Shared Flashcard Set

Details

marine bio coral
n/a
61
Other
11th Grade
12/07/2011

Additional Other Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
ROOKERIES
Definition
nesting beaches for turtles
Term
turtle belly
Definition
plastron or ventrel
Term
high temp. for turtle eggs =
Definition
female
Term
lower temp. for turtle eggs=
Definition
male
Term
all chelonia species endangered b/c of...
Definition

-overpopulation

-hunting

-tortuise shell products

-accidents

Term
kemp ridely sea turtle
Definition

-smallest

-nests on padre isalnd (texas)

Term
hawksbill sea turtle
Definition

-name reflets beak size

-carapace prized as product or sold for game

Term
leather back sea turtle
Definition

-largest over 6ft.

-strips on carapace

-only one w/ bacbone *not attaced to carapace

Term
olive ridley
Definition

- second smallest

- numbers change with time

- only that come ashore in groups to lay eggs

 

Term
loggerhead
Definition

-3 to 4 ft.

-southeastern coast

-caught in nets and fishing line often

Term
black sea turtle
Definition

- subspecies of green

-commonly found in bays and inlets

Term
flatback sea turtle 
Definition

-flat shape of carapace

-only known to nest in austraila

Term
cephalopada =
Definition

-head foot

-includes: squid, octopus, cuttlefish, nautilus

Term
porifera=
Definition

-SPONGES

-pore bearing

Term
ostia
Definition
small pores water enters through-sponges
Term
basic animal characteristics
Definition

-multicellular

-heterotrophs

-diff. cell types

-strucuall organiszation

Term
oscula
Definition
large holes which water exits-sponges
Term
flagella
Definition
on cells in canals of sponges beat to move water
Term

collar cells

 

Definition
have flagella that waft water int the epithelium
Term
epithelium
Definition

thissue that protects sponges outer surface

-has contractable pore which water enters

Term
ameobocytes
Definition
pick up nutrient particles form incoming flow
Term
colors are used as...
Definition

-warnings

-age

-communication

-identification

 

Term
cryptic coloration
Definition
camo
Term
disruptive coloration
Definition
obscures body outline
Term
countershading
Definition
disguise for open water
Term
chromataphores
Definition

skin cells with colored pigment

-red, orange, blue, yellow

Term
iridophores
Definition
specialized chromataphores that have crystals within them that reflect light
Term
lateral line
Definition
boths sides of fish, sensory organ detects vibrations and electrical impluses in water
Term
swim bladder
Definition

-gas or air bladder

-helps fish with vertical movement

- filled with nitrogen or oxygen

Term
cycloid cells
Definition
smooth and circular, made of one and coverd by thin layer of skin
Term
ctenoid
Definition
circular, many tiny spines aling exposed borders
Term
caudel fin
Definition

-tail fin

-propels

Term
dorsal fin
Definition

-back

helps steering and protection

Term
adipose fin
Definition

- unkown function

- evolutionary link

Term
anal fin
Definition
-vent; stability
Term
pectoral fin
Definition

-next to gills

-steers

Term
pelvic fin
Definition
stabilizes and stops
Term
homocercal
Definition
same size (caudal)
Term
fin rays
Definition
membranes that consist of rigid spines that act as rudders or used for protection
Term
giant squid known because..
Definition

-scars on sperm whales
-undigested beaks in whale stomachs

- dead bodies in fishinf nets or on shore

- videotape by jap. fisherman 

Term
movemnets by natilous
Definition

-moving with tentacles

- using funnel for jet propulsion

-rising by increasing bouyancy

Term
order corcodilia
Definition
crocodiles, alligators. 
Term
squamata
Definition
snakes and lizards
Term
chelonia
Definition
turtles and tortuises
Term
rhynchocephaia
Definition
tuatara
Term
what are the foundations for reefs
Definition
coral polyps
Term
ahermatypic coral
Definition
non-reef builders
Term
hermatypic coral
Definition
reef builders
Term
can certain corals live in the cold?
Definition
yes
Term
fringing reef
Definition
just off the coast of a continet or an island and usualy progress form shallow sandy lagoon.
Term
barrier reef
Definition
farther off shore massice walls of coral seperated from the coast by large channel or lagoon.
Term
atolls
Definition
circular reefs surrounding lagoon
Term
neumatocysts?
Definition

-venomus cells in cnidarians

- capture plankton

Term
coral can reproduce by...
Definition
-budding and releasing egg and sperm into water -mass spawning-
Term
corals are connected by ____.
Definition
digestive systems
Term
______ _______ helps solidify coral reefs. 
Definition
-calcium carbonate
Term
most corals live in the _____ zone.
Definition
photic
Term
what are 3 things corals need to be healthy/live?
Definition

-clean water

-warm temp.

-sunlight

Term
how can spinges pritect their pores from necoming clogged?
Definition

-secreting mucus to cleanse their surface

-sponges are a niche for animals that feed 

on things that can obstruct filtration

Term
agnatha
Definition

-jawless fish

-hagfish

-lampreys

Supporting users have an ad free experience!