Challenges of Life in the Sea
Directions: On your own paper, answer the following question in IQIA format and be
prepared to discuss your responses with the class.
1. What do many of the adaptations that marine organisms have to do with?
2. When molecules move from an area of high to concentration to low
concentration, this is called?
3. How is diffusion different from osmosis?
4. What are osmoconformers? Osmoregulaters?
5. Why are most marine organisms adapted to live in certain particular
temperature ranges?
6. What is the difference between an ectotherm and an endotherm?
7. Define heredity.
8. What is asexual reproduction?
9. How are fission and budding alike? Dissimilar?
10. In sexual reproduction, how are the new offspring made?
Challenges of Life in the Sea
Directions: On your own paper, answer the following question in IQIA format and be
prepared to discuss your responses with the class.
1. What do many of the adaptations that marine organisms have to do with?
2. When molecules move from an area of high to concentration to low
concentration, this is called?
3. How is diffusion different from osmosis?
4. What are osmoconformers? Osmoregulaters?
5. Why are most marine organisms adapted to live in certain particular
temperature ranges?
6. What is the difference between an ectotherm and an endotherm?
7. Define heredity.
8. What is asexual reproduction?
9. How are fission and budding alike? Dissimilar?
10. In sexual reproduction, how are the new offspring made?