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Spring Semester Exam Flashcards

1
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A flat strip of land, raised bank, or terrace bordering a river or canal

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Been

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2
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A sandbank or shoal at the mouth of a harbor, bay, or estuary.

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Bar

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3
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A tide just after a new or full moon (greatest difference between high and low water)

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Spring tide

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4
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The part of a terrestrial tide due to the mutual attraction between earth and moon

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Lunar tide

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5
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A pebbly or sandy shore, especially by the ocean between high and low water marks

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Beach

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6
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The concentration of dissolved salts in the water

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Salinity

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7
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The part of the land near the sea, the edge of the land

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Coast

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8
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A group of waves of equal or similar in wavelengths traveling in the same direction

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Wave trains

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9
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Wind generated waves

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Wind waves

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10
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The (relative) number of times something occurred in a given sample

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Frequency

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11
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The alternate rising and falling of the sea (twice each day)

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Tides

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12
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A breaking wave whose crest curls over and collapses suddenly

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Plunging breakers

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13
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An area of low-lying land that is flooded in wet season or at high tide, and typically remains waterlogged at all times

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Marshes

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14
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An area of low lying, uncultivated ground where water collects

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Swamps

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15
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A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment

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Ecosystem

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16
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The tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream

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Estuaries

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17
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The arrangement of animals and plants in taxonomic groups according to their observed similarities

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Classification

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18
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The branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms

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Taxonomy

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19
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The system of nomenclature in which two terms are used to denote a species of living organism, the first one indicating the genus and the second the specific epithet

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Binomial nomenclature

20
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A key used to identify a plant or animal in which each stage presents descriptions of two distinguishing characters, with a direction to another stage in the key, until the species is identified

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Dichotomous key

21
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Plankton consisting of microscopic plants

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Phytoplankton

22
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Plankton consisting of small animals and the immature stage of larger animals

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Zooplankton

23
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Characteristics of crustaceans

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  • Hard exoskeleton
  • two compound eyes
  • two antennae
  • three mouth parts
  • a pair of green glands
24
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A process by which molecules of a solvent tend to pass through a semipermeable membrane

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Osmosis

25
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Two solutions having the same osmotic pressure across a semi permeable membrane

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Isotonic solution

26
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Any solution that has a lower osmotic pressure than another solution.

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Hypotonic solution

27
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A solution with a higher concentration of solute than some other specific solution

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Hypertonic solution

28
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An organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide

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Autotrophs

29
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The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize food from carbon dioxide and water.

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Photosynthesis

30
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The rate at which metabolic occurred in a living organism

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Metabolic rate

31
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Dependent on or capable of the internal generation of heat

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Endothermic

32
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An animal that is dependent on external sources of body heat

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Ectothermic

33
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A measure of hydrogen ion concentration; a measure of acidity or alkalinity of a solution

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pH

34
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A fish of a warm seas that normally lies buried in the sand with only its eyes, which are on top of the head, protruding

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Stargazer

35
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A mainly nocturnal elk-like predatory fish of warm seas that typically hides in crevices with just the head protruding

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Moray eel

36
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An animal of large phylum chordata, comprising the vertebrae together with the sea squirts and lancelets

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Chordata

37
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A gas-filled sac present in the body of many bony fishes,, used to maintain and control buoyancy

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Swim-bladder

38
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A fish a warm seas that leap out of the water and used its winglike pectoral fins to glide over the surface for some distance

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Flying fish

39
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Fish that live on or near the sea-bottom, irrespective of the depth of the sea

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Benthic fish

40
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A light- producing organ in certain fishes and other animals

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Photophores

41
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How many days are in a lunar month?

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29.5

42
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Wind must be _____ km/hr to be considered a hurricane

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105

43
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What do all living things depend on for survival ?

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Sun/energy

44
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What is the only natural lake in Texas ?

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Lake caddy

45
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Difference between Osteichthyes and Chondrichthyes ?

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Chondrichthyes are cartilage fish (cartilaginous)
&
Osteichthyes are body fish

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