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Motu Motiro Hiva Marine Park

Motu Motiro Hiva Marine Park is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Motu Motiro Hiva Marine Park rather than just read about it. In short: The Motu Motiro Hiva Marine Park, (also called informally Salas y Gómez Marine Park), is the largest marine park in Chile. It is around Salas y Gómez, in the far east of Polynesia.

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Reference excerpt

The Motu Motiro Hiva Marine Park, (also called informally Salas y Gómez Marine Park), is the largest marine park in Chile. It is around Salas y Gómez, in the far east of Polynesia. The park covers 150,000 km² of ocean. This is about 4% of the Chilean sea territory. Because it is far from South America, the island and the sea around it have very little human impact. The ecosystem is almost untouched.

History In 2008, at the Deepsea Coral Symposium in Wellington, New Zealand, the idea to create a marine protected area around the Salas y Gómez and Nazca underwater ridges was presented for the first time. In 2009, the World Wildlife Fund published a study in the Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research. It gave scientific reasons to create a marine protected area. In March 2010, Oceana, National Geographic, Catholic University of the North, the Chilean Navy and other experts went on an expedition to Salas y Gómez Island. They studied the unique species and asked the government to create a marine park. In August 2010, a technical report explained the main features of the future park. The decree creating the park was signed on 18 November 2010 by the Minister of Economy Juan Andrés Fontaine and the Minister of Environment María Ignacia Benítez. Pierre Yves, the son of ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau, was also present. President Sebastián Piñera said the park was very important because it is a refuge for millions of seabirds and many fish and invertebrate species. Some of them exist only in this place. However, Greenpeace criticized the creation. They called it a "paper park" because the decree did not forbid industrial fishing, including bottom trawling, which had damaged the area before.

Management The park is managed together by the Rapa Nui people and the Chilean state. The council has 11 members: 6 are Rapa Nui representatives chosen by election, and the other 5 come from different ministries of the Chilean government.

Biodiversity

The waters around Salas y Gómez Island are one of the least disturbed marine places in the world. The island is important for seabirds and migratory birds that come to nest. Out of 93 seabird nesting sites in Chile, 12 are on this island. Species include the Christmas shearwater, the polynesian storm petrel, and the red-tailed tropicbird. Some studies say the nearby Nazca Ridge may be a reproduction area for blue whales that feed in southern Chile during summer. The Galápagos shark is very common in these waters. Local fishermen say they are found only here in great numbers. Other species include lantern sharks (Etmopterus), mollusks such as Nerita morio and Cypraea caputdraconis, and many invertebrates and fish living in the underwater mountains.

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Example 1 — a first encounter with Motu Motiro Hiva Marine Park

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Motu Motiro Hiva Marine Park claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Motu Motiro Hiva Marine Park before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Motu Motiro Hiva Marine Park ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Motu Motiro Hiva Marine Park

In research: Motu Motiro Hiva Marine Park appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Motu Motiro Hiva Marine Park in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Motu Motiro Hiva Marine Park is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2010 in Chile, IUCN Category II, Marine parks, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Motu Motiro Hiva Marine Park outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Motu Motiro Hiva Marine Park in simple terms?

The Motu Motiro Hiva Marine Park, (also called informally Salas y Gómez Marine Park), is the largest marine park in Chile. It is around Salas y Gómez, in the far east of Polynesia.

Why does Motu Motiro Hiva Marine Park matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Motu Motiro Hiva Marine Park?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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