Latin word for "water"

Comes from the Greek word that means "swimming"

Animals that DO NOT SWIM but scurry, crawl, hop, scoot, burrow, or slither across the bottom of a body of water.

Comes from the Latin word which mean "sitting" - stick themselves to one place and just sit there

From the Greek which means to wander or drift.

Like plants in that they use the sun to make their own food

More like animals - they need to eat to get food. They drift to and fro.

When the water becomes cloudy due to plankton multiplying - most common in arctic regions

Animals that clean up the oceans and rivers of the world by eating microscopic creatures and debris that float in the water.

Maintains the same body temperature, give birth to live young, drink milk from their mother's body, have a backbone and hair.

Cold-blooded creatures that have scales, breathe air, lay eggs, and have a backbone

Like reptiles but do not have scales

Cold-blooded, have a backbone, and have scales like reptiles, but they don't breathe air but breathe through their gills.

Beginning of a river

End of the river

Giant food delivery systems created by God to feed His animals

ocean currents on the top of the water that are driven by wind

Large, circular ocean current systems that often encompass an entire ocean basin

currents caused by warm and salty water sinking and rising in the ocean from differences in density

occur during the full and new moons, tides are very high and very low

When the sun's gravity works against the moon's gravity making high tides lower and low tides higher

When waters reach the ocean they become salty

Place where a river meets with an ocean or sea

The floor of the ocean that gradually slopes downward and the water becomes deeper and deeper

When you get to the end of the shelf - the DROPOFF!

The deep, dark ocean floor

area of the ocean well lit by sunlight

Fairly dark, with very little sunlight coming through

DARK - darker than midnight - no light ever

Animals that are able to make their own light

The pressure of water that increases with depth of the water

Small underwater craft used for deep sea searching

roots, stems, leaves and flowers

anchor plants in the ground and absorb water and dissolved nutrients from the soil

tap root, fibrous

grass, cactus

produce leaves, branches and flowers....hold leaves up to sunlight for photosynthesis...transport substances between roots and leaves.......

transports water absorbed in the roots up to the rest of the plant

transports food made in the leaves down to the rest of the plant

"wood" is actually the xylem of the tree.....a new ring is made each year....

a year with a lot of rainfall

tendancy of water to rise in a tube

pressure created by water entering the root that can push water upward

flowering plant; largest in the plant kingdom

attract pollinators for reproduction

sepals, petals, stamen and pistil

protect the flower bud

colorful to attract pollinatiors

male reproductive part.....has a filament and a anther

top of the filament...forms pollen grains/sperm

female reproductive part......stigma,style and ovary

top, where pollination occurs

stalk that connects the stigma to the ovary

forms eggs

thickening of the ovary wall....aids in seed dispersal

one leaf inside the seed...long and narrow leaves....flower petals are in three's....usually fibrous roots

two leaves inside the seed.....broad leaves in many sizes and shapes..flower petals are in fours or fives....usually have a tap root

flowers pollinate themselves

flowers receive pollen from another plant

store food for the plant embryo....disperse to create new plants

dandelions

coconuts (buoyant)

eat the fruit and poop out the seeds....stick to fur

a plants growth response towards light

a plant's growth response towards gravity (roots)

Bony fishes, cartilaginous fishes and jawless fishes

it has fins for swimming and gills for breathing

the rings that a bony fish forms as it grows. If you count these rings, it would give you a good idea of how old the fish is

a flap over the gills of a fish that opens and closes every time the fish breathes

enable a fish to move

helps the fish move in the direction it chooses

keep the fish from rolling from side to side. They give the fish balance.

is used to thrust the fish forward in the water while it swishes from side to side

forked and rounded. Forked and thin fins belong to the fastest swimmers. Fins that are rounded and thick belong to the slower swimmers.

fusiform, eel-like, depressed, and compressed

rounded, bullet shape where both ends of the fish taper to a point. (ex. sharks, marlins, swordfish, and tuna)

long ribbon-shaped body (ex. Gunnels and eels)

both eyes on either top or on one side of its body. Likes to lie on the bottom of the ocen or lake and are able to change colors in order to blend in with its surroundings. (ex. batfish, rays, flounders)

flat bodies with one eye on each side (ex. Angelfish, surgeonfish, and butterfly fish)

Camouflage, counter shading, advertising, and schools

the fish looks like the environment in which it dwells

the body is light on the bottom and darker on the top

sharp quills or poisonous spines. It warns the predators about its spines or quills

The best defense - some number in the millions which makes it hard to attack an "individual"

inside the fishes body that makes it buoyant and can help the fish go higher or lower in the water

four nostrils that fish have. Two take in water and two spit out water

the ability to see out of each eye separately

a line of narrow holes (called pores) that run along the side of the fish's body that help the fish direct vibrations in the water

make up almost all the fishes in the sea, have scales that cover their bodies, on the scales is slime which protects them from parasites,

sharks and rays

cold-blooded

cooler water contains more oxygen which makes it easier to breathe

symbol for fish which is Greek

'bony fish'

Greek word that refers to bone

like fingernails in that they grow bigger as the fish grows larger

located near the head on either side of the fish's body

examples of fusiform fish

how tightly packed the matter is inside of something

a line of narrow holes called pores that run along the side of the fish's body, the pores lead to a chamber filled with tiny hairs that pick up vibrations that travel through the water

each group of hairs in the lateral line, there are 100s of hairs and they convert movement into electricity

the process of baby fish forming inside the egg

the egg develops outside the parent

if the egg develops inside the parent

out of nothing

Creation, Fall, Redemption

clones or a genetically new organism

sum of all chemical processes

organisms use energy and information to maintain a high level of order

increase in size and replace old cells

interacting and adapting to the environment

either comes from the food an organism eats or from the sun

every cell contains this in form of DNA or RNA

based on the Bible; needed to fulfill the Creation Mandate

there is no Designer; no master plan; life is a product of random chances

specific beliefs that make up your worldview

we, humans are more important than everything

organization, growth, reproduction, metabolism,cells, response

Energy and information maintain a high level of order

simple and testable statement that predicts the answer to the question

variable in a scientific experiment that is affected by another variable, called the independent variable

variable in a scientific experiment that is manipulated by the researcher to investigate its affect on another variable, called the dependent variable

the variety of life and its processes; including the variety of living organisms, the genetic differences among them, and the communities and ecosystems in which they occur

group of similar ecosystems with the same general type of physical environment

part of Earth where all life exists, including land, water, and air

basic unit of structure and function of living things

theory that all living things are made up of cells, all life functions occur within cells, and all cells come from already existing cells

all of the populations of different species that live in the same area

relationship between living things that depend on the same resources in the same place and at the same time

all the living things in a given area together with the physical factors of the nonliving environment

theory that the characteristics of living things are controlled by genes that are passed from parents to offspring

process of maintaining a stable environment inside a cell or an entire organism

structure composed of more than one type of tissue that performs a particular function

group of organs that work together to do a certain job

an individual living thing

all the organisms of the same species that live in the same area

process by which living things give rise to offspring

close relationship between organisms of different species in which at least one of the organisms benefits from the relationship

group of cells of the same kind that perform a particular function in an organism

Monera & Protista

Single cell, microscopic organisms, PROKARYOTIC (no organelles)

Single cell, microscopic organisms, EUkaryotic cells

Multicellular decomposers, EUkaryotic cells,

Multicellular autotrophs, EUkaryotic cells,

Multicellular heterotrophs (no decomposers), EUkaryotic cells,

When a whale swims slowly on the surface of the ocean with very little movement

Laws that helps to save animals

Baby whales are called?

Animals that give birth to live young

A protruding, rounded forehead that contains a structure; used for echolocation

When dolphins race along near the surface and make low leaps out of the water

Where a blue whale spends most of its life

Do not have teeth, do have long strips of bristled plates that hang from its upper mouth

How does a whale moves its tail?

How does a fish moves its tail?

The most important sense for a cetacean

Where does sound travel best?

How far away can a cetacean hear?

What sounds do cetaceans make?

This stays closed while in the water

What is formed when a whale exhales air?

Scientists believe that whales take short __________at the surface of the water

An extremely large pod

Greater than 10 feet; lean and sleek body, have beaks and curved dorsal fin

Smaller than a dolphin, less than 7 feet long, chubby, do not have beaks, the dorsal fin is a triangle shape

They kill to eat and for fun; eat sharks, whales, seals, porpoises, and penguins; dorsal fin can be 6 feet tall

When the outer layer of skin peels off; in shallow water beluga whales will rub their bodies across the gravel floor

Biggest of the toothed whales; up to 60 feet long; teeth 11 inches long.

An organ that scientist believe may used to focus or reflect sound

All-male pods

Largest and most majestic Cetaceans in the sea

One of the smallest creatures in the ocean that blue whales feed on

Whales receive sound through their ____________

Whales secrete a special lubricant to protect their________ from debris

Used to navigate and steer in the ocean

Mysticeti

Odontoceti

Blubber provides?

How do Cetaceans reduce drag for fast swimming?

Odontoceti have?

Mysticeti have?

Humans use 4% of oxygen inhaled, Cetaceans use______?

Marine mammals have adapted methods to prevent from getting?

Mammals were designed so that their_____________ actually collapse as they dive.

The height and angle of the _______________can help identify whales.

__________ orders of mammals use echolocation

Animals that do not have a backbone, or vertebral column: microscopic dust mites, giant squids

Animals that have a backbone: fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals

Eat plants

Eats other animals

Aquatic animal that strains tiny floating organisms from water

Two species live in close association with each other

asexually (budding) sexually (egg and sperm)

carnivores, tentacles grab food

diffusion

eliminate waste through mouth

Two forms (medusae/polyp) they swim

radial

Boneless, brainless, eyeless, headless, footless

A group of mollusks. The name means head foot. The octopus, squid, nautilus and cuttlefish are in this group.

Cells with pigments that can be manipulated to change the color of cephalopod's skin, allowing it to blend into its surroundings

The cephalopod's ability to allow water inside its body, then quickly squeeze it out, sending a jet stream out of its body and propelling it backward.

The tube which the stream of water goes out of in jet propulsion.

A graceful animal that lives on the bottom of the ocean. It can quickly change its color and even its texture to match its surroundings. It has a shell on the inside of its body.

The internal shell of a cuttlefish

A cephalopod with ten arms and a beak

A group of squids

A nocturnal cephalopod with eight arms and a beak. It lives in shallow waters, spending most of its time on the sea floor.

The parts that detect light in the human or animal eye

A cephalopod that rises and sinks due to gas-filled chambers in its shell. It can have anywhere between 38 and 90 arms.

A large, cream-colored cephalopod with brown, wavy lines and many arms. It is the only cephalopod that creates an external shell.

The thickened area over the head of a nautilus.

A creature in the class polyplacophora. Eight plates make up its shell, and it has neither eyes nor arms.

The protruding portion of the chiton's mantle.

Either crustaceans or mollusks

Organ inside the body of a mollusk with special chemical properties that converts calcium and other minerals into a shell

A tube that is extended when a bivalve is underwater

The siphon tube that takes in water on a bivalve

The siphon tube on a bivalve that expels wastes

the extended, soft part of the bivalve that is used to crawl along the sea floor

This mollusk can clap its shell open and closed to move short distances in little bursts

Some of these can burrow into coral, rock, ships or piers by secreting a substance that weakens the material and using the edge of their shell to dig and form a hole

By counting these you can estimate the age of a bivalve; each one represents one year of its life.

Spends its entire adult life in one spot, clinging to rocks, piers, or other structures in the water even when powerful waves slam against them

Attaches itself to one spot, but will move from time to time, usually smooth black, bluish or gray, growing from 1-9 inches

Acts like natural "super glue" to attach mussels to a surface

A mussel in its larval form. It will grow and mature until it becomes an adult

Created by oysters, mussels and clams when something like a bacteria or parasite gets inside the bivalve between the mantle and the shell

Fan-shaped mollusk that is the fastest mover of all the bivalves, tiny eyes that form rings around the animal

Means "stomach foot". Their body is a mass of organs (the stomach) sitting on top of one large foot.

An organ in gastropods with many denticles or tooth-like spikes allowing them to scrape algae off rocks and into their mouth

The door that seals off a snail's shell

One of the greatest dangers to the conch. Can crush a conch shell with their powerful jaws.

A shell that has been used as a horn for many thousands of years by removing the small tip of the shell

A whelk's radula with a long stalk. Used to probe into other gastropod shells or to pry open bivalve shells.

Papery, spongy masses used to contain the egg of a whelk

A living creature that glows in the dark.

Animals without backbones and represent 95% of the animal kingdom

Have soft bodies and long, stinging body parts. Not really fish.

An invertebrate species that can live for over 100 years.

What is the world's largest and heaviest creature without a backbone?

A cehpalopod so smart it sometimes uses tools to hunt.

soft and flexible but keeps its shape

fish with a skeleton made soft and flexible yet keeping its shape

sharks, rays, agnathans

cartilage

"skin"

"teeth"

thick and rubbery

eat things that are found on the ocean floor such as benthic animals

cover for a sharks gills

breathing holes on top of their body

can be round, triangular, or diamond-shaped

flips sand on its back, its venom, sharp spines,

majority of most rays

sting rays, eagle rays, and electric rays

creatures that clean up the ocean and river floors by eating microscopic creatures and debris

where certain fish and sometimes shrimp clean the teeth or bodies of the fishes that have come to be cleaned

Many are bottom dwellers, scavenge on the ocean floor for food, streamlined in a perfect fusiform for fast swimming

250-500

Nerve receptors sharks use to find food because they sense electricity in the water

"without a jaw"

When an animal is born in fresh water but lives its adult life in salt water