Define that!
The branch of science that investigates the organisms that live in salt water
Marine Biology
The largest variety of sea turtle
Leatherback
This is the number of shells a bi-valve mollusk has
Two
Polar bears, whales, seals, sea lions, walruses and whales have this layer of flat to help protect fhrm from the cold
Blubber
How well an object floats is called
Bouyancy
The area of ocean floor found between the high tide and the low tide
Intertidal Zone
A group of fish swimming together in a group for protection is called
Schooling
Many creatures live in these, left behind when a hide tide has receded
Tide Pools
This long bristly plate of keratin hanging from the top of some whales’ mouths is called this
Baleen
The color of a cephalopdoda’s (octopuses, cuttlefish, squid, etc...) blood
Blue
A ring-shaped coral reef often formed by the sinking of a volcanic island
Atoll
Sharks have an incredible sense of...
Smell (hearing also accepted)
You found a sand dollar on the beach. It is brownish
and has small hairs. Is it dead or alive?
Alive
This is the ability of an animal to find the location of an object by making a sounda nd hearing the sound reflected
Echolocation
An octopus uses his siphon for this purpose
Swimming
Water in the open ocean divided into different zones based upon how much sunlight reaches that depth of water
Ocean-Pelagic Zones
Marine birds are unique because they do not require this
Fresh water (for drinking)
All coral is divided into these two types
Soft, Hard
List a reason an animal may migrate to a new place based on the season
Warmer temperatures, birthing, following food
This body of water has the highest density of salt water in the world
The Dead Sea
The technical name of any organism that lives on the bottom of the ocean
Benthic
Fish have these fins, usually located just behind their gills. They help the fish to turn and move up and down.
Pectoral
A starfish has this kind of symmetry
Radial
What does pinniped mean (seals, sea lions, walruses...)
"Fin foot"
The name of a crustacean’s hard outer layer
Exoskeleton