Name the Zones
True or False. The Twilight Zone is greatly devoid of life.
What is False. Recent studies suggest that the biomass of fish in the twilight zone may be 10x greater than thought -- more than in all the rest of the ocean combined.
Balloonlike sacs (also known as bladers) contain this mixture which makes kelp leaves float.
What is Oxygen, Nitrogen, and Carbon Dioxide?
Firefly squid have about how many photophores on their body?
A.)500
B.) 2,000
C.) 800
C
My pod can have more than 1,000 individuals.
Am I a Dolphin or Porpoises?
Dolphin
Hunts using echolocation, is social, and has 1 blowhole
Baleen or Toothed Whale?
Toothed Whale
True or False. Nearly 2 football fields are lost every hour due to human impact on seagrass meadows?
True
Scientists analyzing the structure of these chompers discovered that they’re harder than a penny and can withstand ______ tons of pressure-- that's the same as the weight of about 88 elephants!
530 tons
Due to _____________ pigment, helmet jellies avoid sunlight like the plague, preferring the frigid depths to the sun's damaging rays.
Red
My teeth are flat on top.
Am I a Dolphin or Porpoises?
Porpoise
True or False. The first ancient whales evolved more than 50 million years ago from meat-eating land mammals!
True! Fossils show us that over thousands of years, the feet they once used for running slowly adapted to become better at swimming, growing longer and flatter and eventually turning into fins!
_______ of the ocean's water lies in the midnight zone.
What is 90%?
True or False. Sea otters are among the many aquatic animals that have blubber.
What is False? Unlike most aquatic animals, sea otters do NOT have blubber but a thick underfur.
Dumbos have ______ webbed tentacles.
A.) 10
B.) 8
C.) 9
8
These dolphins are strange because they live in freshwater, and some are even pink?
What dolphin species am I?
Amazon River Dolphin
I am born with just two teeth. In most males the right tooth never grows into a long, spear-like tooth called a tusk.
What whale species am I?
Narwhal
Shallow seas are characterized by:
A.) Their size
B.) What species make-up their environment
C.) What the seafloor looks like.
C
With a single breath manatees can replace _____ percent of the air in their lungs.
What is 90%?
The flatback sea turtle can only be found on the coast of what country?
Australia
I hunt in packs of up to 40, can swim more than 30 mph and can swallow 50 lbs in one gulp
What dolphin species am I?
Killer Whale
Much like fingerprints, each of us have our very own special pattern on the underside of our tail.
What species am I?
Humpback Whale
Shallow seas are no more than __________ ft deep.
What is 660 ft deep?
Coral colony are large groups of tiny animals called polyps living together, connected by living tissue. The polyps secrete a mineral called _____________, which forms the hard skeleton that gives the colony its shape.
What is Calcium Carbonate?
Marine Iguana are found only in the _______ Islands.
Galapagos Islands.
Baby dolphins are around 3 ft long when they're born and learn to swim after how many minutes?
30 minutes
I am the second-largest animal in the world, can swim nearly 3x's faster than the quickest Olympic Swimmer
What whale species am I?
Fin Whale