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List some characteristics of Phylum Echinodermata

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1) Radial Symmetry
2) mesodermal Endoskeleton
3) Water vascular system
4) Deuterostomes
5) Oral and aboral axis
- no head region
- external fertilatization
- incredible regeneration

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List Chordate affinities

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1) indeterminate cleavage
2) deuterostomes
3) enterocoelous coelom
4) mesodermal endoskeleton
5) larvae indicate ancestors were bilateral symmetrical

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List characteristics of Class Asteroidea

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1) arms not divided
2) ambulacral groove
3) pedicellariae
- pentamorus
- rocky coasts

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List characteristics of Ophiuroidea

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1) Arms divided
2) Ambulacral grooves are covered
3) mouth with 5 teeth
- pentamorus

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List characteristics of Class Echinoidea

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1) without arms
2) spines
3) Aristotle’s lantern
- globular in shape
- compact skeleton
- tube feet

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List characteristics of Class Holothuroidea

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1) Veriform - worm like
2) without arms
3) without spines
4) anus present
5) Leathery
- tube feet

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List characteristics of Class Crinoidea

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1) body on aboral stalk
2) mouth and anus directed up
3) tentacle-like tube feet
- water vascular system

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Define Evisceration

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Expulsion of internal organs in sea cucumbers

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What is Luidia alternata?

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Banded sea star

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List characteristics of Phylum Chaetognatha

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1) Unsegmented - bilateral symmetry
2) paired fins
3) Planktonic predator
- head - trunk - tail

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What is a lophophore?

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a food collecting organ that encircles the mouth with numerous ciliated tentacles

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What are the 2 Lophophorate Phyla?

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Phylum Branchiopoda - lamp shells

Phylum Bryozoa - moss animals

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What are protochordates and what are the 2 Phyla?

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Chordates without a backbone

1) Phylum Urochordata
2) Phylum Cephalochordata

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What are 2 Classes in Phylum Hemichordata?

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Class Enteropneusta
- ability to take water into the mouth without swallowing
Class Pterobranchia
- food is collected by cilia on tentacles

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List the characteristics of Phylum Chordata

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1) Notochord
2) Dorsal hollow nerve cord
3) Gill slits
4) Post-anal tail
- ventral heart

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List characteristics of Subphylum Urochordata

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1) notochord only in larvae
2) dorsal nerve cord only in larvae
3) planktonic larval stage
4) sessile adult
5) marine filter feeders

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List characteristics of Subphylum Cephalochordata

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1) notochord and nerve cord
2) pharyngeal gill slits
3) small fish-like in appearance
lancelets

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List Characteristics of Class Agnatha.

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1) mouth ventral - without jaw
2) without scales
3) without paired fins
4) cartilaginous skeleton
- body slender
- lampreys and hagfish

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List characteristics of Class Placodermi

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1) armored plates
2) mouth anterior with jaws
3) bony skeleton
4) paired fins
- extinct by close of Paleozoic

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What is the importance of Class Placodermii?

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without them no limbs

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What 2 classes did Placodermii split into?

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Class Chondrichthyes

Class Osteichthyes

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List characteristics of Class Chondrichthyes.

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1) skeleton of cartilage
2) paired pelvic and pectoral fins
3) placoid scales
- without a swim bladder
- gill slits
- mouth ventral

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List characteristics of Class Osteichthyes.

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1) Skeleton of bone
2) mouth anterior
3) operculum
4) swim bladder
- cycloid scales
- paired pelvic & pectoral fins
- dermal scales for protection and osmoregulation
- most common fish

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23
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Define Demersal

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fishes that live on the bottom

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Define Homocercal

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upper and lower lobes of the caudal fin of equal size - ex bony fish

25
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Define Chromatophores

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colored pigments in bony fishes

26
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Define Iridiophores

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chromatophores that contain crystals giving bony fish structural colors

27
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Define Myomeres

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Muscles that produce rhythmic contractions

28
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Define Anadromous fish

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living at sea but migrate to FW to reproduce - salmon

29
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Define Catadromous fish

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breed at sea but live in FW - FW eels

30
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Define Ovoviviparous

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eggs develop inside the mom, then she gives birth to live young

31
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Define Viviparous

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live young, nourished from the reproductive tract

32
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Define Gill rakers

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water filters of basking sharks

33
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List characteristics of Order Squamata.

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1) skin of epidermal scales
2) jaws with teeth
3) with or without legs
4) terrestiral - freshwater - marine
snakes and lizards

34
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List characteristics of Order Chelonia

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1) body in a case of dermal plates (modified scales)
2) jaws without teeth - probably not predators - herbivorous
3) terrestrial - freshwater - marine
turtles and tortoises

35
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Define Arribada

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mass nesting of sea turtles on beaches

36
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What are the 3 different life styles of reptiles pertaining to reproduction and where they live or eat.

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1) sea lizards - live on land, eat in water, lay eggs on land
2) sea turtles - live on water, come on land to lay eggs
3) sea snakes - truly marine - ovoviviparous

37
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Whats a Turtle Excluder Device?

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net to capture fish that allows turtles to escape

38
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What’s Ascension Island?

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an island in the middle of the South Atlantic that sea turtles sometimes lay eggs at.

39
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List the Order and characteristics of Sea Snakes.

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Order Squamata

  • no fouling organisms (probably because of shedding)
  • often seen in massive numbers
  • can stay underwater for 2 hours (maybe cutaneous respiration)
40
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List characteristics of birds.

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1) feather
2) air breathers
3) homeothermic - aka endothermic
4) oviparous
5) Volant (can fly)

41
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Why do tropical areas have higher diversity?

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they don’t freeze

42
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Why is bird diversity low in the ocean?

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1) the ocean is flat
2) wet
3) salty
4) usually very windy
5) only marine foods available

43
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Name 3 groups of reptiles and how excess salt is released.

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Sea Lizard - Nasal Gland (same as marine birds)
Sea Turtles - Lachrymal Gland ( in orbit of eye)
Sea Snakes - Sublingual Gland

44
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What’s counter shading?

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ventral light & dorsal dark

45
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List the 4 types of flight in marine birds.

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1) Flightless - penguins
2) Dynamic Soaring - albatross
3) Static Soaring (thermals) - pelicans
4) Wing Loading - Auks

46
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What are the 3 marine mammal orders?

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Order Sirenia - sea cows
Order Pinnipedia - seals
Order Cetacea - whales

47
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Define Breaching.

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whales leaping into the air

48
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Define beaching.

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whales and dolphins stranding themselves on beaches

49
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Define fluke

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horizontal, fin-like muscular tail of cetaceans

50
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Define ambergris.

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an ingredient in perfumes from un-digested sperm whale food

51
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Define baleen

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filtering plates that hang from the upper jaws of baleen whales

52
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Define rorquals

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blue whale and fin whales

53
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Define great whales.

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sperm and baleen whales

54
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Define melon.

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fatty structure on toothed whales that focus and direct sound waves

55
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Define spermaceti

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waxy oil in sperm whales used for candles and lube

56
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Define delayed implantation

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prolonging embryo development until the mother reaches the shore

57
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Define nitrogen narcosis (bends)

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decompression sickness - nitrogen bubbles in joints or blocking blood flow

58
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How do dolphins echolocate?

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by sending sound waves from the melon to the target and hearing the echo bounce off with the inner ear

59
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What is a fouling organism and what are examples w/ and w/o damage?

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= organisms that live attached to submerged surfaces

  • with damage - ex. Shipworms
  • without damage - ex. algae
60
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List examples of each trophic level.

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TL 1 - diatoms
TL 2 - copepods
TL 3 - krill
TL 4 - fish, seals, penguins
TL 5 - sharks, killer whales

Oceanography (3 decks)

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