Razor clams have hard protective shells. They use their muscular foot and streamlined shell to burrow beneath the sand during low tide. In which marine ecosystem would you most likely find razor clams?

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A: Soil sieves are instruments that have a variety of uses. One of their uses is to collect sea animals…

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A: Trilobites are extinct marine arthropods and the specimen shown in the picture is of Isotelus, the…

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A: Food-chain, in an ecosystem, depicts the energy flow from one organism to another, where one gets…

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A: Introduction Scallops, clams, mussels, and oysters are all classified as bivalve. Their name comes…

Q: What would happen if the squid’s environment gradually changed—would all squid die?

A: No, squid will not die if environment  gradually change

Q: South America North America Pacific Panama Caribbean Panama The cladogram above illustrates the…

A: Speciation is the mechanism by which organisms develop into distinct species.

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A: Marine fish migration is a complex behavior that involves movement from one habitat to another.…

Q: Why do you suppose a male attaches permanently to the female in this species?

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A: Butterfly fish is a marine animal belongs to phylum chordata,Class Actinopterygii and family…

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A: Osmosis is a phenomenon that involves the maintenance of the equilibrium in the tonicity of two…

Q: How have reefs changed through time?

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A: Hermit crabs, distributed worldwide, occur in coastal waters with sandy or muddy bottoms, and…

Q: Compare the hydra to obelia in terms of life cycle features and ecological attributes. If living…

A: Answer: HYDRA AND OBELIA = These are the aquatic simple living organisms belongs to hydrozoa groups,…

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A: The objective of the question is to identify the group of animals that would have a relatively large…

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A: Mollusca is the  second largest phylum of the invertebrate animals.  Answer;1    The mollusk (or…

Q: What are corals? What is meant by a "coral reef"? How has climate change affected the Great Barrier…

A: Ecology is the scientific study of the interactions between living organisms and their environment.…

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A: Quarantine is the isolation of individuals that have arrived from an infectious disease affected…

Q: Does a reef consist mainly of living or non-living coral? Explain

A: Coral is a marine invertebrate that belongs to the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. Corals are…

Q: How long ago did species begin to move from water to land? What period was this?

A: The Paleozoic era began with the Cambrian period 542 mya. It was the age of marine invertebrates.

Q: coral

A: An organism in which the zygote develops into a discrete unit which then produces more units like…

Q: Which of the following are NOT included in the Nekton? Sea snakes Copepods Great White Shark Penguin

A: Aquatic animals that can swim against the current and move independently of the surrounding water…

Q: Corals are very temperature sensitive. What is the range of the temperatures between which the…

A: Corals are marine invertebrates within the class anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically…

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A: Mollusks are soft-bodied invertebrates and they belong to the phylum Mollusca, with a calcium…

Q: What symbiotic relationship do sharks and coral reef have?

A: The depends of two different species on each other is known as symbiosis. This kind of relationship…

Q: What is the lifestyle of the organism (ammonite) in the  photo? (Select all that apply) (Hint:…

A: Ammonites are an extinct group of organisms. They are also known as ammonoid and belong to the group…

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A: Over the last few decades, the Gulf of Maine has warmed faster than 99.9% of the world's oceans.…

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A: Apart from mammals or vertebrates, invertebrates cover a major portion of the animal world.

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Q: Draw the shell and label the parts of an oyster. Identify the different anatomical systems and their…

A: Oysters are marine, sessile invertebrates that belong to the phylum Mollusca. They are bivalves…

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Q: Refer to Figure 2A in the article.  Which of the following best describes the change in the…

A: Molluscs have a soft, unsegmented body that is often protected by a hard shell. They also have a…

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Q: Using these organisms listed make a food chain

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Q: How can eggs of many marine animals survive long hours sitting exposed to the sun

A: Introduction: Marine animals  are the ones that live in the ocean underneath water. Marine animals…

Q: Why do clown fish and sea anemone pair up? What is this relationship called?

A: In nature, population of different species interact with each other in different ways such as…

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A: Most bivalves ar suspension feeders and eat particles of food from the encompassing water. Some…

Q: Barnacles are crustaceans that live in the ocean. Barnacle larvae are motile and secrete a sticky…

A: Ecology is the study of interaction of organisms with one another and with the environment. Ecology…

Microbes

Microbes are microscopic living organisms that can only be detected with the help of specialized laboratory equipment called a microscope. These living organisms are so small that they are not visible to the naked eye.