General
The ocean adjacent (next to) California.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Many sea stars have five of these, or multiples of 5 (p to 40 or 50).
What are arms?
Their carapace (i.e. hard, upper shell) is a very dark purple, red, or even green, and lined with bright yellow-green stripes. This color combination helps striped shore crabs disappear into dark, rocky crevices where they hide amongst sea lettuce, rock weed, and bits of kelp.
What is camouflage?
The number of hearts an octopus has.
What is the California Two-Spot Octopus?
The nickname of the Gumboot Chiton.
What is the "wandering meatloaf"?
Created when high tide brings in water and organisms, leaving them trapped in rocky depressions when the tide moves out.
What are tide pools?
Sea stars are exclusively found in saltwater environments and cannot live in this specific environment.
What is fresh water?
Crabs are an example of a group of animals that do not possess a backbone or internal bony skeleton.
What are invertebrates?
The number of brains an octopus has.
What is 9 brains?
Chitons are known for their distinctive armor of eight overlapping shell plates surrounded by a muscular girdle; the shell plates resemble a certain insect.
What are butterflies?
The rise and fall of the ocean due to the gravitational pull of the sun and the moon.
What are tides?
Sea stars utilize hundreds to thousands of these suction-tipped things to allow them to crawl, cling to rocks, and pry open shell-prey like mussels.
What are tube feet?
The word for what crabs go through because their hard outer shells, called exoskeletons, can’t stretch or expand.
What is molting?
Octopus can fit through incredibly small openings and are only restricted by the size of this body part.
What is a beak?
For safety, before going to he beach, you should always consult this chart/table and plan your visit for just before the lowest tide.
What is a tide table?
As you scan a tide pool, you may notice differences in the habitat. The rocky shore has distinct what based on how far from the sea it is.
What are intertidal zones?
What is radial symmetry?
Striped shore crabs are protected by a thick exoskeleton (the hard upper shell) known as _______, with the abdomen typically tucked underneath.
These segments, which may bear jointed appendages, are protected by a thick exoskeleton known as the carapace, with the abdomen typically tucked underneath
What is the carapace?
The body part of an octopus that houses its vital organs.
What is a mantle?
This species' population has jumped due to the lack of predators in recent years. This has resulted in the devastation of California's kelp forests, creating by overgrazing.
What is a Pacific purple sea urchin?
When the Moon and Sun pull in a straight line, they cause very high tides and very low tides.
What are Spring Tides?
Species especially affected by a 2013 wasting syndrome outbreak that reduced its populations.
What is the Sunflower Sea Star?
Striped shore crabs possess "chelae", which are typically bright red.
What are pincers?
Unlike humans who use iron-based hemoglobin to transport oxygen, the color of an octopus' blood is blue due to this type of metal.
What is copper?
California tide pools face significant impact from this species through trampling, illegal harvesting, pollution, and irresponsible interaction, damaging fragile organisms like mussels, sea stars, and anemones.
What are humans?