Miscellaneous
What is marine biology?
The study of life in salt water
Name an animal that has the name fish in it but it isn't a fish.
Starfish, jellyfish, cuttlefish
What is the only marine amphibian that we know of?
Crab-eating frog
How do mammals have babies?
They give birth to live young
What two body parts do all vertebrates have?
A skull and backbone
Give the scientific name for the sunlight zone and twilight zone of the ocean.
Epipelagic and Messopelagic zones
Is a shark a mammal or a fish?
A shark is a fish
What kind of body covering do amphibians have?
Thin, moist skin
True or false: All birds can fly.
False, not all birds can fly such as the penguin
What is the only type of symmetry that vertebrates can have?
Bilateral symmetry
Give the scientific name for the midnight, abyssal, and trench zones of the ocean.
Bathypelagic, Abyssalpelagic, and Hadopelagic zones
What organ do fish use to breathe?
The breathe through gills
What kind of body covering do reptiles have?
Scaly, thick, dry body coverings
Which type of whales use echolocation - toothed or baleen whales?
Toothed whales use echolocation
Does a vertebrate have an exoskeleton or an endoskeleton?
Endoskeleton
Name the five oceans.
Arctic, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Southern Oceans
Are fish endothermic or ectothermic?
Fish are ectothermic
What is the largest sea turtle species?
The Leatherback Turtle
What two characteristics do both birds and mammals share? Body covering, how they breathe, how they have babies, body temperature
How they breathe - lungs
Body temperature - endothermic
What percentage of animals are vertebrates?
5%
Name the five marine kingdoms
Protists, Bacteria, Fungi, Animals, and Plants
Name three types of fish.
Jawless, bony, and cartilaginous
Name four species of sea reptiles.
Sea turtle, sea snake, saltwater crocodile, and marine iguana
Name three reasons marine animals migrate.
Food, breeding/bearing young, warmer temperatures
What is the biggest marine vertebrate animal?
The blue whale