Chapter 5 Test Flashcards
Crustacean that runs sideways
crab
Single shell
univalve
Produces pearls
oyster
Two shells
bivalve
Underground places where water collects
aquifers
small crustacean; scavenger
shrimp
The tides that occur when the sun and moon are at right angles to the earth and pull in different directions?
neap tides
What fractional part of the earths surface is covered by oceans?
3/4
The tide that experiences the highest high-tide and the lowest low-tides?
spring tides
The smallest part of a substance that still has the quality of the substance?
molecule
All living things must contain some ________________ in their body tissues?
water
The tide that occurs when the water has reached its highest point before it starts falling again?
high tide
The zone between low-tide and high-tide lines where most ocean plants and animals live?
intertidal zone
The tide that occurs when the water has reached its lowest point?
low tide
A carnivorous crustacean with two large pincers?
lobster
Three stages of the water cycle are:
precipitation, evaporation, and condensation
Name two mollusks:
cowrie, conch, sea snail, oyster, clam, mussel
Name two crustaceans:
shrimp, lobster, crab
How type of feet do sea stars or starfish have?
tube
A parrotfish’s teeth are ________________ together and can bite through fishhooks.
fused
What is the most poisonous fish?
stonefish
Pinniped means?
wing-footed
As mammals baby whales are _______________ under water.
born
The fish that looks like a snake?
moray eel
The largest of all flying birds ?
wandering albatross
The fish that helps larger fish by eating bothersome parasites?
wrasse (r- ah-s)
The pinniped that has a set of tusks which he uses as a fifth leg?
walrus
Seals that have small outer ears are ____________ ____________.
eared seals
Sea mammals have a thick layer of this to keep warm?
blubber
Most penguins live near this continent?
Antartica
Are whales warm or cold blooded?
warm
The largest of all pinnipeds?
elephant seal
Choose one: The walrus lives near the (North or South) Pole?
North
The emperor penguin is the ___________________ of all penguins.
tallest
The sea otter is one of the few animals clever enough to use ______________ .
tools
Corral reefs are made up of _______________ ______________.
corral polyps
The Great Barrier Reef is off the coast which continent?
Australia
The cleaner mimic that will bite the large fish is the ____________.
blenny
