Reef Life
This fish is known for living in sea anemones and being protected by their stinging tentacles.
What is a clownfish?
The largest ocean on Earth.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This measures how acidic or basic water is.
What is pH?
This animal is known for changing color and texture to camouflage itself.
What is an octopus?
The largest animal to ever live on Earth.
What is the blue whale?
These tiny organisms build coral reefs by creating calcium carbonate skeletons.
What are coral polyps?
This ocean is known for strong currents and connects many continents.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
This compound is toxic to fish even in small amounts and comes from waste.
What is ammonia?
This behavior involves animals traveling long distances seasonally.
What is migration?
This large and fast-swimming fish is commonly used in sushi and can travel long distances in the ocean.
What is a tuna?
This type of coral sways in the current and does not build hard skeletons.
What is soft coral?
This seasonal wind system changes direction and brings heavy rain to parts of Asia and the Indian Ocean region.
What is a monsoon?
This is what ammonia is converted into first in the nitrogen cycle.
What is nitrite?
This marine mammal uses echolocation to find food.
What is a dolphin? AlsoAcceptable: whales (especially toothed whales like orcas, sperm whales)
The deepest part of the ocean is called this.
What is the Mariana Trench?
This popular movie character “Dory” is what type of real-life fish?
What is a blue tang?
This zone of the ocean receives enough sunlight for photosynthesis.
What is the sunlight zone?
High levels of this nutrient can cause algae blooms in aquariums and oceans.
What are nitrates? (phosphates also acceptable)
This deep-diving whale uses powerful echolocation clicks to hunt squid in the dark ocean.
What is a sperm whale?
This glowing ability seen in deep-sea creatures is called this.
What is bioluminescence?
This symbiotic algae lives inside coral and provides them with energy through photosynthesis.
What is zooxanthellae?
This ecosystem protects coastlines, supports marine life, and thrives in brackish water where freshwater meets saltwater.
What are mangroves?
This element is essential for coral skeleton growth and reef stability.
What is calcium?
This predator uses ambush tactics and lightning-fast strikes to catch prey.
What is a mantis shrimp? (also barracuda accepted depending on reasoning)
This land animal is considered a marine mammal because it depends on the ocean for survival.
What is a polar bear?