Marine Biology Final Exam
The orca is a toothed whale, but the humpback has bristles in its mouth to strain out food. The bristles are part of a structure called
Baleen
Why don't stinging cells of Cnidaria hurt clownfish?
Clown fish are covered with mucus to help protect them
To what phylum does a jellyfish belong?
Cnidaria
How do pelicans catch food?
they dive into the water after the fish and catch them with their pouch
What kind of fish are the sharks?
Chondrichthyes
The phylum to which coral, jellyfish, and sea anemone belong is:
Cnidaria
How are turtles adapted for swimming?
Their forelimbs are flippers
What structures enable starfish to walk?
Tube feet
If a blue tang has never eaten a fish, that makes her
A herbivore
What zone is found in deep water?
Abyssal
What is the green stuff that will grow in the sides of an uncleaned aquarium?
Algae
To what phylum do cleaner-shrimp belong?
Arthropoda
To what phylum do the lobsters belong?
Arthropoda
Being a starfish, where are your "eyes" located?
At the tips of the arms
Why do the sharks have so many teeth?
Because they lose teeth when killing and eating
How does the lantern fish make light? By a chemical reaction called
Bioluminescence
What kind of animal "inks"?
Both octopus and squid "ink"
What do reptiles in the ocean have to be able to do, just like any other reptile, bird, or mammal?
Breathe Air
Kelp is what kind of algae?
Brown
What structures are particular to male sharks?
Claspers
To what class does the cleaner-shrimp belong?
Crustaceans
Sea cucumbers belong to what phylum?
Echinodermata
Why do dead fish float?
Decomposing bacteria produce gases in the fish that make them float
The crabs feeding on the wastes escaping from the sewer line, makes them
Detritivores
The ray that is black with white spots and was responsible for Steve Irwin's death was the:
Eagle Ray
What kind of fish have both eyes on the same side of its head when it is an adult?
Flounder
Why do small fish swim around a large sting ray?
For protection from larger fish
Excess water in a whales mouth is
Forced out of the mouth with the tongue
What is the name of the reef off of the eastern coast of Australia?
Great Barrier
What fin is used by fish to propel itself forward?
He uses his caudal fins to swim
What is the male turtle's responsibility when it comes to caring for his young?
Male turtles do not care for their young; female turtles don't either
The bottle-nose dolphin is what kind of vertebrate?
Mammal
Who invented SCUBA gear?
Jacques Cousteau
How does the jellyfish protect itself?
Nematocysts
The barracuda belongs to the group of fishes called
Osteichthyes
How do the gulls get rid of the excess salt they drink?
Out their nostrils from a salt gland
In what ocean is the Great Barrier Reef?
Pacific Ocean
What is the name of the fish fins used mostly for balance?
Pectoral
Sea turtles are what kind of vertebrate?
Reptile
What are krill?
Small shrimp
In the movie Nemo, when the group of fish made the shape of an octopus and Dory guessed clam, why did the fish say "close enough"?
The clam and the octopus are both mollusks. (Octopuses are cephalopods- mollusks with lack of shell. They are the only cephalopod with four hills instead of two.)
In "Finding Nemo", it sounds as if, when the jellyfish stings, the victim is getting an electrical shock. What is actually happening?
The nematocysts are injecting them with venom
Why can bony fish stay still in the water?
The swim bladder
What part or parts of a jellyfish has/have stinging cells?
The tentacles
The whale breathes
Through the blowhole