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Curriculum for Marine Biology

Content Outline Massachusetts Science

Framework Standard(s)

Concept Objective Associated Mathematics

Skills

Prerequisite Skills

1. History & Overview of

Oceanography Over The

Ages.

A. Overview

1. Geological

Oceanography

2. Chemical

Oceanography

3. Physical

Oceanography

4. Biological

Oceanography

B. Historical

developments

1. early exploration

a. Phoenicians

b. Greeks

2. beginning of

Scientific Study of

the sea

a. James Cook

b. Leif Ericson

c. Christopher

Columbus

d. Pedro Alvares

Cabral

e. Juan Ponce de Leon

f. Vasco de Balboa

g. Peter Martyr

h. Ferdinand

Magellan

Biology

1.1 Explain the significance

of carbon in organic

molecules.

1.2 Recognize the six most

common elements in

organic molecules (C, H, N,

O, P, S).

1.3 Describe the

composition and functions

of the four major categories

of organic molecules

(carbohydrates, lipids,

proteins, and nucleic acids).

1.4 Describe how

dehydration synthesis and

hydrolysis relate to organic

molecules.

2.3 Distinguish between

plant and animal cells.

2.4 Describe how cells

function in a narrow range

of physical conditions, such

as temperature and pH, to

perform life functions that

help to maintain

homeostasis.

Should be able to:

1. Relate the history of how

oceans began and specific

events in their exploration.

2. Recognize the rights of

countries over water that

touch their shores.

3. Distinguish a beach and

give its characteristics.

4. Locate the continental

shelf.

5. Name the major parts of

the earth’s physical nature.

6. Explain plate tectonics &

how they affect the ocean.

7. Compare and contrast

sea floor spreading and the

theory of Pangaea.

8. Read maps of the ocean

floor.

9. Tell why mapping the

ocean floor is important.

10. Tell the difference

between the types of

sediments that make up the

sea floor.

11. Explain sedimentation.

12. Explain the relationship

between sediment and

biological organisms of the

ocean.

1. Measurement

2. Addition

3. Subtraction

4. Multiplication

5. Division

6. Ability to construct and

read graphs.

7. Ability to use formulas

8. Ability to construct

equations from simple word

problems

9. Understanding of

algebraic expressions

1. Basic knowledge of the

differences between fresh

and salt water

environments.

2. Basic knowledge of

growth requirements for

plants.


growth requirement for

aquatic animals.


energy flow through an

environment.

5. Knowledge of how

waves perform.


Photosynthesis.


Respiration.

8. Know organelles of the

cell and what they do.

9. Know the difference

between plant and animal

cells.

10 Basic knowledge of cells

and cellular reproduction.

11. Basic understanding of

symbiotic behavior.

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i. Gerardus Mercator

3. Development of

Fisheries research

a. G.O. Sars

b. Johannes Peterson

c. Johan Hjort

d. Nathaniel Bowditch

e. John Ross

f. Gaspard de Coriolis

g. Alexander Bache

h. Johann

Forchhammer

4. modern

Oceanography

a. Meteor Project

b. Sea Grant College

& Program Act

c. NOAA – National

Oceanic &

Atmospheric

Administration

d. Deep Sea Drilling

Project

C. Political ocean

1. conflict along the

Coast

a. beaches: public or

private?

b. coastal zone

management

c. pollution

2.5 Explain the role of cell

membranes as a highly

selective barrier (diffusion,

osmosis, and active

transport).

2.6 Identify the reactants

and products in the general

reaction of photosynthesis.

Describe the use of isotopes

in this identification.

2.7 Provide evidence that

the organic compounds

produced by plants are the

primary source of energy

and nutrients for most

living things.

2.8 Identify how cellular

respiration is important for

the production of ATP.

2.9 Explain the interrelated

nature of photosynthesis

and cellular respiration.

3.3 Describe the general

pathway by which

ribosomes synthesize

proteins by using tRNAs to

translate genetic

information encoded in

mRNAs.

13. Classify sedimentary

particles and explain their

significance.

14. Name the resources of

the sea floor and explain

why they are important.

15. Explain the impact of

resource extraction on the

immediate environment.

16. Discuss the chemistry

of sea water and its

importance to biological

organisms.

17. Recognize nutrient

cycles and how they

interact in the ocean.

18. Discuss the influence of

heat on the ocean.

19. Discuss turbidity and

salinity.

20. Discuss the impact of

temperature on the ocean

and its inhabitants.

21. Discuss the impact of

light on the ocean and its

inhabitants.

22. Explain ice formation in

the ocean.

23. Explain the importance

of surface tension in the

ocean.

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2. territorial seas

a. Law of the Sea

Treaty

3. economic zones

a. Draft Treaty of the

Law of the Sea

Conference

4. sea bed use

a. continental shelf

1. Truman

Proclamation

b. Deep Seabed Hard

Mineral Resources

Act

5. fisheries conflicts

6. ocean research

Freedom

a. Law of the Sea

Treaty

II. Origin of Earth & Ocean

A. Internal structure of

Earth

1. Physical nature

a. crust

1. Moho

(Mohoravicii

discontinuity)

2. Mohole Project

3. ocean margin

drilling

b. mantle

3.8 Explain how zygotes

are produced in the

fertilization process.

5.1 Explain how the fossil

record, comparative

anatomy, and other

evidence support the theory

of evolution.

5.2 Illustrate how genetic

variation is preserved or

eliminated from a

population through

Darwinian natural selection

(evolution) resulting in

biodiversity.

5.3 Describe how the

taxonomic system classifies

living things into domains

(eubacteria, archaebacteria,

and eukaryotes) and

kingdoms (animals, plants,

fungi, etc.).

6.1 Explain how biotic and

abiotic factors cycle in an

ecosystem (water, carbon,

oxygen & nitrogen).

6.2 Use a food web to

identify and distinguish

producers, consumers, and

decomposers, and explain

the transfer of energy

24. Discuss the effect of

current on the ocean bottom

and the inhabitants of the

ocean.


waves on ocean inhabitants

and shore organisms.


tides on ocean inhabitants

and shore organisms.

27. Discuss the importance

of beaches to ocean life.

28. Discuss the effects of

pollution on the ocean and

its life forms.

29. Name and give the

characteristics of the major

plants of the ocean.

30. Name and give

characteristics of the major

animals of the ocean.

31. Recognize the various

Marine environments and

explain them.

32. Explain the significance

of bioluminescence.


of alga to all life.


of alga to marine life.

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1. asthenosphere

2. lithosphere

a. isostasy

III. Plate Tectonics &

Changes in Oceans

A. Continental Drift

1. Pangaea

a. geologic

similarities of

continents

b. similar fossil

remains

c. presence of coal in

Antarctica & coral

reef in high

latitudes

d. evidence of

glaciation

B. Sea-floor spreading

1. movement away from

ocean mountain

ranges

a. mid-ocean ridges

b. rift valleys

c. oceanic trenches

1. convection

2. subduction zone

2. support of theory

a. paleomagnetism

1. igneous rocks

2. sedimentary rock

through trophic levels.

6.3 Identify the factors in

an ecosystem that influence

fluctuations in population

size.

6.4 Analyze changes in an

ecosystem resulting from

natural causes, changes in

climate, human activity, or

introduction of non-native

species.

6.5 Explain how symbiotic

behavior produces

interactions within

ecosystems.

Chemistry

2.4 Understand that matter

has properties of both

particles and waves.

3.1 Explain the relationship

of an element’s positon on

the periodic table to its

atomic number and mass.

3.2 Use the periodic table to

identify metals, nonmetals,

metalloids, families

(groups), periods, valence

electrons, and reactivity

with other elements in the

35. Explain the food web of

the ocean.

36. Explain the major

characteristics of the

classes of animal life in the

ocean and give examples of

each.


of further ocean research.

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3. magnetic fields

b. paleontology

1. fossil record

3. plate tectonics

a. plates

1. Pacific plate

2. African

3. other plates

b. transform faults

1. San Andreas

2. others

c. implications

1. origin of ocean

Basins

a. Pacific ocean

shrinking

b. Atlantic ocean

expanding

2. age of sea floor

3. origin of mid-

ocean ridges

4. origin of oceanic

trenches

5. deep-sea

sediment

distribution

6. cause of

earthquakes

7. cause of volcanic

action

8. origin of mts.

table

3.3 Relate the position of an

element on the periodic

table to its electron

configuration.

3.4 Identify trends on the

periodic table (ionization

energy, electronegativity,

electron affinity, and

relative size of atoms and

ions.)

4.1 Explain how atoms

combine to form

compounds through both

ionic and covalent bonding.

7.1Describe the process by

which solutes dissolve in

solvents.

7.2 Identify and explain the

factors that affect the rate

of dissolving (i.e.,

temperature, concentration,

and mixing).

7.4 Calculate concentration

in terms of molarity,

molality, and percent by

mass.

7.5 Use a solubility curve to

determine saturating values

at different temperatures.

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9. petroleum &

Mineral

Exploration

C. Ocean floor

1. ocean mapping

a. echo sounding

1.echogram

a. deep scattering

layer

b. continuous seismic

profiling

1. seismic refraction

c. sampling ocean

bottom

1. grab

2. dredge

2. continental shelf

a. shelf break

b. continental slope

1. continental rises

2. turbidity currents

3. submarine canyons

a. turbidity currents

4. abyssal hills & plains

5. seamounts

a. volcanic peaks

b. examples

1. Azores

2. Hawaiian Islands

c. guyots

1. hot spots

9.3 Identify the factors that

affect the rate of a chemical

reaction (temperature,

concentration) and the

factors that can cause a

shift in equilibrium

(concentration, pressure,

volume, temperature).

10.1 Interpret the law of

conservation of energy.

10.2 Explain the

relationship between energy

transfer and disorder in the

universe.

Physics

1.3 Distinguish between,

and solve problems

involving, velocity, speed,

and constant acceleration.

1.4 Create and interpret

graphs of motion (position

vs. time, speed vs. time,

velocity vs. time, constant

acceleration vs. time).


between mass and inertia.

1.6 Interpret and apply

Newton’s first law of

motion.

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6. coral reefs

a. atoll

b. fringing

c. barrier

IV. Sediments

A. Classification &

Distribution

1. characteristics

a. origin

b. size

c. chemical

composition

d. place of deposition

2. types

a. terrigenous

1. land derived

a. erosion

1. sand

a. quartz or

feldspar

2. silt

3. clay

a. hydrous

aluminum

silicates

1. weathering

of igneous

rock

4. airborne dust

5. volcanic ash


Newton’s second law of

motion to show how an

object’s motion will change

only when a net force is

applied.

1.9 Qualitatively

distinguish between static

and kinetic friction, what

they depend on and their

effects on the motion of

objects.


Newton’s third law of

motion.

1.11 Understand

conceptually Newton’s law

of universal gravitation.

1.12 Identify appropriate

standard international units

of measurement for force,

mass, distance, speed,

acceleration, and time, and

explain how they are

measured.

2.1 Interpret and provide

examples that illustrate the

law of conservation of

energy.

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b. pelagic

1. marine process

2. biological

a. organic

1. ooze

a. calcareous

1. plants

a. cocco-

litho-

phores

2. animals

a. foramin-

ifera

b. pteropod

b. siliceous

1. plants

a. diatoms

b. silico-

flagellates

2. animals

a. radiolaria

b. inorganic

1. red clays

2. chemical

precipitates

a. phosphate

deposits

b. manganese

nodules

B. Characteristics of

Sedimentary particles

2.2 Provide examples of

how energy can be

transformed from kinetic to

potential and vice versa.

2.3 Apply quantitatively the

law of conservation of

mechanical energy to

simple systems.

2.4 Describe the

relationship among energy,

work, and power both

conceptually and

quantitatively.

2.5 Interpret the law of

conservation of momentum

and provide examples that

illustrate it. Calculate the

momentum of an object.

3.1 Relate thermal energy

to molecular motion.


among temperature change

in a substance for a given

amount of heat transferred,

the amount (mass) of the

substance, and the specific

heat of the substance.

4.1 Differentiate between

wave motion (simple

harmonic nonlinear motion)

and the motion of objects

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1. classification by size

a. boulder

b. cobble

c. pebble

d. granule

e. sand

f. silt

g. clay

2. classification by

Shape

a. roundness

b. sphericity

3. porosity

a. interstitial space

1. sorting

2. packing

a. rhomboidal

b. cubic

4. permeability

a. low

b. high

5. settling

a. turbulence

b. viscosity

C. Sedimentation

1. transport

a. ocean current

1. speed

2. particle size

3. ripple marks

2. rates

(nonharmonic).

4.2 Recognize the

measurable properties of

waves (e.g., velocity,

frequency, wavelength) and

explain the relationships

among them.


transverse and longitudinal

waves.


mechanical and

electromagnetic waves.

4.5 Interpret and be able to

apply the laws of reflection

and refraction

(qualitatively) to all waves.

4.6 Recognize the effects of

polarization, wave

interaction, and the Doppler

effect.

4.7 Explain, graph, and

interpret graphs of

constructive and destructive

interference of waves.


between the speed of a

wave (e.g., sound) and the

medium it travels through.

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a. reef

1. storm waves

2. composition

D. Resources of sea floor

1. petroleum

2. minerals

a. placer deposits

b. lode deposits

1. manganese

Nodules

2. phosphorite

V. SEA WATER

A. Properties

1. nature

a. hydrogen

b. oxygen

2. characteristics

a. universal solvent

b. polar

c. atomic structure

d. re-activity

e. ionization

3. origin of sea water

4. origin of life

a. DNA

b. RNA

B. Chemistry of sea water

1. water

2. dissolved solids

a. salt

1. sodium chloride

4.9 Recognize the

characteristics of a standing

wave and explain the

conditions under which two

waves on a string or in a

pipe can interfere to

produce a standing wave.

6.1 Describe the

electromagnetic spectrum

in terms of wavelength and

energy, and be able to

identify specific regions

such as visible light.

6.2 Explain how the various

wavelengths in the

electromagnetic spectrum

have many useful

application such as radio,

television, microwave

appliances, and the cellular

telephone.

6.4 Recognize and explain

the ways in which the

direction of visible light can

be changed.

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2. magnesium

Chloride

b. elements

1. major

a. chlorine

b. sodium

c. magnesium

d. sulfur

e. calcium

f. potassium

2. minor

a. bromine

b. carbon

c. strontium

d. boron

e. silicon

f. fluorine

3. trace

a. nitrogen

b. lithium

c. rubidium

d. phosphorus

e. iodine

f. iron

g. zinc

h. molybdenum

i. copper

j. uranium

k.. cobalt

l. mercury

m. silver

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n. gold

4. residence time

5. dissolved gases

a. oxygen

b. carbon dioxide

c. nitrogen

d. hydrogen

sulfide

e. inert gases

1. helium

2. argon

3. neon

4. krypton

5. xenon

C. Nutrient cycles

1. nitrogen

2. phosphorus

a. phosphorite nodules

3. oxygen

D. Desalination

VI..Heat Budget of Earth

A. Air – sea interaction

1. light

a. velocity

b. depth penetration

1. red

2. yellow

3. green

4. blue

5. violet

c. turbidity

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d. stratification

1. heat

2. thermocline

e. measurement

1. photometers

2. heat

a. heat capacity

b. heat budget

1. solar radiation

2. evaporation

a. precipitation

b. condensation

c. back-radiation

d. conduction

3. heat budget

equation

B. Ocean Temperatures

1. surface temperature

2. isotherms

3. thermal power

a. solar collection

4. measurement

a. bathythermograph

1. XBT

b. probe

C. Salinity

1. surface

2. haloclines

D. Density

1. control factors

a. temperature

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b. salinity

c. pressure

2. pycnocline

3. temperature at

maximum density

E. Ice on the Sea

1. icebergs

a. tabular

b. shelf ice

c. sea ice

d. pinnacled

e. sculptured

f. ice islands

g. pancake ice

h. pack ice

i. gravel

F. Pressure in oceans

1. swim bladder

G. Sound in the Sea

1. velocity

a. refraction

1. sound channel

2. speed

3. depth

a. shadow zone

b. SONAR

H. Viscosity

1. temperature

2. salinity

I. Surface Tension

J. Osmosis

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1. osmotic pressure

VII. Surface Currents &

Gyres

A. Currents

1. atmospheric

circulation

a. polar front

b. Coriolis force

c. trade winds

d. prevailing

westerlies

e. polar easterlies

2. patterns

a. gyres

b. equatorial

1. North

2. South

3. Counter

c. western boundary

1. Kuroshio

2. East Australian

3. Florida,

Gulf Stream

4. Brazil

5. Agulhas

6. Sargasso Sea

7. Labrador

d. Others

1. California

2. Alaskan

3. Davidson

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4. North Atlantic

5. West Wind Drift

6. Peru (Humboldt)

7. East Wind Drift

3. Causes

a. wind

b. friction

c. earth’s rotation

1. ekman transport

2. upwelling

a. Callao Painter

1. El Nino

2. El Nina

b. geostrophic

balance

1. sea-surface

topography

c. equatorial

undercurrents

1. Cromwell

Current

d. climate &

surface currents

1. steam fog

4. Measurements

a. float method

b. flow method

c. drift bottles

d. drogue

e. shallow float

B. Deep Ocean Currents

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1. Patterns

a. Antarctic Bottom

b. North Atlantic

Deep

c. Antarctic

Circumpolar

d. Antarctic

Intermediate

e. Subarctic Bottom

f. North Pacific

Intermediate

2. Causes

a. density

b. salinity

c. Antarctic

convergence

1. water types

2. water mass

3. T-S curve

a. core method

VIII. Waves

A. Nature

1. wavelength

2. wave height

3. period

4. speed

5. restoring force

6. capillary waves

7. gravity waves

B. Types

1. deep-water

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2. intermediate-water

3. shallow-water

4. wind

a. sea

1. fetch

2. swell

b. generation

1. wind speed

2. duration of wind

3. fetch

4. distance from

storm area

5. bottom contours

c. forecasting

1. significant wave

length

C. Refraction

D. Breakers & Surf

1. wave steepness

2. breaker types

a. spilling

b. plunging

c. surging

3. zone of breakers

a. surf

1. buoyancy

2. gravity

E. Tsunamis

1. seismic sea waves

a. cause

1. earthquakes

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a. vertical

displacement

b. series of waves

c. prediction

1. exact location

of earthquake

2. wave

detection

3. communication

4. path

construction

5. arrival time

F. Internal Waves

1. dead water

2. important for

Biological processes

G. Standing Waves

(seiche)

1. progression waves

2. nodes

H. Storm Waves

(storm tides)

IX. Tides

A. Ideal

1. declination

2. spring tides

a. tidal range

3. neap tides

B. Real

1. types

a. semidiurnal tides

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b. mixed tides

c. diurnal tides

1. diurnal

Inequality

a. high

b. low

2. time lags

3. tidal complications

a. tidal range

b. period

c. wind

d. barometric pressure

e. planetary

gravitation

f. resonance

1. natural period

2. earth’s rotation

a. Coriolis force

1. amphidromic

point

g. tidal bore

C. Open Ocean Tides

1. co-tidal lines

2. sea level

a. mean sea level

b. mean low water

c. mean lower low

water

d. mean high water

D. Tidal currents

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E. Measurement &

Prediction

1. measurement

a. tide gage

2. prediction

a. tide predicting

machine

F. Power

X. Coastal Zones

A. Beaches

1. materials

a. sand

b. pebble

c. cobble

d. rocky

2. dynamics

a. offshore

1. longshore bars

2. longshore troughs

b. foreshore

1. low-tide terrace

2. beach face

3. beach scarp

c. backshore

1. berm

B. Beach drift & currents

1. beach drift

2. currents

a. longshore current

1. littoral transport

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b. rip

1. feeder

2. neck

3. head

C. Coastal features

1. barrier islands &

spits

a. lagoons

b. salt marsh

2. sand dunes

D. Development

1. sea walls

a. rocks

b. Fernandina

c. Florida

d. parabolic

e. steps

f. channeled

2. jetties

a. cause

1. sand deposits

2. erosion

3. groins

a. cause

1. sand deposits

2. erosion down

Coast

4. breakwaters

E. Estuaries

1. types

a. stratified

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b. partly mixed

c. well mixed

d. coastal-plain

e. fiord

2. life in

a. clams

b. oysters

c. shrimp

d. seaweed

e. bottom dwelling

worms

3. pollution

F. Basins

G. Coastal pollution

1. industrial waste

a. oil

b. detergent

2. domestic waste

3. toxic

4. nutrient

a. red tide

XII. Mobility in Marine

Environs

Plankton (drifters)

Nekton (swimmers)

Benthic (bottom

Dwellers)

A. Plankton

1. phytoplankton

2. zooplankton

a. pleustron

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B. Classification of

Marine Environs

1. Pelagic

a. euphotic zone

b. neritic zone

c. oceanic zone

1. epipelagic

2. mesopelagic

a. detritus

3. bathypelagic

4. abyssopelagic

5. hadopelagic

2. benthic

a. niche

1. Gause’s Law

b. zones

1. littoral (intertidal)

a. adaptations

1. alternate

exposure to

air &

submersion

2. migration

with tides

3. tidal pools or

burial in

moist sand

2. supratidal –

(splash)

3. sublittoral

4. bathyal zone

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5. abyssal zone

6. hadal zone

C. Sampling

D. Bioluminescence

1. luciferin

E. Marine migration

1. horizontal migration

2. vertical migration

3. lunar migration

XIII. Planktonic Life

A. Types

1. producers

a. primary

1. Marine plants

a. seaweed

1. Phaeophyta

2. Rhodophyta

3. Chlorophyta

4. Cyanophyta

b. phytoplankton

1. Chrysophyta

a. diatoms

b. silico-

flagellates

c. coccolitho-

phores

2. Pyrrophyta

a. dino-

flagellates

c. Anthophyta

(flowering plant)

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1. eelgrass

2. mangroves

2. littoral environs

a. seaweed

b. algae

3. euphotic zone

a. phytoplankton

b. secondary producer

1. filter feeders

2. scavengers

3. deposit feeders

4. browsers

5. predators

c. Simple Life

1. Protozoa

a. Sarcodines

b. Ciliates

c. Flagellates

2. Porifera

a. sponges

1. collar cells

2. amebocytes

3. Coelenterate

a. jellyfish

1.floating

b. coral

1. reefs

4. Ctenophora

a. comb jellies

d. Complex Life

1. worms

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a. Platyhelminthes

(flat)

b. (round)

Nemathelminthes

c. Annelida

(segmented)

d. Chaetognatha

(arrow)

e. Echiuroidea

(sausage)

f. Sipunculida

(peanut)

g. Hemichordata

(acorn)

2. Mollusks

a. characteristics

1. mantle

b. classes

1. Polyplacophora

a. chiton

2. Gastropoda

a. snail

b. limpet

c. sea slug

d. pteropod

3. Bivalvia

a. clam

b. oyster

4. Cephalopoda

a. squid

1. dissect

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b. octopus

c. nautilus

3. Arthropoda

a. class

1. Crustacea

a. copepods

b. shrimp

c. lobsters

d. crabs

e. sand fleas

4. Echinoderms

a. classes

1. Crinoidea

a. sea lily

b. feather star

2. Asteroidea

a. sea star

3. Ophuroidea

a. serpant star

b. brittle star

c. basket star

4. Echinoidea

a. sea urchin

b. sand dollar

5. Holothuroidea

a. sea

cucumber

5. Lophophorate

Animals

a. Entaprocta

1. sessile

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b. Bryozoa

1. moss animals

c. Phoronida

d. Brachiopoda

1. benthic

6. Chordates

(phylum)

a. subphyla

1. Urochordata

a. tunicates

2. Vertebrata

a. class Pisces

XIV. Fish

A. Bony

B. Cartilagenous

1. dissection

a. shark

C. Fish Farming

D. Fish Identification

XV. Marine Productivity

A. Primary production

1. photosynthesis

a. algae

b. plankton

1. biomass

2. standing crop

c. gross production

d. net production

B. Biochemical oxygen

Demand

1. anoxic

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C. Nutrients

1. oligotrophic

2. eutrophic

3. hypertrophic

D. succession

1. benthic

a. fouling

1. preparation of

substrate

2. random settling

3. selection

4. community

development

5. climax

2. pelagic

E. Food Webs

1. trophic relationships

a. producer

b. primary consumer

c. secondary

consumer

d. trophic efficiency

2. pyramid

a. biomass

b. energy

F. Blooms

1. red tide

a. conditions

1. upwelling, tidal

mix, & runoff

2. decrease salinity

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3. vitamin B12

Present

4. iron & tannic

Acid present

5. organism present

6. optimum light &

Temperature

G. Fisheries

1. mortality rate

2. reproductive rate

3. growth rate

4. fish protein

Concentrate

H. Mariculture

1. oysters

2. shrimp

3. lobster

4. trout

5. salmon

6. kelp

I. Uses of marine

Organisms

1. food

2. industrial

3. fertilizer

4. drugs

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