Animal Classifications
This animal groups is warm-blooded and has fur or hair, breathes air, and feeds their babies milk.
Mammal, Cartilaginous Fish, Bony Fish, Reptile, Crustacean, Mollusk, Bird, or Cnidarian
Mammal
During the in-class surveys, we asked people what their ___ season was!
Favorite
What does NEAQ stand for?
New England Aquarium!
This mammal barks like a dog, can do flips in the water, and has terrible breath!
Sea Lion
This cartilaginous fish likes to chill on the ocean floor and nap a lot.
Nurse Sharks
This animal group doesn't have bones. Instead, they are made of something called cartilage, which is the same thing our ears or the tip of our nose is made of!
Mammal, Cartilaginous Fish, Bony Fish, Crustacean, Mollusk, Bird, Reptile, Cnidarian
Cartilaginous Fish
This book is ___ because it is about a dragon who eats ice cream!
Fiction
What is the biggest exhibit in the NEAQ?
The Giant Ocean Tank
This mollusk can change colors in a blink and has eight arms!
Giant Pacific Octopus
This bony fish can grow MASSIVE and gulp its food in one bite.
This type of animal is cold-blooded, has scaly skin, and lays eggs.
Mammal, Cartilaginous Fish, Bony Fish, Crustacean, Mollusk, Bird, Reptile, Cnidarian
Repitle
Research
The NEAQ operates a hospital for this type of animal in Quincy, MA to heal and rehabilitate hundreds of these animals every year.
Sea Turtles
Peacock Mantis Shrimp
This cnidarian wiggles in the waves and gives clownfish, like nemo, a home!
Sea Anemone
This type of animal has a soft body. Some of them have shells and some don't!
Mammal, Cartilaginous Fish, Bony Fish, Crustacean, Mollusk, Bird, Reptile, Cnidarian
Mollusks
We practice ____ when we turn off the water to save it.
Conservation
The NEAQ has an exhibit with a touch tank for these two types of cartilaginous fish!
Sharks and Rays (or Stingrays)
This bird lives in warm weather climates on hot beaches in this continent.
Africa (African Penguin)
The green sea turtle is a reptile. This sea turtle has been living at the aquarium for 55 years and is believed to be over 90 years old!
Myrtle
This type of animal has a soft body and stinging tentacles!
Mammal, Cartilaginous Fish, Bony Fish, Crustacean, Mollusk, Bird, Reptile, Cnidarian
Cnidarian
We used ____ to sort animals into groups like bugs and birds.
Classification
When was the NEAQ opened and/or how long ago did it open?
The NEAQ opened in 1969 which was 56 years ago!
This bird has yellow feathers and loves to hop on rocks. They are sometimes called macaroni penguins.
Souther Rockhopper Penguin
This bony fish has big, bold patterns that look like a butterfly!
Butterfly Fish