, and I dont know where you are. If I ...
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| Ocean Energy | 4/11/2007 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: What is the ultimate source of Ocean energy? What is the immediate source of Ocean energy? Please ...
A: Well this is not exactly my expertise but I will give you my opinion on it. What is the ultimate ...
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| ocean animals | 4/10/2007 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: Are there any amphibians that live in the ocean, or possibly amphibians that get their food and ...
A: First off all amphibians were originally marine, but there appear to be no purely marine amphibians ...
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| Sharks | 4/3/2007 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: I am trying to figure out if there is any type of shark that I can put into a home aquarium. The ...
A: Sure its possible I have seen a few small species kept as pets before. Here is a Link about it, I ...
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| Hypothetical climate | 4/3/2007 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: I hope you can help. Here it is: If earth had no land other that Antarctica, and the ...
A: I am not exactly sure but I can offer my best guess. I would think with no land masses there would ...
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| humpback whales | 3/26/2007 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: What would happen to the enviroment if humpback whales were to become extincted?
A: First off sorry it took so long to reply I had to leave town on family business. Well the only real ...
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| How do Horseshoe Crabs Fertilize Eggs? | 3/14/2007 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: Do you know how horseshoe crabs fertilize eggs during spawning? I've read a few different ...
A: I may have found exactly what you are looking for in a research paper. hope this helps H. Jane ...
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| sharks | 2/22/2007 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: Are there any fresh water sharks,name some please
A: Although most people think of sharks and rays as exclusively saltwater inhabitants, quite a few ...
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| sea water buffering | 2/22/2007 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: Sea water is a buffered solution meaning that it can absorb Carbon dioxide without much change in ...
A: Right well seawater is a much buffered solution. There are some studies that have shown a current ...
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| Fish at altitude | 2/16/2007 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: I recently heard a scientific fact that states that the amount of air-pressure determines the amount ...
A: I don't really know the much about this subject. But what I do know is that fish are found in ...
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| ocean | 2/14/2007 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: Could you please explain why the ocean is salty? i was asked this question by my 5 year old niece! ...
A: the biggest challenge here would to put it in a way for a 5 year old to understand. Salt comes in ...
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| Shark Infested Waters | 2/6/2007 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: Just how many sharks per square mile do you need before it is officially classified as an ...
A: I am not sure I can really give you a good answer for this. In my opinion the term shark ...
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| Oceanography | 1/18/2007 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: How would I find the names of the seven common sea salts and the percentage of each that is found in ...
A: I am not completely sure what you mean by the seven common sea salts, I have never used the term ...
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| oxygen from water | 1/15/2007 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: I have read that aquatic animals cannot split oxygen from water or other oxygen-containing ...
A: The utilizable oxygen in water is not the O in the water molecule H2O it is in the form of dissolved ...
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| overfishing debate | 1/9/2007 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: I'm having a debate at my school and I'm having trouble with it i was wondering in what way does ...
A: Well first of the words benefits and overfishing should never be used in the same sentence. ...
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| tsunami | 1/8/2007 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: I have a question about the Asian tsunami of 2004. How long did it take for the water levels to ...
A: Well I could not find the exact answer, mostly because there was a lot of coastline effected and it ...
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| Rising sea level, and logs 8' deep in salt marsh | 11/15/2006 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: I live on the east coast of Canada, and I remember my late father-in-law saying that when he was ...
A: Well there are a few things I can think of. Fist is that depending on where in the marshes ...
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| Panama Canal | 11/9/2006 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: I am watching a show about building the canal. There is a difference in altitude on the west side ...
A: The canal has water tight gates that raise and lower a ship to the water level of the direction it ...
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| gas plant discharge | 11/4/2006 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: how safe is the treated discharge from a gas processing plant? The reason I asked the question is ...
A: First off I can’t make comments on policy witch this is deeply rooted in, but with that said I would ...
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| penquins | 10/27/2006 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: why dont penguins feet freeze?
A: The system that stops a penguin's foot from freezing is very elaborate and sophisticated and employs ...
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| Ocean Pollution Question | 10/22/2006 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: I have a questionf for you, I'm not 100% sure YOU in particulary would be able to answer this but ...
A: Well the top 4 I can think of would be Banning the use of soluble fertilizers in coastal water sheds ...
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| Whales, Fertility and Mercury Emissions- True or False? | 10/21/2006 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: I've been having an argument with a fundamentalist, on a Yahoo Group, who is from the anti-mercury ...
A: Well I could not find the reference in question but a college and I came close. I would tell that ...
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| tides | 10/17/2006 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: Why is the tide about an hour later each day than the previous day? My background: uni student, but ...
A: Basically it is because of the time it takes for the moon to rotate around the Earth. The moon will ...
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| why dont sea fish taste salty? | 10/13/2006 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: I know its probablly simple but why when in a salt environment and ingesting it all the time ,do ...
A: This is a very good question and I never even thought of it that way till you asked. Marine fish ...
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| Can a shock from an electric eel burn? | 10/11/2006 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: Can the electric shock caused by contact with an electric eel raise the temperature of the victim's ...
A: I believe it could but it would very much depend on the size of the victim, because after all that ...
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| Can a shock from an electric eel burn? | 10/9/2006 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: Can the electric shock caused by contact with an electric eel raise the temperature of the victim's ...
A: I believe it would take a greater charge to produce enough heat in water to cause a burn. Plus in ...
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| blue sea star , purple sea urchin | 9/27/2006 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: I'm writing a book for children about color in the animal world, and I'm wondering if there is a ...
A: Linckia laevigata I got this off a web page but here is my opinion, based on what there niche and ...
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| Salinitity | 9/27/2006 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: my name is Rachel. I live on West Point Military Academy and go to the middle school there. Our ...
A: First off I think you may want to try a search for The global conveyor belt, and thermohaline ...
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| Water Pollution effecting our Oceans? | 9/26/2006 | Daniel Wieczorek |
Q: I am doing research on water pollution effecting our ocean wildlife. Frogs are dissapearing from the ...
A: I believe pollution does play a role in those occurrences. This is a huge topic with many many ...
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