Open Water
Terrific Toothed Whales
Beautiful Baleen
Dark Depths
100
The Ocean Sunfish relies on this feathered creature to deal with large parasites in it's skin.
What is a seagull?
100
Toothed whales, like all whales, belong to this group of milk-making animals.
What are mammals?
100
Baleen keeps food in the whale's mouth while this is pushed back out.
What is water?
100
This light zone is found between the Twilight Zone and the Abyssal Zone.
What is the Midnight Zone?
200
The largest living species of Sea Turtle
What is a Leatherback Sea Turtle?
200
This toothed whale, thought to be a mythical creature by some, has one large tusk.
What is a Narwhal?
200
This is the largest animal that has ever lived, perhaps the largest that will ever live.
What is the Blue Whale?
200
This is the chemical process that allows some organisms to create light.
Bioluminescence.
300
This fish has been recorded moving over 110 kilometres per hour.
What is a Sailfish?
300
These pack hunters works as a team to tip seals off ice rafts.
What are Orcas?
300
These unique sound patterns can be heard thousands of kilometres away.
What are whale songs?
300
Due to the lack of sunlight, there are little to none of these organisms in the deep sea.
What are plants?
400
Some sea turtles have a mouth full of these to help keep food inside while they regurgitate water.
What are barbs or spikes?
400
This large African land based animal is the closest living relative to whales.
What is a hippo?
400
Whales can grow so large because of the reduction of this force in the water.
What is gravity?
400
This is the first item in most deep sea food chains and food webs.
What is Marine Snow?
500
This is the term for an open water environment, the opposite of Benthic.
What is Pelagic?
500
Dolphins are second only to humans in this physical characteristic.
What is the size of their brain compared to their body?
500
Some humpback whales have been seen using this unique strategy to trap fish and krill before moving in to feed.
500
Many deep sea organisms do not have this structure, allowing them to deal with the high pressure of water above.
What is a skeleton?