Incredible Invertebrates
The "in" from invertebrate comes from the Latin meaning "without". What body part are all invertebrates without?
Backbones
Without these, submarines would not be able to rise and fall in ocean waters.
Ballast tanks
The crew of the Nautilus have traveled a very long distance. _______________, to be exact...
20,000 leagues
Before boarding the Nautilus, Professor Pierre was a on a different ship, the Abraham Lincoln. What did the passengers of the Abraham Lincoln think the Nautilus was when they first came into contact with it?
a narwahl
2 invertebrates that we studied in this module...
Nautilus', oysters, corals, squids
It's a good thing this small vessel was on the Nautilus. Pierre, Ned, and Conseil needed it to get to land when they finally escaped!
dinghy
Professor Pierre, Ned, and Conseil experienced some tropical climates on their adventure with Captain Nemo. They must have been close to imaginary line that goes around the earth.
The Equator
Fish are vertebrates that have different body parts than we do. This special body part helps them breathe underwater.
Gills
How many limbs (arms & tentacles) do squids have?
10 (8 arms, 2 tentacles)
Ballast tanks fill with air to make them less what than water?
dense
It's a good thing Captain Nemo was able to get the boiling water to melt the Nautilus away from the iceberg while they were trapped on this continent
Antarctica
As a volcano erupts, hot lava sometimes can flow out of the opening. When it's still inside the volcano, it's called ________________.
Magma
In addition to making pearls, oysters can also do this to the water around them.
filter water to clean it
liquid, solid, gas
Captain Nemo shows Pierre an underwater volcano. What parts of Planet Earth move to create volcanoes?
Tectonic Plates
Oysters are really something. What natural wonder do only a fraction of them produce?
Pearls
What is the name of the small animals that build a coral reef?
coral polyps
The Nautilus was named after the ocean animal, Nautilus. What are some similarities between the submarine and the animal?
Hard outer shell, chambers that fill with air, etc.
The residents on this island were not happy to see Pierre, Ned, and Conseil eating their fresh fruit!
Papua New Guinea
Sharks are a very unique animal of the ocean. Their skeleton especially, because it makes them this type of fish.
Cartilagenous