Marine Mammals & Polar Life
This word means “wing-footed” and describes animals like seals and walruses.
What is a pinniped?
This is the most poisonous fish in the ocean.
What is a stonefish?
This step happens when water turns into vapor and rises into the air.
What is evaporation?
This tide occurs when the sun and moon are at right angles and tides are weaker.
What is a neap tide?
A mollusk with one shell is called this.
What is a univalve?
This thick layer of fat helps sea mammals stay warm in icy water.
What is blubber?
This fish cleans larger fish by eating parasites off their bodies.
What is a wrasse?
This step happens when water vapor cools and forms clouds.
What is condensation?
This tide has the highest high tides and the lowest low tides.
What is a spring tide?
A mollusk with two shells is called this.
What is a bivalve?
This is the largest of all pinnipeds.
What is the elephant seal?
This fish looks like a snake and hides in coral reefs.
What is a moray eel?
Rain, snow, or sleet falling from clouds is called this.
What is precipitation?
The area between the high-tide line and low-tide line is called this zone.
What is the intertidal zone?
This crustacean runs sideways.
What is a crab?
Most penguins live near this continent.
What is Antarctica?
The Great Barrier Reef is located off the coast of this country.
What is Australia?
This process begins the water cycle when the sun heats oceans and lakes.
What is evaporation?
The ocean covers about this fraction of Earth’s surface.
What is three-fourths (¾)?
This crustacean has two large pincers and is a carnivore.
What is a lobster?
This pinniped uses its tusks like a fifth leg to pull itself onto ice.
What is a walrus?
Coral reefs are made from the hard remains of tiny animals called these.
What are polyp skeletons?
This three-step system moves water continuously between Earth’s surface and the atmosphere.
What is the water cycle?
Underground areas where water collects and is stored are called these.
What are aquifers?
This mollusk is known for producing pearls.
What is an oyster?