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| nesting beaches for turtles |
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| high temp. for turtle eggs = |
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| lower temp. for turtle eggs= |
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| all chelonia species endangered b/c of... |
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-overpopulation
-hunting
-tortuise shell products
-accidents |
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-smallest
-nests on padre isalnd (texas) |
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-name reflets beak size
-carapace prized as product or sold for game |
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-largest over 6ft.
-strips on carapace
-only one w/ bacbone *not attaced to carapace |
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- second smallest
- numbers change with time
- only that come ashore in groups to lay eggs
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-3 to 4 ft.
-southeastern coast
-caught in nets and fishing line often |
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- subspecies of green
-commonly found in bays and inlets |
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-flat shape of carapace
-only known to nest in austraila |
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-head foot
-includes: squid, octopus, cuttlefish, nautilus |
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| small pores water enters through-sponges |
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| basic animal characteristics |
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-multicellular
-heterotrophs
-diff. cell types
-strucuall organiszation |
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| large holes which water exits-sponges |
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| on cells in canals of sponges beat to move water |
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| have flagella that waft water int the epithelium |
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thissue that protects sponges outer surface
-has contractable pore which water enters |
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| pick up nutrient particles form incoming flow |
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-warnings
-age
-communication
-identification
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skin cells with colored pigment
-red, orange, blue, yellow |
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| specialized chromataphores that have crystals within them that reflect light |
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| boths sides of fish, sensory organ detects vibrations and electrical impluses in water |
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-gas or air bladder
-helps fish with vertical movement
- filled with nitrogen or oxygen |
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| smooth and circular, made of one and coverd by thin layer of skin |
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| circular, many tiny spines aling exposed borders |
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-back
helps steering and protection |
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- unkown function
- evolutionary link |
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| membranes that consist of rigid spines that act as rudders or used for protection |
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| giant squid known because.. |
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-scars on sperm whales
-undigested beaks in whale stomachs
- dead bodies in fishinf nets or on shore
- videotape by jap. fisherman |
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-moving with tentacles
- using funnel for jet propulsion
-rising by increasing bouyancy |
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| what are the foundations for reefs |
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| can certain corals live in the cold? |
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| just off the coast of a continet or an island and usualy progress form shallow sandy lagoon. |
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| farther off shore massice walls of coral seperated from the coast by large channel or lagoon. |
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| circular reefs surrounding lagoon |
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-venomus cells in cnidarians
- capture plankton |
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| coral can reproduce by... |
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| -budding and releasing egg and sperm into water -mass spawning- |
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| corals are connected by ____. |
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| ______ _______ helps solidify coral reefs. |
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| most corals live in the _____ zone. |
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| what are 3 things corals need to be healthy/live? |
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-clean water
-warm temp.
-sunlight |
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| how can spinges pritect their pores from necoming clogged? |
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-secreting mucus to cleanse their surface
-sponges are a niche for animals that feed
on things that can obstruct filtration |
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-jawless fish
-hagfish
-lampreys |
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