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Aquatics2011Final
Review for Aquatic Science 2011 Final Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which gas is associated with ocean acidification? | Carbon dioxide (CO2) |
| List threats to the animals in the Gulf of Mexico? | Marine Debris, Chemical Pollution, Human Activities (fishing, boats, building), Oil |
| List the oceans in order from largest to smallest. | Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic |
| flowering plants adapted to live submerged in seawater | seagrasses |
| List the three physical factors that strongly influence seagrass beds. | Water motion (currents & waves), light & temperature |
| In echinoderms, body parts usually occur in multiples of | five |
| In an echinoderm, the structure that operates like a living suction cup is the | tube foot |
| In an echinoderm, movement is control by the | water vascular system |
| They usually have an external or internal shell. They are soft-bodied animals. They all have a foot and mantle | mollusks |
| organisms that live in the substrate of the ocean bottoms | infauna |
| What are some primary producers typical of the upper intertidal on rocky shores? | algae |
| What does molting enable arthropods to do? | grow |
| What are the semi-enclosed areas where fresh water and sea water mix? | estuaries |
| Species that can tolerate a wide range of salinities | euryhaline |
| Organisms that allow their body fluids to match the salinity of the surrounding water | osmoconformers |
| What is the function of scales in fish? | protection |
| What are functions of the gills in a fish? | gas exchange |
| One particular feature found in bony fishes but absent in cartilaginous fishes | swim bladder |
| Crabs, Spiders & Insects | Phylum Arthropoda |
| Sea Spiders & Horseshoe Crabs | Subphylum Chelicerata |
| Barnacles, Copepods & Crabs | Subphylum Crustacea |
| Sea Squirts, Tunicates, Amphioxus, Mammals, Fish | Phylum Chordata |
| Fish, Birds, Mammals & Reptiles | Subphylum Vertebrata |
| Corals, Jellyfish, Hydrozoans, Box Jellies | Phylum Cnidaria |
| Comb Jellies | Phylum Ctenophora |
| Starfish, Sea Urchins, Brittle Stars, Sea Cucumbers | Phylum Echinodermata |
| Clams, Squids, Snails, & Chitons | Phylum Mollusca |
| Sponges | Phylum Porifera |
| Class Cirripedia | Barnacles |
| Class Copepoda | Copepods |
| Class Malacostraca | Crabs, Shrimp & Isopods |
| Class Actinopterygii | Bony Fish |
| Class Agnatha | Jawless Fish |
| Class Aves | Birds |
| Class Chondrichthyes | Cartilaginous Fish |
| Class Mammalia | Mammals |
| Class Sarcopterygii | Lobe-finned Fishes |
| Class Reptilia | Reptiles |
| Class Anthozoa | Corals & Sea Anemones |
| Class Cubozoa | Box Jellies |
| Class Hydrozoans | Portuguese Man-o-War |
| Class Scyphozoa | Jellyfish |
| Class Asteriodea | Starfish |
| Class Crinoidea | Sea Lilies |
| Class Echinoidea | Sea Urchins & Sanddollars |
| Class Holothuroidea | Sea Cucumbers |
| Class Ophiuroidea | Brittle Stars |
| Class Bivalvia | Clams |
| Class Cephalopoda | Octopus |
| Class Gastropoda | Snails |
| a type of external fertilization that is very common in oviparous bony fishes | spawning |
| structures used to bring gases to the roots of mangroves | pneumatophores |
| What are pollutants that do not have a single point of origin? | Nonpoint Source Pollution |
| Producer, Single cells, Include the smallest plankton, Remain near the surface | Phytoplankton |
| Consumers (including herbivores & carnivores); Single or multicellular; May vertically migrate (to a depth of 200m) during the day for protection but resurface at night to feed. | Zooplankton |
| What term refers to any of the different types of molluscs and crustaceans that are caught for food? | shellfish |
| lasts indefinitely because the number of fish caught each year is less than the number added to the population through reproduction and survival. | sustainable fishtery |
| What is the term for all of the organisms that are caught unintentionally while fishing for other species? | by-catch |
| What are species are considered when they are in immediate danger of disappearing forever? | endangered |
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