OCEAN Flashcards
A-NE-MO-NES
əˈnemənē
A soft, brightly coloured sea creature that looks like a flower and often lives on rocks in the ocean
CLOWNFISH
Clownfish can change their sex, that’s why in Finding Nemo, after Marlin died, Nemo becomes the mom
SAILFISH
Fastest creature in the ocean
Fish with a pointy sword
FASTEST OCEANIC CREATURE
Tend to be warm-blooded** (endothermic)**
Ex: Tuna, Sailfish
CONCH SHELL
Conch shells typically have a high spire and a noticeable siphonal canal
EXOSKELETONS
Seashells
Skeleton that is on the exterior of an animal to both support the body shape and protect the internal organs
CONE SNAILS
We usually see their shells on the shore
Extremely venomous snails that we don’t have antidote for their venom
HARPOON
Like a spear to aim at fish or ground to anchor
STARFISH
Starfish is assumably voracious
They find food by numerous detection sensors along their arms
Once they find food, they eject their stomach to digest the prey
MANTIS SHRIMP
Able to perceive more colors than we do due to more photoreceptors in their eyes.
Able to punch & club so fast that tear water molecules apart. When these molecules rush into emerge, boils the temperatures to the high rate. In these boiling bubbles of water, the heat can reach the temperatures of the surface of the Sun.
ANGLERFISH
Fish with a lamp on their head to allure prey
The lure is bioluminiscent
HOW OCTOPUS CHANGE THEIR COLORS?
After perceiving background color, the info of this is processed in the way that chromatophores living underneath their skin change their color rapidly.
FISH AGE
Fish has some coin-shaped bones in the back of their skull called OTOLITHS. These bones has concentric rings that can be counted to guess the age just like tree
PECTORAL FINS
on the side
hovering behaviors/investigation
DORSAL FINS
Front dorsal fin acts as weapon, containing venoms
Others are skin connection to fin rays
CAUDAL FINS
tail fins - generate thrust to navigate
CORAL BLEACH
When corals are stressed bc of the high temperatures in the ocean, they release algae from inside their tissues -> can’t be fed and starve
GOBLIN SHARK
shark with long nose
ARCTIC OCEAN
smallest & shallowest sea
near Arctic region
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
a part of Atlantic Ocean north of equator
SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
a part of Atlantic Ocean south of equator
NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN
Pacific Ocean - north of equator
SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN
Pacific Ocean - south of equator
INDIAN OCEAN
Bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west, and Australia to the east
SOUTHERN OCEAN
Antartic Ocean
Ocean that encircles Antarctica and extends northward to 60 degrees south latitude
NAUTICAL
relating to ship, sailing and sailors
CRUSTACEANS
soft body, hard shell creatures live by the ocean
