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Everglades and plants
fish and sharks
sea turtles
mammals
Coral Reefs
100
The Three major components of the Everglades system
What is Kissimmee River, Lake Okeechobee, Everglades
100
the three scientific classes of fish
What is osteichythes, agnatha, and chondricythes
100
most common sea turtle found in South Florida
What is Loggerhead
100
Seals, Sea Lions and Walruses belong to this group of mammals
What is pinnepeds
100
the time and mechanism by which coral eat
What is at night using tentacles
200
The names of the two rivers that drains Lake Okeechobee
What is Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie Rivers
200
Difference in the functioning of the tail fin from the functioning of the pelvic and pectoral fins.
What is tail fin for propulsion pectoral and pelvic for steering, balancing, and braking
200
sea turtle killed for callipee
What is green turtle
200
Structure that improves night vision in mammals
What is tapetum lucidum
200
stinging cells of coral
What is nematocysts
300
The three main types of sea grasses found abundantly in South Florida
What is Shoal, manatee, and turtle
300
Different types of scales found on fish
What is ctenoid, ganoid, placoid
300
name of fibrous tumors found on sea turtles
What is papilloma
300
Five natural disturbances that affect coral growth
What is hurricanes, bioerosion, disease, coral bleaching, aerial exposure
400
The three different types of mangroves and how they are identified.
What is Red has propagules, prop roots, and is closest to the water. Black has white back side of leaves, is in the middle between red and white, and has pneumatophores coming up from the sand. White is furthest inland and has symbiotic relationship with ants.
400
How bottom dwelling sharks are able to get oxygen to the brain and eyes
What is spiracles
400
The terms for the top and bottom of a sea turtle
What is carapace = top plastron = bottom
400
The five traits that all mammals share
What is fur on body, warm blooded, breath oxygen in the air, have live birth, nurse young
400
Four ways that humans adversely affect the environment
What is pollute or destroy habitats, physically harm animals, and alter animal behavior
500
The two main nutrient chemicals polluting South Florida waters.
What is phosphorus and nitrogen
500
The three senses used by sharks to find food
What is smell, sight, sound
500
term meaning overlapping scutes
What is imbricate
500
differences between odotocetes and mysticetes
What is toothed versus baleen, one blow hole or two
500
six conditions required for good coral development
What is abundant sunlight, good water quality, moderate temperature, moderate wave action, stable salinity, balanced biological community