Aquatic Animals
Animals that can swim
What are nektonic creatures?
Name of a large pod of dolphins
What is a herd?
Scutes are made of this substance, as are fingernails
What is keratin?
An enormous shark, that as far as we know, is extinct
What is a megalodon
Means head-footed animal
What is cephalopod?
Animals that scurry, crawl, hop, scoot, burrow, slither
What are benthic creatures?
Whales with teeth
What are toothed whales?
Name 4 kinds of sea turtles
What are green, loggerhead, leatherback, hawksbill, olive Ridley, kemp's Ridley, Australian flatback
Sharks are this type of fish
What is cartilaginous?
Used by squid to propel it through the water
What is jet propulsion?
Animals that stick themselves to one place an stay there
What are sessile?
What is breaching?
The lower plate of a turtle's shell
What is plastron?
Some sharks lay these egg cases
What is a mermaid's purse?
Means spiny skin
What is echinoderm?
Name the 5 oceans of the world
What are the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Southern, Arctic?
Whales without teeth have this (or are called)
What is baleen?
The upper part of the turtle's shell
What is the carapace?
The name of baby sharks
What are pup?
When a sea star loses a part of its body, it can do this
What is regenerate?
Causes the tides
What is the moon?
This whale has a tusk, or extra long tooth, that grows out of it's head
What is a narwhal
Egg-laying animals
oviparous
This can be measured to tell the length of a shark. Every inch equals 10 feet of shark length.
What is a shark tooth?
Swarm of jellyfish
What is a jellyfish bloom?