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Fall 2013-2014 Aquatic Science Semester Exam Review
1. Turbidity
2. Dissolved oxygen
3. TAN
4. pH, proper pH range for aquatic organisms, dangers of low pH
5. Limiting factor
6. Carrying capacity
7. 1st two limiting factors in aquatic systems
8. Osmosis
9. Diffusion
10. Alkalinity
11. Water Hardness
12. Stressor
13. Cortisol
14. Acute Mortality
15. Peracute Mortality
16. Chronic Mortality
17. Biotic factor
18. Abiotic factor
19. Biome
20. Habitat
21. Niche
22. Ecosystem
23. Community
24. Population
25. Pioneer species
26. Climax community
27. Know the symbols for the following polyatomic ions:
a. Ammonia
b. Ammonium
c. Nitrate
d. Nitrite
e. Carbonate
f. Phosphate
g. Hydronium
h. Hydroxide
28. Know the difference in the following relationships:
a. Predator
b. Prey
c. Symbiosis
d. Mutualism
e. Parasitism
f. Commensalism
29. Name two types of life that remove ammonia from an aquatic system.
30. Write out a general nitrogen cycle
31. Be able to label the fins on a fish as well as anterior, posterior, dorsal and ventral.
32. What is a lateral line and where is it generally located.
33. Placoid scales, ganoid scales, cycloid scales, ctenoid scales
34. What is the earliest known fish?
35. Why do fish have fins? Gills?
36. Know the difference in fish eyes and how it related to the depth of the water they thrive in.
37. Know the symptoms of the following diseases:
a. Ick
b. Flukes
c. Dropsy
d. Swim bladder disease
e. Slime Disease
f. Hole-in-the-head Disease
g. Fin rot
h. Pop-eye
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Oceanography –
Earliest Recorded Sea Voyage –
Phoenicians –
Polynesians –
Greeks –
Pytheas –
Eratothenes –
Leif Eriksson –
Christopher Columbus –
Ferdinand Magellan –
Shift in Reasons for Ocean Voyages (18th Century) –
Ben Franklin & the Gulf Stream –
Charles Darwin –
The Rosses & Edward Forbes –
Polar Oceanography & the Fram –
Plate Tectonics –
Deep Sea Submersibles –
Jacques Cousteau –
Kingdom vs. Genus species –
Plankton –
Nekton –
Benthos –
Phytoplankton vs. Zooplankton –
Mero/holoplanktonic –
Distribution of species on Earth –
Adaptations for:
a. Density/viscosity of water –
b. Appendages –
c. Surface area –
d. Variations in temperature –
e. Variations in salinity –
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65. Hypotonic –
66. DO & depth of water –
67. Adaptations for water’s transparency:
a. Transparency –
b. Camouflage –
c. Countershading –
d. Chromatophores –
e. Deep scattering layer –
68. Pelagic –
69. Benthic –
70. Epipelagic –
71. Mesopelagic –
72. Bathypelagic –
73. Abyssopelagic –
74. Hadal –
75. Euphotic –
76. Disphotic –
77. Aphotic –
78. Coastal Waters –
79. Estuaries –
80. Lagoon –
81. Coastal wetlands –
82. Pollution of coastal waters –
83. Petroleum pollution –
84. Sewage sludge –
85. DDT/Biomagnification –
86. Mercury/Minimata Disease –
87. Non-point-source pollution –
88. Oceanic garbage patches –
89. Plastic & the environment –
90. Important percentages associated with water –
91. Inorganic vs. Organic –
92. Hydrophilic vs. hydrophobic –
93. Alkalinity –
94. Carbonate buffering system –
95. Diatoms –
96. Euglena –
97. Paramecium –
98. Hydra –
99. Amoeba –
100. Biomass –
101. Species Richness –
102. Species Abundance –
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Guild –
Prime Niche –
Biofilms –
3 benefits for bacteria in forming a biofilm –
BOD –
Prochlorococcus –
Psychrophilic/tolerant –
Barophilic/tolerant –
Hydrothermal Vent –
Nitrogen Cycle –
Bioremediation –
Xenobiotics –
Phytoremediation –
Chemical Cocktails –
Oxygen depleting wastes –
C:N:P ideal for bacterial growth –
Cyanotoxins –
TDS –
Thermal Pollution –
Nitrogen Fixation –
Sources of Nitrates in water –
Methmoglobinemia –
DBPs –
Trihalomethanes –
Viruses –
Bacteria –
Protozoa –
Helminths –
E. coli –
Fomite –
Salmonella –
Vibrio cholera –
Giardia –
Cryptosporidium –
Toxoplasmosis –
Platyhelminthes –
Ashelminthes –
Lung Fluke –
Hookworms –
Trichinella –
Ascaris –
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Quadrant study & Sampling
Population
Resources for populations
Population growth graphs
Carrying capacity
Predator vs. Prey Relationships
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Deforestation, Coral Bleaching, and loss of biodiversity
Acid Rain
CFCs
Invasive species
Lentic vs. Lotic Zones
Color spectrum & its relationship to depth of water
Intertidal zones
Fresh water details
Epilimnion
Thermocline
Hypolimnion
Lake Overturn
Oligotrophic Lakes
Eutrophic Lakes
Wetlands
Roll of sponges in the ocean
Mutualistic relationship of sponges
Tissue of sponges
Amebocytes
Porifera defense mechanisms
Medical use for sponges
Chemical compounds that make up a sponge
Porifera feeding, respiration and nervous system
Porifera life cycle & mobility during each step
Gemmules
Reproductive cycle for Cnidarians
Hydrostatic skeleton
Endoskeleton
Exoskeleton
Asymmetry
Radial symmetry
Levels of organization in Porifera
Choanocytes
Water flow through a sponge
Asexual reproduction
Sexual reproduction
Hermaphrodite
Chemoreceptor
Thigmoreceptor
Photoreceptor
Ocelli
Statocyst
Osculum
Endoderm
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Ectoderm
Basal disk/foot
GVC (gastrovascular cavity)
Ostia
Tentacle
Incomplete vs complete digestive system
Nematocyst
Polymorphism
Sessile
Polyp forms of Cnidaria
Neurotoxin
Cnidarian level of organization, symmetry, habitat, feeding, respiration, reproduction
Describe the nervous system or lack thereof in Cnidaria
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Water vascular system –
Tube feet –
Radial Symmetry –
Bilateral Symmetry –
Asymmetry –
Endoskeleton –
Radial ring & canal –
Ambulacral groove –
Ossicles –
Echinoderm reproduction –
Sea Star vs. Brittle star movement –
Sea Urchins –
Sea cucumbers –
Respiratory tree –
Crustaceans –
Arthropod –
Chitin –
Isopod –
% of known species that are arthropods –
Crustacean anatomy –
Cephalopod –
Abdomen –
Echinoderm
Arthropod
Mollusk
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Telson
Swimmeretes –
Walking legs –
Antenna –
Mandibles –
Claws –
Exoskeleton –
Molting –
Hemolymph pump –
Open circulatory system –
Crustacean nervous system –
Tactile Hairs –
Statocyst –
Thigmoreceptors –
Chemoreceptors –
Photoreceptors –
Crustacean Reproduction –
Gastropod anatomy –
Decapod –
HAM –
Foot –
Visceral mass –
Mantle –
Nacreous Layer –
Duel function of gills –
Radula –
Nerve cord in mollusk –
Evolutionary innovations in gastropods –
Planospiral –
Changes in the shell of gastropods –
Cephalization –
Torsion –
Fouling –
Coelom –
Columella –
Operculum –
Spire –
Body whorl –
Aperture –
Nutrition of gastropods –
Bivalves –
Adductor muscles –
Cephalopods –
Chromatophores –
Specialization in feeding –
Siphon –
Cephalopod eyes & circulatory system –