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1
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marine plant can fix nitrogen and photosynthesize but the two processes do not occur in the same region

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Cyanobacteria

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The life cycle that typifies Rhodophyta and is advantageous to increase successful fertilization within this group that lacks flagellated spores

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Approx life cycle

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3
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True or False: Chlorophyta can be filamentous, unicellular, or parenchymatous in form

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True

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4
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Seagrasses are a polyphyletic group that all
exhibit what type of pollination.

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Hydrophily

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5
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Group 1: two unequal flagella & commonly from symbiotic relationships

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Dinophyta

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Group 2: cell walls of silica, used in forensics

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Bacillariophyta

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7
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Group 3: members of Phaeophycea that
have an intercalary meristem (in addition to apical and basal meristems) & are ecosystem engineers

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Laminariales

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Group 4: scaly coat, haptonema, calcification

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Haptophyta

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9
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At the phyla level- I have a radula, mantle, & foot
Who am I?

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Mollusca

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10
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My cell are pluripotent and my body is home to many small reef organisms.
I have calcareous spicules but not siliceous ones.

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Class Calcarea in Phylum Porifera

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11
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I am part of the plankton. I have tissue grade construction. The beating of my ctenes is controlled in part by sensing of balance with a statocysts at my crown

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Phylum Ctenophora

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12
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Unsegmented worm with a Rhyncoelum

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What is Phylum Nemertea

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13
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I have an oral and aboral side a madreporite and a respiratory tree and when I get upset cuverian tubules are eviscerated.

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Class Holothuroidea

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14
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Head-foot with beak

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Class Cephalopoda

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Jointed legs with a book gills

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Subphylum Chelicerata

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16
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These pores are used to secrete salt so mangroves can live
along the coast

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lenticels

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17
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Nephridia are used for what function

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What is removal of wastes

18
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Amebocytes are used for what function in Porifera

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Transport nutrients/production of new cells

19
Q

structure found in bivalves that is used to sort food particles to the esophagus

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labial palps

20
Q

structure holds algae to the substratum

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holdfasts.

21
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structure is used for jet propulsion in Cephalopoda

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siphon.

22
Q

The function of this structure in polar bears is block cold water from coming close to the body

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guard hairs.

23
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The function of this structure is gas exchange and is found in the carapace of decapod crabs

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Ctenidia.

24
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In cruising fishes like the tuna this protein within the muscles allows for constant swimming

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myoglobin

25
Q

Sea otters are members of what order?

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Order Carnivora

26
Q

Ear flaps, hind region that can be rotated underneath the body, loud vocalizations

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Sea lions

27
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This group of marine mammals has solid long bones with little or no bone marrow and are herbivores

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Order Sirenia (Family Dugongidae)

28
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This group within the Infraorder Cetacea has one dorsal blowhole, tend to be smaller
And includes Sperm whales, orcas, dolphins, beaked whales, pilot whales, narhwal

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Odontocetes

29
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Internal structure in nasal canal that vibrates involved in echolocation

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phonic lips

30
Q

Barycardia, slowed metabolism, flexible lungs are all adapations that allow for what function.

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deep prolonged dives

31
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This group of pinnipeds has air sac under its throat which acts like a flotation bubble and allows it to bob vertically in the wate

A

walruses

32
Q

True or False: A square tail in Osteichthyes is best used for maneuverability

A

True

33
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These two groups feed on seagrass and are vertebrates

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Order Sirenia & Green Sea TurtleS

34
Q

Class Scyphozoa reproduces sexually where the benthic polyp undergoes a process called ________.

A

strobilation

35
Q

Chondrichthyes males reproduce with structures called?

A

Claspers

36
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This type of feeding is seen in Humpback whales where they create a net of bubbles around prey to scare them to the center and swim up in it with their mouth open

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Bubble net feeding

37
Q

Salps and lancelets filter feed with what structure?

A

Pharyngeal baskets

38
Q

Brachiopoda and Bryozoa feed with a structure called a __________.

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Lophophore

39
Q

Whale vomit highly prized for its use in perfumes
and other products

A

amber-gris

40
Q

water vascular system in echinoderms and describe it

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coelomic water vascular system, the system consists of a central ring canal and radial canals extending along each arm

41
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sensory systems in fishes. What is a lateral line and how does it function? How do some fish sense electrical signals?I

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42
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detect, track, and discriminate their prey, as well as negotiate their environment

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echolocation in Odontocetes

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