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Review for Aquatic Science 2011 Final Exam

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