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Example of a Gastropod   snail  
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Example of a Bivalve   clam  
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Example of a Cephalopod   squid  
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What is the difference between an open and closed circulatory system?   in a closed the blood is on the outside, on the inside the blood goes throughout the entire body  
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What is a mantle?   sheath of tissue surrounding internal organs of a mollusk  
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Why does something molt?   an arthropod does it regularly to keep up with its growth  
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How does a starfish eat a clam?   It pushes part of its stomach into the clam  
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Why can a lancelet or tunicate be put into Phylum Chordata even though they are invertebrate?   because they have a notochord at some point during development  
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Say you are fishing in a freshwater lake and you catch a lamprey, why is this?   It travels to freshwater to reproduce  
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anadromous   A life cycle in which creatures are hatched in fresh water, migrate to salt water when adults, and return to fresh water in order to reproduce.  
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catadromous   Referring to fishes that migrate from fresh water to reproduce in the ocean  
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What do you think of when you here the words ostiocytes or ostioblasts   bony fish  
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Where is the caudal fin located on a sharks body?   tail fin  
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What is the difference between regular fishes teeth and a rays teeth? What do rays have instead of teeth?   Rays teeth have plates that crust their food  
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Tell the lifestyle and shape of a fish   demersal would be flat with eyes on top while a fish swimming in the water would have a different shape, more suitable for swimming  
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How can a fish actually feel things in the water?   lateral line, which is a sensory organ  
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Why do fish hangout in schools?   1. for protection, 2. helps them to capture their prey  
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salt gland and example of marine mammal who has this   gets excess salt out of their bodes, Ex: sea turtle and sea birds  
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Sea turtles spend most of their time in the water so what is happening when you see a healthy female on shore?   most likely laying eggs  
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Find a heavy bone on the beach, what does this mean?   most likely didn't fly a lot, Ex: penguin; heavier bones help them to swim and dive under water  
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light weight and hollow bone is an example of what kind of bird?   flying bird  
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Baleen whales have heavy coarse hair for teeth used for what?   to filter plankton  
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What is the use of a dolphins melon?   it focuses and directs the clicks that a dolphin makes  
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discuss delayed implantation   When a mammal gets pregnant the embryo won't implant right away, the purpose is so they can wait to get to their breeding grounds  
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What is the purpose of camouflage?   to hide or to hunt, can be used for the prey or the predator  
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There will be a food web on the test, know what the secondary consumer is   bottom level: producers or autotrophs, algae, Primary consumer, Secondary consumer, Tertiary consumer  
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What are two things that are used to measure productivity or amount of photosynthesis? which is the better of the two?   Light and Dark technique and Radioactive Carbon technique (better of the two)  
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In the carbon cycle do decomposers increase or decrease the level CO2 in the water?   Decomposers are breaking down materials and CO2 is being released causing it to increase  
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In the nitrogen cycle understand that if someone suddenly added nitrogen fixing levels to the earth what would happen to nitrogen levels?   Organisms are taking nitrogen out of the air so levels would decrease  
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Photic zone   shallower waters that receive light (splash zone and inner shelf)  
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Aphotic zone   deep layers of the ocean that doesn't receive light (benthic zone and abyssal zone)  
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dorsal fin   on the back side and upper part of the sharks body  
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caudal fin   tail fin that helps the shark in steering  
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pectoral fins   gives a much needed lift in the water column  
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pelvic and anal fins   used for stabilization  
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