Mobility to Move
How do we call animals that can swim?
Nekton or nektonic animals
Name the different kingdoms of living things.
Animal, plant, fungi, protist, and monera.
Name 5 ocean zones.
Sunlight, twilight, midnight, abyssal, and hadal or trenches.
What are pool tides?
Tide pools are found in areas of the shoreline that are covered with water during high tide. During low tide, the tide pools are left with little pools that are formed in the spaces between rocks or in rocks that have a depression in them where water can gather.
Name 5 animals found in coral reefs.
Examples may vary: fish, sea turtles, sharks, rays, crustaceans, cephalopods (octopus or squid), sea urchins, sea stars, mollusks, eels, etc.
A group of animals that don't move at all.
Sessile
According to the classification chart, how many levels of classification are there?
There are 7 levels.
Name the 7 continents.
North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, Antarctica.
What are kelp forests?
Are areas of the ocean that are filled with large, long, brown seaweeds.
Name 3 crustaceans found in Mangrove Forests.
Crabs, shrimp, prawn.
Sponges and coral are examples of _____________?
Sessile animals
What does the word CHORDATA mean?
Chordata is a phylum. Are animals with backbones.
Which is the largest ocean?
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Name 3 marine mammals found in Estuaries.
Dolphins, manatee, harbor seal.
Crabs, lobsters, sea snails, clams, and sea stars are examples of ________________.
Benthos, or benthic animals.
Alligators & Crocodiles
What is the difference between an ocean a a sea?
The sea is a smaller body of water, and is connected to the ocean, and is close to land.
What is the Great Barrier Reef and where is located?
What is the largest structure in the world made by animals and for animals that is over 1.400 miles long off the coast of Australia.
Name 2 mollusks found in in hydrothermal vents.
Mussels and clams.
What does the word plankton mean?
It is a Greek word which means "To wander or drift".
Name the 7 levels of classification.
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
What are circular currents called?
Gyre
Name two fish from hydrothermal vents.
Angler fish, deep sea skate, eels, macrouridae fish.
Name two kinds of jellyfish from the hydrothermal vents.
dandelion jellyfish & deep sea jellyfish