Fishes - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Which part of the excerpt best demonstrates that the author's purpose is to entertain children with a humorous story? "In the sea, once upon a time, O my Best Beloved, there was a Whale, and he ate fishes. He ate the starfish and the garfish, and the crab and the dab, and the plaice and the dace, and the skate and his mate, and the mackereel and the pickereel, and the really truly twirly-whirly eel. All the fishes he could find in all the sea he ate with his mouth—so!" "Till at last ther...

Bio Life in the sea Chapters 1-4 exam questions & answers 2024/2025 Marine Biology - ANSWERSThe study of organisms that live in the sea, including all water that has some degree of salinity Oceangraphy - ANSWERSMainly study the physical (non-living) aspects of the sea The Scientific Method - ANSWERSUsed to perform all scientific research, including research in marine biology -systematic way of testing ideas -need to observe nature Hypothesis - ANSWERSA testable statement construc...

AP Biology Unit 7 MCQ Questions and Answers Rated A+ A scientist wishes to provide experimental evidence to support the model shown in Figure 1 by demonstrating the ability to synthesize an RNA molecule. Which of the following is an alternative hypothesis that can be tested to support the RNA World Hypothesis? mixture of ribonucleotides Assuming that the population is in Hardy‐Weinberg equilibrium, which of the following is the expected frequency of individuals with the genotype M...

Biology 2 Exam 9-TBD Questions & Answers 2024/2025 osmoconformers - ANSWERSmarine organisms that maintain an internal environment that is osmotic to their external environment. This means that the osmotic pressure, or osmolarity, of the organism's cells is equal to the osmotic pressure of their surrounding environment. osmoregulators - ANSWERStightly regulate their body osmolarity, maintaining constant internal conditions. osmotic challenges faced by animals in freshwater environment...

___ are commercially harvested in South America for their skins. correct answers Tegus ___ are most often traded for meat in southeast Asia. correct answers Freshwater Turtles ___ are primitive salamanders that have external gills, and front legs but no hind legs correct answers sirens ___ are ratite birds that still exist today in New Zealand. correct answers Kiwis ___ are structures produced by male salamanders for reproductive purposes correct answers spermatophores ___ are the...

wildlife - ANSWER includes all nondomesticated plants, animals, and other organisms; living things and especially mammals, birds, and fishes that are neither human nor domesticated; birds and mammals receive most attention conservation - ANSWER an ethic of resource use, allocation, and protection. Its primary focus is upon maintaining the health of the natural world: its fisheries, habitats, and biological diversity; planned managment of a natural resource to prevent exploitation, destruction...

Ocean 100 Final – SDSU Exam Questions And Answers (Updated And Verified) Euphotic zone - answerfirst 200 meters -where photosynthesis can take place -suns radiation can be absorbed Seed Plants - answer-true plants -not very abundant -grasses, eelgrass and surfgrass -mangroves -like warm, muddy waters -have a root system Protists - answera) large algae(seaweed) -brown algae(kelp), green (sponge weed), red (rhodophyta) b) phytoplankton(small algae) -most producers -diatoms -cocco...

Agonist - Competitive inhibition, binds to active site and causes a signal response in receptive tissue. Antagonist (blocker) - Competitive inhibitor, binds to active site so signal molecules cannot bind but causes no response in receptive tissue, can bind and release eventually. Apply your understanding of channels and synapses to predict how various neurotoxins affect nervous function. - Neurotoxins block receptor proteins on the post-synaptic neuron. Example: tetrodotoxin form Fugu fish...

Ocean 100 Final – SDSU Exam Questions And Answers (Updated And Verified) Euphotic zone - answerfirst 200 meters -where photosynthesis can take place -suns radiation can be absorbed Seed Plants - answer-true plants -not very abundant -grasses, eelgrass and surfgrass -mangroves -like warm, muddy waters -have a root system Protists - answera) large algae(seaweed) -brown algae(kelp), green (sponge weed), red (rhodophyta) b) phytoplankton(small algae) -most producers -diatoms -cocco...

A macdonald - -2500m amphipods Absense of groups in deep sea - -not a result of inability to adapt -result of habitat not being suitable Abyssopelagic - -dark -below 4000m Achieving neutral buoyancy - -reduce heavy materials (increase water content) -lower density of body fluids -add lipids -add gas (hard boxes=nautilus, spirula, cuttlefish),(soft boxes=siphonophores, fishes, ocythoe) adaptations to low O2 - -enhanced oxygen uptake -enhanced anaerobic activity -metabolic arrest -pC v...