Aquatic Facts and Primeval Reptiles
Aquatic Herps
Mollusks
Whales
Cnidarians
100
The term used to describe animals that live on the ocean floor.
What is benthic?
100
This term is the study of this group of animals.
What is herpetology?
100
These are known as the termites of the sea.
What are Shipworms?
100
Another name for a whale's tale.
What is a fluke?
100
This is the name of the larval (swimming) stage of a jellyfish.
What is a plannula?
200

This primeval reptile looked a lot like dolphins today.

What are Ichthyosaurs?
200
The term used for cold blooded animals.
What is ectothermic?
200
This is the name of the organ on a gastropod used to scrape algae off rocks.
What is a radula?
200
The two groups of whales are called toothed whales and this group.
What are baleen whales?
200
These Cnidarians are known as the "flowers of the sea".
What are sea anemone?
300
The term used to describe animals that swim freely in the water.
What is nektonic?
300
The term for snakes that lay eggs inside their bodies but then give birth to live young.
What is ovoviviparous?
300
The name for the tubes on a bivalve used for eating, breathing and excreting waste.
What is a siphon?
300
This toothed whale is also known as a sea canary.
What is a Beluga whale?
300
These are the "stinging cells" on Cnidarians.
What are nematocysts?
400

This primeval reptile is thought to have been described in the Bible in Psalm 104, as Leviathan.

What is Plesiosaur?
400
Kinds of sea turtles include Loggerhead, Leatherback, Kemp's, Hawk's bill, Flatbacks, Black and...
What is Green sea turtle?
400
The term used to describe many mollusks that are neither male nor female.
What is hermaphrodite?
400
This whale is the largest of the toothed whales.
What is a Sperm Whale?
400
This type of coral is also known as the "reef building" coral.
What are stony coral?
500
This heavenly body affects the tides in the ocean.
What is the moon?
500
The name of the upper dome of a turtle's shell.
What is carapace?
500
The three types of mollusks include bivalves, gastropods and this group.
What are cephalopods?
500
This baleen whale is the most often seen and actively studies of all whales.
What is a Humpback Whale?
500
This is the name of the tiny phytoplankton in coral that give coral their vibrant colors.
What is zooxanthellae?
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