Rocky Shore
Sandy Beach & Mudflats
Kelp Forest
Open Ocean
Crustaceans
Miscellaneous
100
This file-like structure allows many snails to scrape algae off rocks
What is a radula?
100
These crustaceans follow the tides up and down the beach and must frequently burrow. They take advantage of the abundance of suspended particles carried by the constantly moving water
What are sand crabs (mole crabs)?
100
Without gill coverings to aid in breathing like many other fish, this animal needs to open and close its mouth in order to breathe.
What is the moray eel?
100
This fish is the most primitive fish in the ocean. It's jawless, boneless, and produces copious amounts of mucus embedded with long fibrous threads for protection.
What is the hagfish?
100
This refers to when a crustacean must periodically shed its outer skeleton
What is molt?
100
This is the key primary producer at the bottom of the food chain in the ocean. (Be specific!)
What is phytoplankton (plant plankton)?
200
These tough threads allow mussels to attach to the rocks
What are byssal threads
200
This crustacean grows to 3 inches and has a bulbous-shaped shell. This makes it easy to camouflage when it buries in the sand. It tends to feed on organic matter, or detritus, and other invertebrates.
What is the globe crab?
200
This is the largest and fastest growing of all seaweeds.
What is the giant kelp?
200
This fish has a head lure, like a fishing rod, lit by luminous bacteria
What is an anglerfish (football fish)?
200
Which of the following are the ways spiny lobsters protect themselves from predators? (Choose all that apply)
A) They depend on spines on their body and antennae for protection from predators
B) They use their antennae to produce sounds to ward off enemies
C) The can escape by swimming
D) They forage at night
What is A, B, C and D?
200
Made up of about 95% water, these animals operate without brains, hearts, or lungs. Instead of a long, painful sting, these common coastal inhabitants boast a perfectly mild touch.
What are moon jellies?
300
This permanently attached crustacean has thick shell plates that close up tightly when the tide is low. Oh, and they eat with the "feet"!
What are barnacles?
300
These echinoderms are adapted for burrowing in the sand by using their many spines to drive themselves into the sand. Spines, tube feet and pedicellaria on both sides of the body help to capture, transport and sort food, including plankton, algae, detritus, and small crustaceans.
What are sand dollars?
300
Our marine state fish!
What is the garibaldi?
300
This is the largest and deepest-diving of all sea turtles, adapted entirely for life in the open ocean. They lack hard, bony shells, instead featuring a rubbery, oil-saturated skin covering, and they survive in the open seas by feeding primarily on jellyfish
What is the leatherback sea turtle?
300
This crustacean can send a shockwave that can stun or kill their prey all due to their ability to pack a punch that can reach up to 60 miles per hour!
What is the mantis shrimp? 
300
These are the specialized stinging organelles found in the tentacles of sea jellies and sea anemones.
What are nematocysts?
400
This seastar smells like garlic!
What is a leather star?
400
This is what we call the clumps of drift seaweed that wash ashore, the foundation of the coastal food web.
What is beach wrack?
400
This animal possesses highly developed eyes and the largest, most complex brain of any invertebrate. Found in the kelp forest room, it is a small, intelligent benthic (ocean floor) predator that lives for about one to two years and grows up to 20 inches in arm span.
What is the octopus (kelp forest room)?
400
These marine mammals are known for their singing–vocalizations that can be heard underwater up to 20 miles. Only the males are known to sing and scientists believe it helps to identify a territory and/or attract mates.
What is the humpback whale?
400
This crab forages both in and out of the water and is quite active during the day. An extremely fast species; it has even been reported to catch flies at low tide. (Hint: They are big fans of squid!)
What is the striped shore crab?
400
This was the very first marine invertebrate to be listed as endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
What is the white abalone?
500
This long flexible structure is used by Kellet whelk snails in order to reach down to feed on dead or dying organisms
What is a proboscis?
500
This echinoderm, in the sandy beach demo tank, is predatory. It tracks the slime trails of olive snails, just one type of its prey. While it digests the soft tissue, it will spit out an intact whole empty shell.
What is a sand star (armored star, spiny sand star)?
500
These are the correct facts about the giant black sea bass. (Choose all that apply)
A) They can live for over 70 years, reach up to 7.5 feet in length and over 560 lbs.
B) A single female can produce up to 60 million eggs in one season
C) They can temporarily "flash" or change the brightness of their skin and spots
D) They can communicate with one another by producing low frequency "boom" sounds"
What is A, B, C and D!
500
This fish is the only true warm-blooded fish. This unique trait allows it to be a high-performance, active predator in deep, freezing waters.
What is the opah?
500
This is the common name of this cool crustacean!
What is hermit crab?
500
The eggs of these crustaceans enter a state of suspended animation called cryptobiosis (hidden life). In this dormant form, known as a cyst, they can survive for years unchanged—even enduring freezing temperatures and the vacuum of space—only to hatch into live crustaceans within hours when placed in saltwater
What is brine shrimp? 