Wet Works
This shape is considered ideal for creatures that live underwater, like sharks, and need to move fast and be agile.
What is 'Torpedo Shaped'?
Pg. 349, Sharks section
Invertebrates that have hard externals shells for protection are collectively called this.
What are 'Shellfish'?
Pg. 345, Armored Ocean Invertebrates section
Most fish need these in order to get oxygen from the water.
What are 'Gills'?
Pg. 350, blue text definition
This is the largest coral reef environment in the world. Some might even thing its 'great'.
What is 'The Great Barrier Reef'?
Pg. 358, Figure 12.29
These types of whale filter plankton from the ocean water to get their food.
What are 'Baleen Whales'?
Pg. 357, first paragraph
Most bony fish have this to keep them from sinking when they stop moving.
What is 'An Air Bladder'?
Pg. 352, first paragraph
Masters of camouflage, these creatures have a muscular foot that is divided into 8 sucker covered arms and have special pigment filled cells so they can hide in any environment.
What is an 'Octopus'?
Pg. 346, second paragraph
Due to the darkness at the bottom of the ocean, many living organisms in the deep create their own light using this.
What is 'Bioluminescence'?
Pg. 359, blue text definition
Corals are made up of this, which are the skeletons of these creatures.
What are 'Dead Coral Polyps'?
Pg. 345, Corals section
Whales use this form of communication to send soundwaves through water.
What is 'Echolocation'?
Pg. 356, fourth paragraph
This is an arrangement of 2 species living close together where at least one of the species benefits form the partnership.
What is 'Symbiosis'?
Pg. 344, blue text definition
Sharks have the ability to do this when they lose teeth, sometimes doing this for a full set in 10 days.
What is 'Regrow (teeth)'?
Pg. 349, Sharks section
The bluish green organism Cyanobacteria do something very special where they photosynthesize _______ into ________.
What are 'Nitrogen (into) oxygen'?
Pg. 339, second paragraph
This is the deepest division, or layer, or the ocean which starts at 6,000 meters and extends to the deepest parts.
What is 'The Trench layer (or Hadalpelagic)'?
Pg. 337, last paragraph
While fish swing by using a side-to-side motion, whale and dolphins use an ____ and ____down motion due to their flukes being oriented top to bottom.
What is 'Up and Down'?
Pg. 356, third paragraph
This group of organisms share the trait of all having a base with 5 radiating arms and are exclusively marine (never leaving the water).
What are 'Echinoderms'?
Pg. 347, Echinoderms section.
Sting rays mount these on the base of their whip-like tails that act as a defense mechanism that injects poisonous venom.
What are 'Stinging Spines'?
Pg. 350, last paragraph
Sunlight is only able to penetrate water to this depth.
What is '200 meters'?
Pg. 359, second paragraph
This part of the ocean is where we know the most about it and experiences the greatest amount of environmental change of all ecosystems.
What is 'The Intertidal Zone'?
Pg. 360, second paragraph.
Manatees are slow-moving, plant eating, warm water living animals known for their size. They are large not because they have a lot of blubber, but because they are full of this.
What are 'Intestines'?
Pg. 358, third paragraph
This is the scientific name for the midnight layer of the ocean.
What is 'The Bathypelagic layer'?
Pg. 337, third paragraph
Jellyfish have long tentacles covered in _______ which are like poisonous harpoons that shoot pray when triggered.
What are 'Nematocytes'?
Pg. 343, second paragraph
Even if all the forests on the earth were to be removed, these would be able to support all life on earth with the oxygen they produce.
What are '(Photosynthetic Marine) Algae'?
Pg. 339, think about this section
The names of the 4 basins that cover the earth.
What are 'Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Artic (Basins)'?
Pg. 336, second paragraph
Whales and dolphins belong to this order of animals, the meaning which is literally 'Flipper feet'.
What is 'Pinnipedia'?
Pg. 357, bottom paragraph