The Oceans
How many oceans are there?
5
What is the hard shell that covers a shrimp's body called? Hint: shrimp do not have bones, but they have this instead.
Exoskeleton
TRUE OR FALSE: A dolphin is a fish.
False, it is a sea mammal.
What's the vocabulary word for the following: Dirty things like rubbish, smoke, or fumes that can hurt the air, land, or water as well as living things (i.e. humans, animals, and plants).
Pollution
What happens when the water is polluted?
Sea animals and plants can be harmed (hurt).
What is the biggest and deepest ocean in the world?
The Pacific Ocean
TRUE OR FALSE: Shrimp are invertebrates (without a spine/backbone).
True
What's the vocabulary word for the following: An animal that drinks milk from its mother when it is a baby. Most have hair or fur, and some (like dolphins) live in water. They need air to breathe.
Mammal
What's the vocabulary word for the following: A very big body of salty water. There are 5 of them on Earth.
Ocean
Which is the correct order of the three main ocean zones, starting from the surface of the ocean (closest to the air) and going down to the deepest part (furthest from the air)?
Sunlight, twilight, midnight
Which continents (land masses) touch (border) the Pacific Ocean? Hint: 4
Asia, Australia (aka Australasia/Oceania), North America, and South America
Where is the rostrum on a shrimp?
The rostrum is the pointy part above the eyes (sharp!) on the head.
What's the vocabulary word for the following: An animal that has a backbone (spine).
Vertebrate
What's the vocabulary word for the following: An animal that lives in water and breathes through gills (the slits on each side of their neck).
Fish
Why is it important to be careful about NOT polluting the land and bodies of water?
Example: It is important not to pollute the land and water because animals can eat plastic by mistake, which can make them very sick. Then, when we catch fish from the water, the plastic can get inside them, and we might eat it too. So keeping the environment clean helps keep animals and people healthy.
TRUE OR FALSE: The Mariana Trench is the deepest known point on Earth.
True
In our dissection, you learned how to tell if a shrimp is a (male) boy or (female) girl. Which of these is true?:
A: Boy shrimp have an extra part on their front legs.
B: Girl shrimp have longer antennae than boy shrimp.
C: You can tell the difference by looking at the colour of the tail.
A: Boy shrimp have an extra part on their front legs.
What's the vocabulary word for the following: An animal that does not have a backbone (spine).
Invertebrate
TRUE OR FALSE: Are octopus and jellyfish fish?
False, they are are classified as mollusks, more specifically as cephalopods. This means they belong to a group of soft-bodied sea animals with tentacles, like cuttlefish and nautilus. Fish have backbones but octopus and jellyfish do not have them.
Which U.S. state was Mrs. Myra born in?
North Carolina
Name the 5 oceans.
Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Southern (Antarctic), Indian
What's the part of a shrimp that people like to eat?
The segmented abdomen (deveined of course)!
Name any 5 different kinds of fish. Remember: Fish are vertebrates.
Shark
Clownfish
Tuna
Seahorse
Swordfish
Salmon
Snapper
Grouper
Mackerel
Cod
What's the vocabulary word for the following: When we carefully cut open a plant or animal to learn about its body.
Dissection
What is Mrs. Myra's husband's name?
Mr. Ian