THIRD QUARTER SYLLABI AND HOMEWORK

CHAPTER 11 SYLLABUS - THE ECHINODERMS IS DUE ON 

FRIDAY MARCH 16, 2012 

-VOCAB

-ALL SECTION QUESTIONS

-CHAPTER 11 REVIEW

THERE WILL ALSO BE A VOCAB QUIZ THAT DAY

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MOLLUSK EXAM WILL BE

FRIDAY 2/9/2012 FOR A PERIOD

AND WILL BE ON MONDAY 2/13/2012

FOR C AND E PERIOD.

LINK TO CHAPTER 9 SYLLABUS MOLLUSKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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MARINE BIO. SYLLABUS:
ZOOPLANKTON, SPONGES,

and BRYOZOANS

“INTRO. TO MARINE
ANIMALS”

(“Marine Science”, Chap. 6)

Learning objectives:

• Discuss nutrients and the digestion of food by animals
• Explain the importance of zooplankton in marine food chains
• Explain why sponges are considered to be the most primitive animals
• Classify the three types of sponges
• Describe sponge filter-feeding, reproduction, and development
• If available, learn to recognize local sponges and bryozoans

Vocabulary

zooplankton    foraminiferan    radiolarian
meroplankton
copepod       holoplankton

filter-feeder     cilia      sessile
benthic          ostia     osculum
collar cells     embryo

larva    regeneration    encrusting organism
spicules
spongin            bryozoans

budding           hermaphrodite       Porifera

H.W.- Due date:  Monday  November 28,
2011

- all homework is to be saved and put
in
your binder or folder/notebook.

-Define all vocabulary
terms.

-Read all
Sections.

-Answer all Section Review Questions – 3
at end of each section, 12 total.

-Chapter Review – Fill in, Think
and
Write, Inquiry, and Multiple Choice.

VOCABULARY QUIZ: FRIDAY DECEMBER 2,2011.

CHAP. TEST: TUESDAY DECEMBER 6, 2011.

MARINE BIOLOGY
SYLLABUS:

MARINE
ALGAE(SEAWEEDS) AND SALT TOLERANT
PLANTS

“Marine Science”, Chap.5

Learning objectives:

• Describe the three main groups of macroscopic algae
• Describe the life cycle of the green alga “Ulva”
• Name three economically important seaweed-derived chemicals and explain their uses

Vocabulary

agar, air bladders,  algin, alternation of generations, carrageenan, coralline algae,

diploid, encrusting algae, gamete, gametophyte, haploid, holdfast,  kelp,

macroscopic, multicellular, nonvascular, phycoerythrin,  seaweed, spore,

sporophyte, strandline, thallus, vascular, xanthophylls, zygote

H.W.- Due date:  Thursday  November 10, 2o11

- all homework is to be saved and put in
your binder or folder/notebook.

-Define all vocabulary terms.

-Read all four Sections.

-Answer all Section Review Questions – 3 at end of each section, 12 total.

-Chapter Review – Fill in, Think and Write, Inquiry, and Multiple Choice.

Vocabulary Quiz: :  Monday November 14, 2011. 

Chapter Test: Monday  November 21, 2011.

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CLASSWORK/HOME WORK FOR 11-1-11,

PLEASE DO ALL PRACTICE QUESIONS ON STUDY GUIDE TO GET READY FOR FIRST QUARTER COMMON ASSESSMENT

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MARINE BIO. SYLLABUS:

“BACTERIA AND UNICELLULAR ALGAE”

“Marine Science”, Chap. 4

Learning
Objectives:

-Describe the role of decay bacteria in
the marine environment

-Explain the evolutionary significance of
cyanobacteria

-Describe the role of unicellular algae
(phytoplankton) in the marine environment

-Differentiate diatoms from
dinoflagellates

-Describe diatom reproduction

Vocabulary (most of these should already be
familiar to you…)

monerans, bacteria,
prokaryotes, protists, unicellular, eukaryotes,

protozoa, algae, fungi,
chlorophyll, pigment, decomposers,

chemosynthesis, cyanobacteria, diatoms,
plankton,

phytoplankton, organelles, asexual
reproduction, sexual reproduction,

algal bloom, brown tide,
dinoflagellates, bioluminescence, red tide,

producers, nutrition, autotrophs,
consumers, heterotrophs, cell theory

H.W.- Due date:  Monday,
October 31, 2011

- all homework is to be saved and put in
your binder or folder/notebook.

-Define all
vocabulary terms.

-Read Section 4.1 to
4.5.

-Answer all Section Review Questions –
3 at end of each section, 15 total.

-Chapter 20 Review – Fill in, Think
and Write, Inquiry, and Multiple Choice.

Vocabulary Quiz:

Friday, October 28, 2011

First Quarter Common assessment and Chapter
Test:

Week of November 1-4, 2011

Day to be determined…

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CHAPTER 20 TEST ON TIDES, WAVES, AND CURRENTS ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 7, 2011….

EXCEPT PERIOD A, WHICH WILL BE ON TUESDAY OCTOBER 11, 2011.

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HOMEWORK SYLLABUS 3 IS BELOW.

BEGIN WORKING ON IT

OCTOBER 12, 2011.

Marine Environments

(“Marine Science”, Chap. 15  or Chap. 3,
depending on what version of the text you have.)

Learning Objectives:

-Discuss the characteristics and
environmental conditions of the
following marine environments:

Rocky intertidal zone, Subtidal zone, Pelagic zone, Neritic zone,

Benthic zone, Estuary, Salt marsh community, Mud flat community,

Mangrove community, Coral reef

-Describe typical inhabitants of the above environments.

Vocabulary

intertidal zone, supratidal zone, subtidal zone, pelagic zone, neritic zone,
oceanic zone, photic zone, aphotic zone, ocean basin, benthic zone, benthos, sandy beach , surf zone, estuary,
brackish water, barrier beach, salt marsh, mud flat, mangrove swamp, coral reef,

continental shelf

H.W.- Due date:  Friday October 14, 2011.

- all homework is to be saved and put in
your binder or folder/notebook.

 -Define all vocabulary terms.

 -Read all five Sections.

 -Answer all Section Review Questions – 3 at end of each section, 15 total.

 -Chapter Review – Fill in, Think and Write, Inquiry, and Multiple Choice.

Vocabulary Quiz:

Monday October 17, 2011.

Chapter Test: Week of October 18, 2011.

 Day to be determined…

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CHAPTER 20

TIDES, CURRENTS, AND WAVES

SYLLABUS DUE AND

VOCAB QUIZ 20 ON

MONDAY OCTOBER 3, 2011

  

CHAPTER 21

DARK TIDE SUMMER READING

SCIENCE ASSIGNMENT DUE TO ME ON

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2011

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MARINE BIOLOGY FIRST QUARTER SYLLABUS:

MARINE ECOLOGY

“INTERDEPENDENCE IN THE SEA”    CHAPTER 21

Learning objectives:

-Identify and know the important nutrient cycles in the marine environment.

-Explain the nature of oceanic food chains and food webs.

-Describe and give examples of different symbiotic relationships in the ocean.

-Describe succession in marine habitats.

Vocabulary

Habitat, community, ecology, interdependence, biotic factors, abiotic factors, ecosystem, producers, consumers, food chain, primary, secondary, tertiary consumers, trophic level, omnivore, scavenger, food web, predator, prey, food pyramid, energy pyramid, symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, ecological/biological succession, pioneer community, climax community, autotrophs, heterotrophs

HOMEWORK IS DUE ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2011.

-READ ALL SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 21

-ANSWER ALL SECTION QUESTIONS – 12 TOTAL

-DEFINE AND KNOW ALL VOCABULARY TERMS ABOVE.

-DO CHAPTER REVIEW

VOCAB QUIZ ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2011.

CHAPTER TEST on or around September 27, 2011.

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MARINE BIO. SYLLABUS: PHYLUM ARTHROPODA

(“Marine Science”, Chap.10  Crustaceans.”)

Learning Objectives:

• Identify any arthropod on sight as an arthropod
• List the identifying characteristics of the subphylum Crustacea and Chelicerata.
• Explain reproduction and development of lobsters and crabs
• Learn to determine the sex of lobsters and crabs
• Describe the functions of different arthropod appendages
• Describe how barnacles feed
• Explain the importance of copepods and krill in ocean ecosystems
• Explain how crustaceans grow

 

Vocabulary

 

appendage      exoskeleton     chitin       cephalothorax      carapace      decapods

swimmerets      molting         copepods        krill      amphipods    isopods

cirripeds         horseshoe crab           book gills        telson       chelicera

 

Classification of the Phylum Arthropoda

• Subphylum Trilobitomorpha
• Class
  • Trilobita – trilobites (extinct)
• Subphylum Chelicerata
• Classes
  • Arachnida – spiders,scorpions, etc.
  • Merostomata – horseshoe crabs, etc.
  • Pycnogonida – sea spiders
  • Eurypterida – sea scorpions (extinct)
• Subphylum Myriapoda
• Classes
  • Chilopoda – centipedes
  • Diplopoda – millipedes
• Subphylum Hexapoda
• Classes
  • Insecta – insects
  • Collembola – springtails
• Subphylum Crustacea
• Classes
  • Branchiopoda – brine shrimp etc.
  • Cephalocarida – horseshoe shrimp
  • Maxillopoda – barnacles, fish lice, etc.
  • Ostracoda – seed shrimp
  • Malacostraca – lobsters, crabs, shrimp, etc.

Homework-

-Due on Friday March 12, 2011

-Define and learn all vocabulary.

-Read all sections in Chapter.

-Answer all Section questions at end of each Section

-Do Chapter Review at end of Chapter.

VOCAB QUIZ: TBA

CHAPTER TEST: TBA

 STUDY FOR TEST ON WED, THURS OF FRI.

 CHAPTER 9 TEST STUDY GUIDE

MARINE BIO. SYLLABUS: PHYLUM- MOLLUSCA 

THE MOLLUSKS – GASTROPODS,  BIVALVES, AND CEPHALOPODS

(“Marine Science”, Chap. 9)

 

Learning Objectives:

• List the identifying characteristics of the phylum Mollusca
• Explain the function of the mantle in mollusks
• Identify two different functions of the molluscan foot
• Describe different functions of the radula
• Identify and classify mollusk specimens according to class

(gastropod, bivalve, or cephalopod)

• Describe different mollusk feeding methods
• If available, identify the following mollusk shells on sight:

Periwinkle (Littorina), Whelk (Nucella), Slipper shell (Crepidula)

Mussel (Mytilus), Soft-shelled clam (Mercenaria)

 

 

Vocabulary

 

mollusk      bivalve      adductor muscles      mantle          incurrent siphon

excurrent siphon      gills      gill membranes      byssal threads    gastropods

radula         operculum      trochophore          veliger        nudibranch

cephalopods      camoflage      chromatophores      chambered nautilus

cuttlefish      chiton       tusk shells

 

 

Homework-

-Due on Friday February 26, 2011

-Define and learn all vocabulary.

-Read all sections in Chapter.

-Answer all Section questions at end of each Section

-Do Chapter Review at end of Chapter.

 

VOCABULARY QUIZ:  TBA

CHAP. TEST: TBA

 

 BE PREPARED TO TAKE OUR CHAPTER 8 TEST ON FRIDAY

COMPLETE CHAPTER 8 STUDY GUIDE TO PREPARE FOR REVIEW

STUDY FOR VOCAB QUIZ ON FRIDAY

 

MARINE BIO. SYLLABUS-

MARINE WORMS

( “Marine Science”, Chap. 8 )

Learning objectives:

 

• List the characteristics and describe the lifestyles of typical members of the following phyla:

 

Phylum Nematoda (roundworms)

Phylum Nemertea (ribbon worms)

Phylum Pogonophora (giant tube worms)

Phylum Chaetognatha (arrow worms)

Phylum Annelida (segmented worms); Class Polychaeta

 

• Recognize the body plan of animals with bilateral symmetry
• If available, learn to recognize and identify the following worms: clamworm, scale worm, tube worm
• Identify the different appendages of the clamworm Nereis and explain their functions

 

Vocabulary

 

bilateral symmetry               anterior            posterior            dorsal                     ventral           lateral

proboscis              coelom            pharynx            parapodia            setae                     ganglia

dorsal            blood vessel    nephridia                cirri

 

Homework-

-Due on Tuesday  February 2, 2011

-Define and learn all vocabulary.

-Read all sections in Chapter.

-Answer all Section questions at end of each Section

-Do Chapter Review at end of Chapter.

TEST: TBA                           QUIZ: TBA

Marine Bio. Syllabus: Squishy and Stingy Things…

The Cnidarians (Animals with Stinging Tentacles)/The Ctenophores (Comb Jellies)

(“Marine Science”, Chapter 7)

Learning Objectives

-Describe the distinguishing characteristics of the phylum Cnidaria

-Explain how the body plans of cnidarians and ctenophores differ from those of other animals

-Name a representative of each major class of cnidarians

-Discuss the life cycles of the jellyfish Aurelia and the hydroid Obelia

-Identify and differentiate polyp and medusa body forms

-Describe the symbiotic relationship between coral polyps and zooxanthellae

-Explain how ctenophores differ from cnidarians

-Describe how cnidarians feed

-Learn to recognize local anemones, hydroids, and comb jellies

 

Vocabulary

radial symmetry       nerve net       medusa          mesoglea       cnidoblasts

nematocysts               planula         ephyra           polyp             symbiosis      symbionts

coral polyp   colonial animals      coral reef      zooxanthellae                hydroid

 

Homework-

-Due on FRIDAY DECEMBER 17, 2010

-Define and learn all vocabulary.

-Read all sections in Chapter.

-Answer all Section questions at end of each Section

-Do Chapter Review at end of Chapter.

 

VOCABULARY QUIZ:    FRIDAY DECEMBER 17, 2010

CHAP. TEST:  Friday January 7, 2010

MARINE BIO. SYLLABUS: ZOOPLANKTON/SPONGES/BRYOZOANS

“INTRO. TO MARINE ANIMALS”

(“Marine Science”, Chap. 6)

Learning objectives: 

• Discuss nutrients and the digestion of food by animals
• Explain the importance of zooplankton in marine food chains
• Explain why sponges are considered to be the most primitive animals
• Classify the three types of sponges
• Describe sponge filter-feeding, reproduction, and development
• If available, learn to recognize local sponges and bryozoans

Vocabulary

zooplankton    foraminiferan    radiolarian     meroplankton     copepod       holoplankton

filter-feeder     cilia      sessile    benthic          ostia     osculum   collar cells     embryo

larva    regeneration    encrusting organism    spicules            spongin            bryozoans

budding           hermaphrodite       Porifera

 

VOCABULARY QUIZ: FRIDAY DECEMBER 3,2010.

CHAP. TEST: THURSDAY DECEMBER 9, 2010.

MARINE BIOLOGY SYLLABUS:

MARINE ALGAE(SEAWEEDS) AND SALT TOLERANT PLANTS

“Marine Science”, Chap.5

 Learning objectives: 

• Describe the three main groups of macroscopic algae
• Describe the life cycle of the green alga “Ulva”
• Name three economically important seaweed-derived chemicals and explain their uses

Vocabulary

agar, air bladders,  algin, alternation of generations, carrageenan, coralline algae,

diploid, encrusting algae, gamete,  gametophyte, haploid, holdfast,  kelp,

macroscopic, multicellular, nonvascular, phycoerythrin,  seaweed, spore,

sporophyte, strandline, thallus,  vascular, xanthophylls, zygote

 

H.W.- Due date:  Monday November 15, 2010  

- all homework is to be saved and put in your binder or folder/notebook.

 -Define all vocabulary terms.

-Read all four Sections.

-Answer all Section Review Questions – 3 at end of each section, 12 total.

-Chapter Review – Fill in, Think and Write, Inquiry, and Multiple Choice. 

 

Vocabulary Quiz: :  Monday November 15, 2010. 

Chapter Test: Week of Friday November 19, 2010. 

FIRST QUARTER HOMEWORK/SYLLABI

MARINE BIO. SYLLABUS: “BACTERIA AND UNICELLULAR ALGAE”

 “Marine Science”, Chap. 4

 Learning Objectives:

 

-Describe the role of decay bacteria in the marine environment

-Explain the evolutionary significance of cyanobacteria

-Describe the role of unicellular algae (phytoplankton) in the marine environment

-Differentiate diatoms from dinoflagellates

-Describe diatom reproduction

 

Vocabulary (most of these should already be familiar to you…)

 monerans, bacteria, prokaryotes, protists, unicellular, eukaryotes,

protozoa, algae, fungi, chlorophyll, pigment, decomposers,

chemosynthesis, cyanobacteria, diatoms, plankton,

phytoplankton, organelles, asexual reproduction, sexual reproduction,

algal bloom, brown tide, dinoflagellates, bioluminescence, red tide,

producers, nutrition, autotrophs, consumers, heterotrophs, cell theory

H.W.- Due date:  Friday, October 29, 2010  

- all homework is to be saved and put in your binder or folder/notebook.

 -Define all vocabulary terms.

-Read Section 4.1 to 4.5.

-Answer all Section Review Questions – 3 at end of each section, 15 total.

-Chapter 20 Review – Fill in, Think and Write, Inquiry, and Multiple Choice.

Vocabulary Quiz:

Thursday, October 29, 2010

 

Chapter Test:

Week of November 1-5, 2010

Day to be determined…

 

 

 

 

 

HOMEWORK

MARINE ENVIRONMENTS STUDY GUIDE

TEST ON FRIDAY.

Marine Biology Syllabus:

Marine Environments

(“Marine Science”, Chap. 15  or Chap. 3, depending on what version of the text you have.)

 Learning Objectives:

 

-Discuss the characteristics and environmental conditions of the following marine environments:

 Rocky intertidal zone, Subtidal zone, Pelagic zone, Neritic zone, Benthic zone,

Estuary, Salt marsh community, Mud flat community, Mangrove community,

Coral reef

 -Describe typical inhabitants of the above environments. 

 

Vocabulary

 intertidal zone, supratidal zone, subtidal zone, pelagic zone, neritic zone, oceanic zone, photic zone, aphotic zone, ocean basin, benthic zone, benthos,

sandy beach , surf zone, estuary, brackish water, barrier beach, salt marsh,

mud flat, mangrove swamp, coral reef, continental shelf

H.W.- Due date:  Thursday October 14, 2010  

- all homework is to be saved and put in your binder or folder/notebook.

 -Define all vocabulary terms.

-Read all five Sections.

-Answer all Section Review Questions – 3 at end of each section, 15 total.

-Chapter Review – Fill in, Think and Write, Inquiry, and Multiple Choice. 

 

Vocabulary Quiz:

Thursday October 14, 2010.

Chapter Test:

Week of October 18, 2010.

Day to be determined… 

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Wednesday October 6, 2010 – Study for chapter 20 TIDES TEST on Thursday October 7, 2010.

Monday October 4, 2010 – Finish Study Guide for Chapter Test.

Marine Biology Syllabus 2:

 Tides, Waves, and Currents

(Marine Science, Chapter 20)

 

Learning Objectives: 

• Explain the forces that cause the different kinds of tides
• Describe the average local tidal range
• Discuss the effects of changing tides on marine organisms
• Describe wave characteristics and the causes of different types of waves
• Discuss the causes, and importance, of ocean currents

 Vocabulary:

 

TIDE, TIDAL RANGE, SEMIDIURNAL TIDE, DIURNAL TIDE, MIXED TIDE,

SPRING TIDE, NEAP TIDE, WAVE, WAVE HEIGHT, CREST, TROUGH,

WAVELENGTH, WAVE TRAIN, SWELL, WHITECAP, ROGUE WAVE, TIDAL BORE,

TSUNAMI, CURRENT, GULF STREAM, CORIOLIS EFFECT, GYRE, COUNTERCURRENT,

TURBIDITY CURRENT, UPWELLING, UNDERTOW, SAND BAR, RIP CURRENT,

TIDAL CURRENT, WHIRLPOOL (EDDY), LONGSHORE CURRENT, SYZYGY

 

 H.W.- Due date:  Friday  October 1, 2010

- all homework is to be saved and put in your binder or folder/notebook.

-Define all vocabulary terms.

-Read Section 20.1 to 20.3

-Answer all Section Review Questions – 3 at end of each section, 9 total.

-Chapter 20 Review – Fill in, Think and Write, Inquiry, and Multiple Choice.

  

Vocabulary Quiz: Friday  October 1, 2010

Chapter Test: Week of October 4-10, 2010

Day to be determined…

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MARINE BIOLOGY SYLLABUS:

 MARINE ECOLOGY

“INTERDEPENDENCE IN THE SEA”

CHAPTER 21

 

Learning objectives:

 -Identify and know the important nutrient cycles in the marine environment.

-Explain the nature of oceanic food chains and food webs.

-Describe and give examples of different symbiotic relationships in the ocean.

-Describe succession in marine habitats.

 

Vocabulary

Habitat, community, ecology, interdependence, biotic factors, abiotic factors, ecosystem, producers, consumers, food chain, primary, secondary, tertiary consumers, trophic level, omnivore, scavenger, food web, predator, prey, food pyramid, energy pyramid, symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, ecological/biological succession, pioneer community, climax community, autotrophs, heterotrophs

 

H.W.- Due date:  Friday, September 17, 2010  - all homework should be put in your binder or folder/notebook.

-Define all vocabulary terms.

-Read Section 21.1 to 21.4.

-Answer all Section Review Questions – 3 at end of each section, 12 total.

-Chapter 21 Review – Fill in, Think and Write, Inquiry, and Multiple Choice.

 

VOCAB. QUIZ: Friday, September 17, 2010

 CHAPTER TEST: Tuesday, September 21, 2010

 MARINE REPTILES AND BIRDS

 

“Marine Science”, Chap. 13

 

Learning Objectives:

-         List the types of reptiles and birds that are found in the marine environment.

-         Discuss the special adaptations reptiles have for living in the ocean.

-         Discuss the special adaptations birds have for living in the ocean.

-         Discuss feeding methods of the following birds: plover, sandpiper, oystercatcher,

snowy egret, sea ducks, sea gulls, cormorant, tern, pelican, black skimmer,

osprey, wandering albatross, penguins

 

 

Vocabulary

 

Amniotic egg       Salt glands       Down feathers        Contour feathers          Powder feathers

 Preen        Talons         Endothermic       Black skimmer      Brown pelican

Common tern          Cormorant       Crocodilians        Hatchlings

Marine iguana        Osprey        Oystercatcher        Sandpiper     Seabirds

 Sea ducks          Sea gull         Sea snake            Sea turtle

Snowy egret     Wandering albatross

 

 

Homework-

-Due on MONDAY  MAY 10, 2010

-Define and learn all vocabulary.

-Read BOTH sections in Chapter.

-Answer all Section questions at end of each Section.

-Do Chapter Review at end of Chapter.

 

 

 

 

TEST: TBA

 

4/27/10  Chapter 12 Study Guide

4/26/10 Write 5 exam questions for chapter 12 test with answers,

no true false please.

MARINE BIOLOGY SYLLABUS: THE FISHES

(“Marine Science”, Chap. 12)

 

Learning Objectives:

-List the characteristics of the phylum Chordata.

-Explain why sea squirts, which are invertebrates, are members of the same phylum (Chordata) as fish,

amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

-Describe the main characteristics and representative examples of the three classes of vertebrates that are

collectively referred to as “fish”.

-Describe how fish breathe.

-Describe how fish swim.

-Identify the fins of a bony fish.

-Describe the life cycle of a typical bony fish.

-Recognize and describe some unusual adaptations of bony fish.

 

Vocabulary

 

chordates            protochordates          notochord   vertebrates     tunicates     lancelet

 

jawless fishes      cartilage     cartilaginous fishes    placoid scales     gill slits        spiracles

 

lateral line organ    ampullae of Lorenzini        claspers     mermaid’s purse        bony fishes

 

operculum      ctenoid scales         nekton                 pelagic                ectothermic    swim bladder

 

spawning        fusiform      gill rakers        Salps             Ascidians        Larvacea

 

Homework-

-Due on Friday April 16, 2010

-Define and learn all vocabulary.

-Read all sections in Chapter.

-Answer all Section questions at end of each Section

-Do Chapter Review at end of Chapter.

 Vocab. Quiz:  TBA

TEST: TBA

 

MARINE BIOLOGY SYLLABUS:

 PHYLUM ECHINODERMATA

(“Marine Science”, Chap. 11)

Learning objectives

-Describe the identifying characteristics of echinoderms.

-Name the 5 classes of echinoderms and representative examples of each.

-Recognize different structures and functions of the water vascular system.

-Describe how a sea star opens, ingests, and digests its prey.

-Correctly spell the scientific name of the local green sea urchin.

-Explain three ways in which sea cucumbers differ from other echinoderms.

Vocabulary

 

endoskeleton            skin gills          tube feet          water vascular system         

sieve plate/madreporite

stone canal               ring canal         radial canal     ampulla        eyespots           

 Aristotle’s lantern         regeneration

 

Homework-

-Due on Friday March 26, 2010

-Define and learn all vocabulary.

-Read all sections in Chapter.

-Answer all Section questions at end of each Section

-Do Chapter Review at end of Chapter.

 Vocab. Quiz:  TBA

 TEST: TBA

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 CHAPTER 13 CHAPTER TEST, WEEK OF 3/15 TO 3/19

3/13/10 CHAPTER 13 STUDY GUIDE DUE

3/12/10 CHAPTER 13 VOCAB QUIZ

MARINE BIO. SYLLABUS: PHYLUM ARTHROPODA

(“Marine Science”, Chap.10  Crustaceans.”)

Learning Objectives:

• Identify any arthropod on sight as an arthropod
• List the identifying characteristics of the subphylum Crustacea and Chelicerata.
• Explain reproduction and development of lobsters and crabs
• Learn to determine the sex of lobsters and crabs
• Describe the functions of different arthropod appendages
• Describe how barnacles feed
• Explain the importance of copepods and krill in ocean ecosystems
• Explain how crustaceans grow

 

Vocabulary

 

appendage      exoskeleton     chitin       cephalothorax      carapace      decapods

swimmerets      molting         copepods        krill      amphipods    isopods

cirripeds         horseshoe crab           book gills        telson       chelicera

 

Classification of the Phylum Arthropoda

• Subphylum Trilobitomorpha
• Class
  • Trilobita – trilobites (extinct)
• Subphylum Chelicerata
• Classes
  • Arachnida – spiders,scorpions, etc.
  • Merostomata – horseshoe crabs, etc.
  • Pycnogonida – sea spiders
  • Eurypterida – sea scorpions (extinct)
• Subphylum Myriapoda
• Classes
  • Chilopoda – centipedes
  • Diplopoda – millipedes
• Subphylum Hexapoda
• Classes
  • Insecta – insects
  • Collembola – springtails
• Subphylum Crustacea
• Classes
  • Branchiopoda – brine shrimp etc.
  • Cephalocarida – horseshoe shrimp
  • Maxillopoda – barnacles, fish lice, etc.
  • Ostracoda – seed shrimp
  • Malacostraca – lobsters, crabs, shrimp, etc.

Homework-

-Due on Friday March 12, 2010

-Define and learn all vocabulary.

-Read all sections in Chapter.

-Answer all Section questions at end of each Section

-Do Chapter Review at end of Chapter.

VOCAB QUIZ: TBA

CHAPTER TEST: TBA

3-2-10 – STUDY FOR TEST ON WED, THURS or FRI.

3-1-10 – CHAPTER 9 TEST STUDY GUIDE

MARINE BIO. SYLLABUS: PHYLUM- MOLLUSCA

THE MOLLUSKS – GASTROPODS,  BIVALVES, AND CEPHALOPODS

(“Marine Science”, Chap. 9)

 

Learning Objectives:

• List the identifying characteristics of the phylum Mollusca
• Explain the function of the mantle in mollusks
• Identify two different functions of the molluscan foot
• Describe different functions of the radula
• Identify and classify mollusk specimens according to class

(gastropod, bivalve, or cephalopod)

• Describe different mollusk feeding methods
• If available, identify the following mollusk shells on sight:

Periwinkle (Littorina), Whelk (Nucella), Slipper shell (Crepidula)

Mussel (Mytilus), Soft-shelled clam (Mercenaria)

 

 

Vocabulary

 

mollusk      bivalve      adductor muscles      mantle          incurrent siphon

excurrent siphon      gills      gill membranes      byssal threads    gastropods

radula         operculum      trochophore          veliger        nudibranch

cephalopods      camoflage      chromatophores      chambered nautilus

cuttlefish      chiton       tusk shells

 

 

Homework-

-Due on Friday February 26, 2010

-Define and learn all vocabulary.

-Read all sections in Chapter.

-Answer all Section questions at end of each Section

-Do Chapter Review at end of Chapter.

 

VOCABULARY QUIZ:  TBA

CHAP. TEST: TBA

BE PREPARED TO TAKE OUR CHAPTER 8 TEST ON FRIDAY 2/12/10

2/10/10 COMPLETE CHAPTER 8 STUDY GUIDE TO PREPARE FOR REVIEW

STUDY FOR VOCAB QUIZ ON FRIDAY 2/5/10

 

MARINE BIO. SYLLABUS-

MARINE WORMS

( “Marine Science”, Chap. 8 )

 

Learning objectives:

 

• List the characteristics and describe the lifestyles of typical members of the following phyla:

 

Phylum Nematoda (roundworms)

Phylum Nemertea (ribbon worms)

Phylum Pogonophora (giant tube worms)

Phylum Chaetognatha (arrow worms)

Phylum Annelida (segmented worms); Class Polychaeta

 

• Recognize the body plan of animals with bilateral symmetry
• If available, learn to recognize and identify the following worms: clamworm, scale worm, tube worm
• Identify the different appendages of the clamworm Nereis and explain their functions

 

Vocabulary

 

bilateral symmetry               anterior            posterior            dorsal                     ventral           lateral

proboscis              coelom            pharynx            parapodia            setae                     ganglia

dorsal            blood vessel    nephridia                cirri

 

Homework-

-Due on Tuesday  February 2, 2010

-Define and learn all vocabulary.

-Read all sections in Chapter.

-Answer all Section questions at end of each Section

-Do Chapter Review at end of Chapter.

TEST: TBA                           QUIZ: TBA

 

YOU SHOULD ALL HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE THAT WE DID TOGETHER, IF YOU ARE MISSING ANY OF THE 5 PAGES WE WORKED ON, FEEL FREE TO COME BY MY ROOM ON THURSDAY TO GET ALL OF THE PAGES YOU WILL NEED TO STUDY FOR YOU MIDTERM EXAM ON FRIDAY….

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HOMEWORK ASSIGNED ON

1-14-2010

200 MIDTERM EXAM STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS TO BE DONE BY TUESDAY JANUARY 19, 2010 TO BEGIN REVIEWING FOR YOUR FINAL EXAM ON FRIDAY!!!!    

OUR A PERIOD CLASS IS DROPPED ON THURSDAY, THIS MEANS WE HAVE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY TO GET READY…

OUR MIDTERM EXAM WILL BE ON

Friday, January 22

8:50 am -10:50 am

DO NOT BE LATE.

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MIDTERM EXAM REVIEW WILL BEGIN ON THURSDAY 1-14-2010 

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HONORS MARINE BIOLOGY – SECOND QUARTER SYLLABI/HOMEWORK

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Marine Bio. Syllabus: Squishy and Stingy Things…

The Cnidarians (Animals with Stinging Tentacles)/The Ctenophores (Comb Jellies)

(“Marine Science”, Chapter 7)

 

Learning Objectives

-Describe the distinguishing characteristics of the phylum Cnidaria

-Explain how the body plans of cnidarians and ctenophores differ from those of other animals

-Name a representative of each major class of cnidarians

-Discuss the life cycles of the jellyfish Aurelia and the hydroid Obelia

-Identify and differentiate polyp and medusa body forms

-Describe the symbiotic relationship between coral polyps and zooxanthellae

-Explain how ctenophores differ from cnidarians

-Describe how cnidarians feed

-Learn to recognize local anemones, hydroids, and comb jellies

 

Vocabulary

radial symmetry       nerve net       medusa          mesoglea       cnidoblasts

nematocysts               planula         ephyra           polyp             symbiosis      symbionts

coral polyp   colonial animals      coral reef      zooxanthellae                hydroid

 

Homework-

-Due on Thursday January 4, 2010

-Define and learn all vocabulary.

-Read all sections in Chapter.

-Answer all Section questions at end of each Section

-Do Chapter Review at end of Chapter.

 

VOCABULARY QUIZ:  1/6/2010

CHAP. TEST: 1/13/2010

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MARINE BIO. SYLLABUS: ZOOPLANKTON/SPONGES/BRYOZOANS

“INTRO. TO MARINE ANIMALS”

 

(“Marine Science”, Chap. 6)

 

 

Learning objectives:

 

• Discuss nutrients and the digestion of food by animals
• Explain the importance of zooplankton in marine food chains
• Explain why sponges are considered to be the most primitive animals
• Classify the three types of sponges
• Describe sponge filter-feeding, reproduction, and development
• If available, learn to recognize local sponges and bryozoans

 

 

Vocabulary

 

zooplankton    foraminiferan    radiolarian     meroplankton     copepod       holoplankton

filter-feeder     cilia      sessile    benthic          ostia     osculum   collar cells     embryo

larva    regeneration    encrusting organism    spicules            spongin            bryozoans

budding           hermaphrodite       Porifera

 

VOCABULARY QUIZ:  tba

 

CHAP. TEST: tba

 

MARINE BIOLOGY SYLLABUS:  MARINE ALGAE- SEAWEEDS

 

“Marine Science”, Chap.5

 

Learning objectives:

 

• Describe the three main groups of macroscopic algae
• Describe the life cycle of the green alga “Ulva”
• Name three economically important seaweed-derived chemicals and explain their uses

 

 

Vocabulary

 

macroscopic, seaweed, multicellular, strandline, thallus, spore, diploid, haploid, sporophyte, gamete, gametophyte, zygote, alternation of generations, vascular, nonvascular, holdfast, kelp, xanthophylls, algin, air bladders, phycoerythrin, carrageenan, agar, coralline algae, encrusting algae

 

 

 

TEST: 

 

 

MARINE BIO. SYLLABUS: “BACTERIA AND UNICELLULAR ALGAE”

“Marine Science”, Chap. 4

 

 

Learning Objectives:

 

-Describe the role of decay bacteria in the marine environment

-Explain the evolutionary significance of cyanobacteria

-Describe the role of unicellular algae (phytoplankton) in the marine environment

-Differentiate diatoms from dinoflagellates

-Describe diatom reproduction

 

 

 

 

Vocabulary (most of these should already be familiar to you…)

monerans, bacteria, prokaryotes, protists, unicellular, eukaryotes, protozoa, algae, fungi, chlorophyll, pigment, decomposers, chemosynthesis, cyanobacteria, diatoms, plankton, phytoplankton, organelles, asexual reproduction, sexual reproduction, algal bloom, brown tide, dinoflagellates, bioluminescence, red tide, producers, nutrition, autotrophs, consumers, heterotrophs, cell theory

 

 

 

 

 

TEST ( vocab. included ):