Horseshoe Crabs
False. Horseshoe crabs are arthropods that more closely related to spiders and scorpions.
True or False: Skates and Rays are fish.
True. Skates and Rays are indeed fish.
True or False: You need a microscope to see all plankton.
False: Many plankton are large enough to see without a microscope.
True or False: Seals and Sea Lions both have ear flaps.
True or False: Fish can breathe underwater.
True. Fish have gills that allow them to breathe underwater.
How many eyes do horseshoe crabs have?
10
True or False: People eat skates on Cape Cod.
True. Skate wings are often on local menus.
Phytoplankton.
What are the three families of animals that belong to the suborder Pinnipedia?
Seals, Sea Lions and the Walrus.
What do fish have all over the bodies?
Scales.
False. Females are ~30% larger.
True or False: Skates and Rays have hard bones like ours.
False. Skates and Rays have cartilaginous bones.
What is the definition of plankton?
Will accept: Ocean Drifters, Animals that go with the flow, ocean wanderers, the base of the ocean food web.
Which type of pinniped appears to be able to "walk" on land?
Sea Lions.
True or False: All animals with fins in the ocean are fish.
False. To name a few animals with fins that are not fish we have whales, pinnipeds, turtles.
What color is horseshoe crab blood?
Blue.
Rays give live birth.
What type of plankton is Plankton from SpongeBob based off of?
The Copepod.
What is the common nickname for a Grey Seal?
Horseheads.
Whale Shark.
What do we call a horseshoe crabs tail?
The telson.
Name one animal that spends the beginning of its life as plankton and then grows up to be something else.
How much does a Walrus weigh?
~3,000 pounds. Will accept: the weight of a Toyota Corolla or +/- 500 pounds.
What is the fish's sixth sense called? This sense is how it detects other fish near by and predators.
The Lateral Line.