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Largest living turtle.
Leatherback Turtle
This shows up in the offspring even if the allele for a different trait is also present.
Dominant Trait
These individual squares can sometimes tell you a turtles age.
Scutes
Simplest kind of flight.
Gliding
Transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring.
Heredity
An organism's environment in which it is best suited for survival.
Optimum Range
Amphibious salamanders that live on land but return to the water for breeding purposes.
Newts
Color-containing cells giving reptiles the ability to change colors.
Chromatophore
A relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.
Commensalism
Classification that describes an organism's feeding relationships within an ecosystem.
Trophic Level
This helps a bird grind food to make it more easily absorbed.
Gizzard
Inner portion of a bird's egg (not yolk).
Albumen
What percent of sharks bear live young?
70%
Round scales with sharp barbs on the edges.
Ctenoid Scales
The skeleton of a bird makes up what percent of its body weight?
5%
Cartilaginous fish with flattened bodies.
Batoids
This organ is located in the fish's tail and contains specialized muscle and nerve cells.
Electric Organ
This organelle stores food materials, fluids, and minerals within the cell.
Vacuole
Actual combination of alleles that an organism has for a particilar trait.
Genotype
When a new ecosystem develops after the old ecosystem is damaged or destroyed.
Ecological Succession
A pair of holes lovated behind a fish's eyes; used for inhalation.
Spiracles
Two dense, twisted cords that are responsible for holding the eggs yolk body in place.
Chalazae
If you're alles for hair color read Bb, you would be considered ___ for brown hair. (pay attention to the alleles)
Heterozygous
An extreme condition that threatens an organism's survival within an ecosystem.
Limiting Factor
Scientists who study fish.
Ichthyologist