Rocky Coasts Practice Flashcard 2025

Front

What type of symmetry do crustaceans have?

Back

Bilateral

Front

All crustaceans:

Back

Have an exoskeleton

Front

echinoderm

Back

spiny skin

Front

What type of skeleton do echinoderms have?

Back

Endoskeleton

Front

A species that plays a critical role in the health, maintenance, growth, or definition of an ecosystem.

Back

keystone

Front

Competition for which resource is a dominant factor in the rocky intertidal zone? Options: food, light, oxygen, space

Back

space

Front

Which is considered a keystone predator in the middle intertidal zone?

Back

sea stars

Front

What is submerged only at high tide?

Back

upper shore

Front

The Splash Zone can be described as

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just above the high tide mark, very salt tolerant

Front

Organisms of the intertidal zone must be able to withstand desiccation. In other words, these organisms:

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Withstand drying out