Plants
What kind of plants dominate large expanses of muddy shores and are characterized by arching proproots?
Mangroves
Objects that are (more/less) dense than the fluid they displace will float.
Less
Name one phylum of segmented animals
Annelida or Arthropoda
Under which domain of organisms do animals fall?
Eukaryota
Name one phylum of animals that have radial symmetry
Cnidaria or Echinodermata
Which is the dominant photosynthetic pigment in the phylum Chlorophyta?
Chlorophyll
Salinity (increases/decreases) the density of an aqueous solution.
Increases
What's the term for a true body cavity?
Coelom
Name one phylum of animals that contains deuterostomes
Echinodermata or Chordata
Which phylum of animals has chitinous exoskeletons?
Arthropoda
What is the name of the horizontal stems that anchor seaweeds into sediment?
Rhizomes
What is the name of the force that works against gravity, causing some objects to float in water?
Buoyancy/Buoyant Force
What do we call coelomates that form their digestive tracts mouth-first?
Protostomes
Which phylum of animals includes snails, slugs, squids, oysters, and clams?
Mollusca
Which phylum of animals contains organisms capable of filter feeding?
Porifera
What do we call the division of plants characterized by true leaves, stems, and roots, with water and nutrient-conducting structures running through all three?
Angiosperms/Division Anthophyta
What is the name of the principle that relates buoyancy to displaced fluid?
Archimedes Principle
Which structure in chordates sends signals throughout the body?
Dorsal nerve cord
Which is more distantly related to chordates, annelids or porifers?
Porifers
Name two shared derived characteristics of chordates
Pharyngeal gill slits, Postanal tail, Dorsal nerve cord, Notochord
Name a diploid stage of the seaweed life cycle.
Sporophyte/Zygote
Increasing temperature (increases/decreases) the density of an aqueous solution.
Decreases
Which structure specific to chordates evolved to form vertebrae?
Notochord
What's the name of the hollow ball consisting of a few hundred cells formed by the zygote?
Blastula
What do we call the cavity where food enters and exits in cnidarians?
Gastrovascular cavity