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looks like clams superficially but are more primitive

Phylum Brachiopoda

these produce energy by the chemical process of hydrogen sulfate

Hydrothermal Vents

Phylum organism characterized by stinging cells and tentacles

Cnidaria

Light penetrates 100-150 m

Photic Zone

Below depth to where light can still penetrate

Aphotic Zone

what is the 10 percent rule

for every 100 pounds of plants in an area, there will be 10 pounds of herbivores and 1 pound of primary carnivores

what are clear and opaque bottles used for

a way of estimating primary productivity

Animals with a mantle (thick leathery skin)

Phylum Mollusca

means two valves or shells hinged together

Class Bivalvia

Have a notochord, a bundle of nerves that extends the whole length of a body but are intervertebrates

Phlyum Protochordata : Tunicates

long wavelength shallow water wave caused by rapid displacement of water

Tsunami!!

periodic short term of height of the ocean surface at a particular place generated by long wavelength aggressive waves

The tides

caused by the sudden movement of earth along faults

tsunami or seismic wave

Pendulum like rocking of water in a closed area

seiche

what is a diurnal tide

1 high tide and 1 low tide per day

Fish without a backbone (sharks, skates and rays)

cartilaginous fish

reptiles that must come ashore to lay their eggs

sea turtles

BONii FISHES

salmon, tuna, seahorse, solefish, marlin, swordfish

Warm blooded, hairy, made it back to the sea

marine mammals

What is the difference between a dolphin and porpoise

porpoises have a blunt nose and flat teeth

describe metabolism

extracting and acquiring energy from food

how far does light penetrate into water

100 m

when water moves across the membrane but salt doesn't

osmosis

what are some organic compounds

proteins and vitamiiiiniiis

inorganic compounds

minerals: calcium, magnesium, selenium

what are organic & inorganic compounds

nutrients

most important factor in the distribution of marine organism

TEMPERATURE *TSS HOT




COOOLLLLD BLOODED

a one-celled colonial organism

Spongggesss








Bikini Bottom.

most primitive fish

lampreys

what do Cnidaria contain

cnidoblasts or special stinging cells to immobilize prey

What is the sensory organ that fish use to hear

Lateral Line

What kingdom do Lobsters and crabs belong to ?

Animalia

What do you call the filter wales feeders that classify them according to their feeding mechanism?

Baleeeen

The most successful Phylum on Earth if success means the number of individuals and number of species

Arthropoda

Barnacles in the same group as

Lobsters ( Animalia)

The pelagic?

the open ocean environment in general

What organism causes red tides?

Dinoflagellates

organisms on or near the sea bed?

Benthos

Active organisms that can move independently of ocean currents

Nekton

Organisms that live in the upper water of the ocean

Pelagic

Organisms in the pelagic zone that drift with tides

Plankton

Sea Butterfly

Pteropod Thecosemata

What are sea-stars, sea urchins classified as and what do they possess?

Echinoderms, they possess a water vascular system

animals that generate and regulate metabolic heat and have a body temperature higher than their surroundings?

homeotherms

Tides that are higher during the tide cycle? What about lower?

Spring tides- high


Neap tides- low

Most marine organisms have an internal temperature about the same as their environment? These are?

poikilothermic (multi-blooded)

group of mammals named after its fanciful resemblance to mermaids?

sirenia

sea birds navigate through?

sun angle and position of distant stars, polarized light, earths magnetic field

marine mammals?

sirenia, pinnipedia, citacea

how do marine bird eliminate salts?

using salts glands to extract salt from their bloods

bony fish are members of

ostheichthyes

organisms that consume autotrophs

heterotrophs

Explain a semi-diurnal tide?

two high and two low tides of equal size every lunar day

What phylum are whales a part of ?

Chordata

Kingdom that regards simple cellular structure

Monera

Kingdom that does not describe plants or animals

Protista

Kingdom of animals that obtain food through absorption

Fungi

multi-cellular organisms that are autotrophic

Plantae

Multicellular animals that develop an egg from a sperm

Animalia

sponges

porifera

jellyfish

cnidaria

superficially resemble clams

brachiopoda

soft bodied animals w shell

mollusca

segmented worms

annelida

single dorsal nerve

chordata

4 limbed animal

tetrapoda

zones in descending order

epipelegaic


mesopelagic


bathypelagic


abyssmal


hadal