Which ocean is the deepest?
1. Atlantic
2. Pacific
3. Arctic
4. Indian
2. Pacific
200
The tongue of a blue whale weighs about as much as which land animal?
1. lion
2. elephant
3. water buffalo
4. moose
2. Elephant
200
What is the name for the largest coral reef?
The great barrier reef.
200
What is peculiar about the eyes of fish?
1. they shed tears
2. they grow larger each day
3. they do not close
4. they have eyelashes
They do not close!
300
Which ocean animals are the largest?
1. Giant Squid
2. Blue Whale
3. Lobster
4. Manta Ray
2. Blue whale
300
Name two animals that live in the coral reefs.
There are sponges, sea slugs, oysters, clams, crabs, shrimp, sea worms, starfish and sea urchins, jellyfish and sea anemones; various types of fungi, sea turtles, and many species of fish.
300
Movements of earth's crust is called an
Earthquakes!
300
The oceans cover 71% of the surface of the Earth and contain 97% of all the water on the planet. True or false?
True
400
What ocean animal has no true brain?
1. Sea cucumber
2. Hydra
3. Starfish
4. Jellyfish
3. Starfish (like Patrick in Spongebob Squarepants!)
400
How long does it take for a coral to grow 0.3cm to 10cm ?
Thousands of years.
400
When tectonic plates slip underneath each other in a process called?
Hint (starts with the letter S)?
Subduction!
400
Which animal is the fastest fish in the ocean and can travel at speeds of almost 70 mph?
1. squid
2. sailfish
3. eel
4. marlin
Sailfish
500
What color is the Beluga whale?
White
500
Which animal found in the coral reefs is known that the male carries the eggs in the pouch?
Seahorse!
500
How are trenches formed?
Plate Tectonics, or the movement of the Earth's crust.