1. Title: Deep-Sea Scat Category: Biology Subcategory: Difficulty: Unknown Year 2004 Bowl: Shore Bowl Author: C. Grant Law Contact info: 732-932-6555 ext 310 Email law@marine.rutgers.edulaw@marine.rutgers.edu IMCS, Rutgers University 71 Dudley Rd. New Brunswick, NJ 08901

2. QUESTION Round:Time: 2 minutesStandard/Category: Biology QUESTION: Animal feces are a dominant feature of the deep-sea floor, but have often been difficult to match up with the animals which produce them. See how well you can do... 1)What is the ecological term for animals that feed on mud? (2 points) 2)Draw a line from each animal on the left to its most likely fecal trace on the right (2 points for each correct match). 3)Identify the animals. You will receive 2 points for each correctly identified phylum, and 2 point for each correctly identified class (common names are acceptable).

3. ANSWER Round:Time: 2 minutesStandard/Category: Biology QUESTION/ANSWERS: Phylum: Annelid(a) Class: Polychaeta (bristle-worm) Phylum: Hemichordat(e/ata) Class: Enteropneusta (acorn-worm) Phylum: Echinoderm(ata) Class: Holothuroidea (sea-cucumber) 1)What is the ecological term for animals that feed on mud? (2 points) ANSWER: Deposit feeders (or detritivores) 1)Draw a line from each animal on the left to its most likely fecal trace on the right (2 points for each correct match). 2)Identify the animals. You will receive 2 points for each correctly identified phylum, and 2 point for each correctly identified class (common names are acceptable). Heezen, BC and Hollister, CD. 1971. The Face of the Deep. Oxford University Press. (Figs. 2.57, 5.4, 5.6, 5.10) Gage, JD and Tyler, PA. 1991. Deep-Sea Biology: A Natural History of Organisms at the Deep-Sea Floor. Cambridge University Press. (Fig. 14.1) McConnaughey & McConnaughey, 1916. Pacific Coast (Audubon Field Guide). Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (Plate 407)