STUDY GUIDE FOR FINAL ___ INTROD TO OCEANOGRAPHY NOTE: This list is NOT exhaustive. It is only a rough guide‚ with broad topics! THE FIRST PART OF THE SEMESTER (11 chapters) – main ideas only: Examples of main ideas are: The Earth – origin of Earth‚ oceans‚ life; the Earth’s internal layers… know physical concepts such as energy (kinetic‚ heat)‚ density‚ convection‚ bioaccumulation‚ biodegradation‚ photo-degradation‚ diffusion… Plate Tectonics – major Plate Tectonic principles;
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Marine Biology Research Project Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Cetacea Family: Balaenopteridae Common Name: Humpback whale Genus Species: Megaptera Novaeangliae Common Name: Humpback whale Genus Species: Megaptera Novaeangliae General Description: A. Body Symmetry: Bilateral B. Special Pigments or Coloration: Dark grey with lighter underbelly; flippers and flukes are grey and spotted with white C. Habitat: (Zone) Benthic and coastal (Geographic):
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life they all have hair‚ and they all have mammary glands. As I will state below they have different habitats and reproduce differently. They also feed differently from each other(Wund & Myers‚ 2005). The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) of the Cetacea order is fully aquatic and is considered the largest mammal (mammalia) to ever exist now or in the past. They can weigh as much as 160 metric tons. They have changed to adapt over the centuries to have the best advantages possible for their environment
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Animal Classification 1 Animal Classification Karen Fowler SCI/230 Karen Andarko November 19‚2011 Animal Classification 2 Metazoa is another name for Kingdom Animalia. This kingdom does not contain prokaryotes or the potists and all members are multi-cellular and are heterotrophs. They mostly ingest their food and digest it into an internal cavity
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Ocean‚ the Southern Ocean. The diagram below shows the depth of an ocean from the high water salt level to the low water level and to the Hadalpelagic level. Different Life forms are native to the oceans; they include Radiata‚ Fish‚ and Cetacea such as whales‚ dolphins and porpoises. Cephalopods such as the octopus‚ Crustaceans such as lobsters and shrimp‚ Marine worms‚ Plankton‚ Krill and Echinoderms also form part of the fauna in the oceans‚ which are also found in many parts
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Eocene – Recent North Atlantic right whales‚ mother and calf Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Subclass: Eutheria Order: Cetacea Whale (origin Old English hwæl from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz) is the common name for various marine mammals of the order Cetacea.[1] The term whale sometimes refers to all cetaceans‚ but more often it excludes dolphins and porpoises‚ which belong to the suborder Odontoceti (toothed whales). This suborder includes
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The narrative of “The Hvalsalen” begins with an act of turning around and revisiting. This essay from the collection Sightlines details a trip Jamie takes to Bergen‚ Norway‚ and her visit to the Hvalsalen‚ or whale hall. The Hvalsalen houses a large collection of whale skeletons acquired throughout the 19th century during a boom in commercial whaling. The essay begins with Jamie’s initial visit to the Hvalsalen‚ where she peruses the whale skeletons by herself‚ noting that “In the way of old-fashioned
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Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Cetacea Family: Delphinidae Genus: Tursiops Species: Tursiops truncatus or Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Jenkins) The Common Bottlenose Dolphin is arguably the most popular species of the Delphinidae family. Because they are found in both temperate and tropical waters‚ they are the most studied; a majority of our Physiology knowledge about Delphinids as a family is based on Bottlenose Dolphins (Cozzi 411). Because
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Activism - Green Videos - Blogs & News. 07 Nov. 2009. Web. 24 Feb. 2011. . "Dolphin Drive Hunting." Wikipedia‚ the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 22 Feb. 2011. . "DOLPHINS." Earthtrust - Wildlife Conservation Worldwide. Web. 22 Feb. 2011. . "Dolphin - Order: Cetacea - Facts - Defenders of Wildlife." Defenders of Wildlife - Protection of Endangered Species‚ Imperiled Species‚ Habitats. Web. 22 Feb. 2011. . "Dolphin." Wikipedia‚ the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 16 Feb. 2011. . "Dolphin drive hunting." Wikipedia‚ the
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Orcinus orca‚ also known as Orcas or Killer whales‚ are the largest dolphins‚ and one of the world’s most powerful and intelligent predators. They are part of the family Delphindae and the order Cetacea. Male orcas grow to an average of 20-26 feet long‚ and weigh from 8‚000-12‚000 pounds. While females can grow to an average of 16-23 feet long‚ and weigh between 3‚00-6‚000 pounds. Presently‚ there are three recognized ecotypes of Orcas; these include the Resident‚ Transient‚ and offshore orcas.
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