This is made up of tiny particles of everything that is found on the beach.
What is sand?
100
I am the most well known seabird. I am a scavenger and will steal your lunch if I can.
What is a seagull?
100
I am a kind of crab that has one giant claw and one small claw. I eat small bits of plants and animals, and shore birds eat me.
What is a fiddler crab?
100
I am a big silvery brown bird with a long yellow bill and a big throat pouch. I dive into the water to catch fish.
What is a pelican?
100
I am a marine mammal and have a huge nose and a loud roar. I can stay on the beach for three months at a time without eating.
What is an elephant seal?
200
Driftwood, bits of plastic, feathers, shells, rocks.
What kinds of things do you find on the beach?
200
I am a long legged shore bird and I probe in the sand with my 2 1/2 inch long bill looking for worms, sand crabs, and small clams to eat.
What is a willets?
200
There are many different kinds of these creatures that live under the sand. They use a siphon to eat plankton. They have a foot. Otters, shore birds, sea stars, and people like to eat them.
What is a clam?
200
I am a very important part of the food chain, though I am so small that I am almost invisible. I can be small plants or animals.
What is plankton?
200
I am a marine mammal with silver fur and black spots. I spend about 7 hours a day resting on the beach.
What is a harbor seal?
300
Something that is or was once living.
What is biotic?
300
I am an endangered species, and I come ashore at night to dig a nest and lay my eggs. I like to eat jellyfish.
What is a loggerhead turtle?
300
I have a light brown shell and a very large beige foot. I am named after something in the night sky.
What is a moon snail?
300
I can be very beautiful, but I can sting you, even after I wash up on the beach. Sea turtles eat me.
What is a jellyfish?
300
I am a seal that lives in the arctic and spends most of my time out at sea away from land. I have very beautiful fur.
What is a ribbon seal.
400
Something that was never alive.
What is Abiotic?
400
I am called a crab, but I am not actually a crab at all. I have a long, rigid tail that I use for balance and for digging. I am a very ancient animal.
What is a horseshoe crab?
400
I am bright red. Birds and bristle worms eat me. I swallow sand to get tiny bits of food as I burrow.
What is a blood worm?
400
When I am alive, I am light brown to dark purple. I am white when I die. People like to find me on the beach.
What is a sand dollar?
400
I am a marine mammal. I am usually the trained "seal" at a circus, but I am not called a seal. I like to live in a colony with lots of others of my kind.
What is a sea lion?
500
The process by which wind, water, and movement break rocks down into smaller parts.
What is erosion?
500
I am made up of seaweed and anything else that washes ashore and am stranded at the high tide line. I provide food and shelter for many animals.
What is beach wrack?
500
I have a grey body and bright orange antennae. I eat kelp. I have long back legs to help me jump high.
What is a beach hopper?
500
I have red orange and blue stripes along my sides. I get caught by people fishing from the beach.
What is a surf perch?
500
We are the two main foods for seals and sea lions.