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Title: !Fishes 2

Description: Sensory Perception:Mechanoreception

Total Flash Cards: 5

Created: 11/10/2009 21:07:17

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Term
mechanoreception
 Definition
sensing sound, flow, movement and gravity
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what makes sounds: prey or predators
 Definition
especially important in visually limiting environments
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what makes sounds: mates
 Definition
much mating behavior is vibratory in fish
Term
what makes sounds: solid objects
 Definition
reflect back waves that can be detected for navigation
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water is incompressible and dense
 Definition
sound involves water displacement and pressurization; takes more energy to generate sound in water, but propogates further and faster than in air