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An inquiry approach is a method often used in science education. The question bank provides an initial list of questions about The Noisy Reef and indicates where their answers can be found.
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The Noisy Reef
The question bank provides a range of questions that teachers and students might ask about The Noisy Reef.
- Q. What cues do crab larvae use to find a suitable reef habitat for settlement?
- Q. What three things are needed for sound to be heard?
- Q. Does sound under water travel faster or slower than sound travelling through air?
- Q. What two species are the noisiest on New Zealand reefs?
- Q. What non-visual sensory systems do fish have that humans don’t?
- Q. An increase of which of the following would result in an increase in the loudness of a sound: frequency, amplitude, pitch or rhythm?
- Q. How do scientists measure sound under water?
- Q. What sea creature can act as a Helmholtz resonator?
