About The Ocean
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- 4. The alternate rose and fall of the surface of the oceans and caused by the attraction of the moon and sun.
- 7. A process of development of a species or organisms form early primitive form to their present state, usually involving adaptations for better survival in their invedroment.
- 9. The species name is always written in lower case and underline or italicized.
- 11. Animals such as clams, otters and scallops which have two shells are often called bivalves. Bi= two, valve= shell.
- 14. A special characteristic of a living thing which helps it to survive in the environment.
- 16. Animals that have backbones.
- 17. To escape or get away. Prey try to evade predators.
- 18. The phylum of invertebrate animals with jointed limbs such as crabs, shrimp or barnacles. Arthropods=jointed limb.
- 23. The physical place where an organism.
- 25. Anemones have tentacles around their mouths.
- 26. They are base of most marine food chains.
- 27. A color, shape or behavior that helps to hide an animal.
- 28. cnidarian animals.
- 29. The phylum is based on body plant.
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- 1. The shedding of the exoskeleton.
- 2. A classification of plants and animals with common distinguishing characteristics.
- 3. The phylum of soft-bodied animals that includes snails, slugs, clams, oysters and octopus. Molluscan= soft bodied.
- 5. An accumulation of decayed organic material(plant or animal).
- 6. The phylum of invertebrate animals with specialized stinging cells such as jellyfish, corals and anemones. Cnidarian= stinging nettle.
- 8. The end part of a leg or the muscular disc that a snail or slug moves on.
- 10. Animals that capture and eat other animals are predator.
- 11. Living on the bottom. Plants and animals that live on the bottom of the ocean are called Bentham animals.
- 12. Animals that have no backbone.
- 13. feet Numerous small, water- filled fleshy tubes used by sea stars and other echinoderms for locomotion, feeding, breathing and in some cases, seeing.
- 15. tidal The part of the beach covered with water when the tide is in and uncovered when the tide is out.
- 17. The removal or expulsion of internal organs. Sea cucumbers eviscerate in response to stress.
- 19. naked gills.
- 20. The phylum of invertebrate animals with spiny skin such as sea stars, sea cucumbers and sea urchins. Echinoderm= spiny skin.
- 21. A phylum of diverse and those without.
- 22. hard outer covering such as found on clams, snails and oysters.
- 24. a system of classifying living things into groups which are related.
- 29. animals that are eaten by other animals are called prey.