Ocean Facts
Fish Friends
Feeling Beachy
Underwater Critters
100
How many Oceans does the world have?
5 Oceans
100
What do fish use to breathe?
Gills!
100
What might you find while walking along the beach that some people collect?
Seashellls, agates, other?
100
What kind of creature is Patrick Star from the show "Spongebob"
A starfish!
200
TRUE or FALSE?
Earth is covered in more water than land.
True
Around 70% of the earths surface is water!
200
Which one of these is NOT an ocean fish?
Salmon, Clownfish, Lionfish, OR goldfish.
Goldfish
200
What is are beaches covered in?
Sand!
200
TRUE or FALSE
Sea turtles only live about 20 years?
FALSE
They can live too be 100 years old!
300
What day does Ocean Day fall on?
June 8th! (today)
300
This is what you call a group of fish that live together.
A school
300
Name an animal you might find on the beach?
Crab, seal, bird etc
300
Name ONE type of whale!
Blue whale, Gray whale, Humpback, Beluga, Orca etc
400
This is a small pool formed on a rocky beach where crabs, snails, starfish and other small creatures can be found.
Tide Pool
400
How many types of ocean fish exist?
A.) 2,000
B.) 20,000
C.) 200,000
20,000! With more being discovered each year
400
What is this?
A sand dollar!
400
These colorful plant-like things form "reefs" and give a protective home to many ocean animals.
Coral!
500
What Ocean do we have in Humboldt County?
A.) Pacific Ocean
B.) Atlantic Ocean
C.) Arctic Ocean
The Pacific Ocean!
500
What is the LARGEST predatory fish on earth?
The Great White Shark
500
At certain times of the day the water gets really high and at other times of the day the water becomes very low. This is known as what?
(HINT: it is controlled by the moon!)
The tide
500
Fish, whales, and sharks have a triangular shaped fin on their backs, what is this fin called?
Dorsal fin!