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Hō‘ike o Haleakalā Curriculum

High school science curriculum designed by Maui teachers and field biologists

Transect

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

a sample area, usually in the form of a long, continuous strip; in coral reef monitoring, often a marked line across the reef (M4, M5)

Substratum

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

the base on which an organism lives (M5)

Sustainable yield

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

using resources in a way that can be maintained over time; taking animals at a time and in a way that enables their populations to maintain themselves over time (M5)

Significant

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

in statistics, refers to differences that are unlikely to occur based on chance alone (M5)

Piscivorous

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

feeding on fish (M5)

Observer bias

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

error introduced into scientific investigations because of the person collecting data (M4, M5)

Natural population

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

a group of organisms of the same species that inhabits a certain area absent of human interference (M5)

Marine protected area

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

a part of the ocean protected by legal restrictions on fishing, collecting, and other human activities that directly affect populations of marine and other life (M5)

Impact site

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

a site being studied to determine the effects of an activity or agent (M5)

Herbivore

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

an animal that feeds only on plants (M2, M5)

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