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Biodiversity
Lecture 25
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
03/30/2011

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50%
Definition
Not all industrial pollution remains in the atmosphere. Up to ___ of the CO2 emitted by human activities has been absorbed by the oceans, preventing atmospheric CO2 buildup from being much, much worse
Term
30%; 200
Definition
The acidity of global surface waters has increased by ___ in the last ___ years.
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Rotifera
Definition
___ are somehow importing genes from other organisms.
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Lophophorates
Definition
___ are a group of animals that have a lophophore.
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Lophophore
Definition
Lophophorates are a group of animals that have a ___.
Term
Ectoprocts
Definition
___ are also called Bryozoans
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Bryozoans
Definition
Ectoprocta are also called ___.
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Nemertea
Definition
Members of phylum ___ are called proboscis worms.
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Proboscis worms
Definition
Members of phylum Nemertea are called ___.
Term
Horsehoe worms
Definition
___ are also referred to as Phoeonids
Term
Phoronids
Definition
Horsehoe worms are referred to as ___.
Term
Phoronids
Definition
___ are marine worms up to 50 cm in length.
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Phoronids
Definition
There are only 15 known species of ___.
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Proboscis
Definition
Phoronids use their predatory ___ to capture prey.
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Snails, slugs, oysters, clams, octopuses, and squids.
Definition
Mulloscs, Phylum Mullusca includes what kinds of animals?
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Marine
Definition
Most mulluscs are ___(where they live)
Term
- a muscular foot
- a visceral mass
- a mantle
Definition
what are the three main parts of all molluscs?
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trochophore
Definition
The life cycle of many molluscs includes a ___ larval stage
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Gastropoda
Definition
About 3/4 of all living species of molluscs belong to class ___.
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single, spiraled
Definition
Class gastropoda has a ___, ___ shell
Term
slugs
Definition
__ are gastropods whose ancestors had shells
Term
clams, oysters, mussels, and scallops
Definition
Class Bivalvia includes many species of ___, ___, and ___.
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bivalves
Definition
___ have a shell divided into two halves.
Term
gills
Definition
The mantle cavity of a bivalve contains ___ used for feeding and gas exchange.
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Cephalopoda
Definition
Class ___ includes squids and octopuses.
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class cephalopoda
Definition
Class ___ contains carnivores with beak jaws surrounded by tentacles of their modified foot.
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Paleozoic
Definition
During the ___, shelled cephalopods filled the oceans
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nautiluses
Definition
One small group of shelled cephalopods, the ___ survives today.
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siphon
Definition
Squids use their ___ to fire a jet of water,which allows them to swim very quickly
Term
a segmented worm
Definition
What is an example of an annelid?
Term
3
Definition
The phylum Annelida is divided into ___ classes.
Term
Oligochaetes (class Oligochaeta)
Definition
___ are named for their chaetae, or bristles made of chitin
Term
chatae
Definition
Oligochates are named for their ___, or bristles made of chitin
Term
Oligochaetes
Definition
___ includes the earthworms and a variety of aquatic species.
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