test 2 Flashcards

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what animals are in the order sphenisciformes

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penguins

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what animals are in the order procellariiformes

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tubenosed birds

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what animals are in the family procellariidae

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shearwaters and petrels

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what animals are in the family diomedeidae

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albatross

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what types of birds are in the order procellariiformes

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albatross, shearwaters, petrels

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what animals are in the family oceanitidae

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austral storm petrels

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what animals are in the family hydrobatidae

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northern storm petrels

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what animals are in the order phaethontiformes

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tropic birds

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what is the biggest giveaway that a bird is a tropic bird

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long, thin tail feather

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what animal is in the order pelecaniformes

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pelicans

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what animals are in the order suliformes

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gannets, boobys, cormorants, anhingas, frigatebirds

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what animals are in the family sulidae

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gannets and boobys

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what animals are in the order anseriformes

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scoters, eiders, sea ducks

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what animals are in the order gaviiformes

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loons

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what animals are in the order podicipediformes

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grebes

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what animals are in the order charadriiformes

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sandpipers, shorebirds, gulls, skuas, terns, skimmers, murres, puffins

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what animals are in the family laridae

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gulls

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18
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what animals are in the family rynchopidae

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skimmers

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what animals are in the family alcidae

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auks, murres, puffins

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what animals are in the family scolopacidae

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sandpipers and shorebirds

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what animals are in the superfamily odontoceti

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belugas, sperm whales, dolphins, porpoises

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what animals are in the family monodontidae

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belugas and narwhals

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what animals are in the family phocoenidae

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porpoises

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what animals are in the family delphinidae

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dolphins, false killer whales, pilot whales, killer whales

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what animals are in the family physeteridae
sperm whales
26
list differences between family delphinidae and phocoenidae
dorsal fin, stocky body, blunt rostrum
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what is the order that contains all whales and dolphins
cetartiodactyla
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what animals are in the superfamily mysticeti
right whales, blue whales, grey whales
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list differences between the mysticeti and odontoceti
teeth, echolocation, clicks, lots of species
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what animals are in the family balaenidae
right whales and bowhead whales
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what animals are in the family balaenopteridae
blue whales, humpback whales, minke whales
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what animals are in the family eschrichtiidae
grey whales
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what growth is commonly found on the balaenidae whales
callosities
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these are cornified skin sections present from birth
callosities
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what are the knobby bits found on humpback whles
caruncles
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what is another name for the balaenopteridae animals
roquals
37
list aspects of penguins that make them good divers
posterier feet, torpedo body, small pectorals, solid bones
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what animals are in the family elapidae
sea snakes and sea kraits
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what animals are in the subfamily hydrophiinae
sea snakes
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what animals are in the subfamily laticaudinae
sea kraits
41
list aspects of sea snakes
nostrils on top of head, flaps on nostrils
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list aspects of sea kraits
nostrils on side, tissues swell to close nostril
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what animals are in the family iguanidae
marine iguanas
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how do marine iguanas expell salts
sneezing
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how do marine birds expell salts
gland near eye, salt drips down beak
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how to sea turtles expell salts
salt gland near eye, appear to be crying
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what animals are in the family cheloniidae
green sea turtle, hawksbill sea turtle, loggerhead sea turtle, kemps ridely sea turtle, olives ridely sea turtle, flatback sea turtle
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what animals are in the family dermochelyidiae
leatherback sea turtle
49
list aspects of leatherbacks
deepest divers and fastest swimmers, largest, mosaic bone and cartiliage shell
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aspects of green sea turtles
serrated beaks, first costal scute does not touch nuchal scutes
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aspects of hawksbill sea turtles
serrated shell with overlapping scutes, first costal scute does not touch nuchal scutes
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aspects of loggerhead turtles
large head and wide neck
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aspects of olive ridley turtle
more than 5 costal scutes
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aspects of kemps ridley turtle
most round carapace
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what is the top shell of a turtle called
carapace
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what is the bottom shell of a turtle called
plastron
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list aspects of all sea turtles
streamlined shell, long flippers, reduced skeleton, salt glands, cant retract into shell
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do sea snake fangs move
no, and they are hollow
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how many chambers are in a reptile heart
3
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how many chambers are in a birds heart
4