Jellyfish Life Cycle
What stage of the life cycle is before the strobila?
polyp
The most venomous jellyfish...
Box Jellyfish
A jellyfish has no backbone. What do we call animals with no backbone?
Invertebrates
what is the top portion of a jellyfish called?
bell
What do scientists call microscopic plants?
Phytoplankton
An adult jellyfish is called...
medusa
What jellyfish can be easily mistaken as an anemone?
Upside-Down Jellyfish or Cassiopea
What species of jellyfish has been known to "sleep"?
Upside-down jelly or Cassiopea
Jellyfish get their name from a gelatinous material. What is it called?
Mesogloea
What do scientists call a collection of small animals like shrimp, eggs, baby sea animals, and other stingers?
Zooplankton
In what stage of the life cycle do jellyfish spend mot of their time?
Polyp
This jellyfish is not one, but a colony of living organisms.
Portugese Man of War
Jellyfish are part of the animal kingdom. What phylum do they come from?
Cnidaria
What percent of a jellyfish's body is water?
95%
What are jellyfish famously mixed up with by sea turtles?
Plastic bags
In what oceans do jellyfish live?
All oceans.
The most common jellyfish that is clear in color.
Moon Jellyfish
What is the name of the stinging cells on jellyfish tentacles?
Nematocysts
The jellyfish has two layers of cells that make up their body. One layer literally means stomach skin. What is the scientific name?
Gastrodermis
What is the primary food source of most jellyfish?
Zooplankton
Something that jellyfish don't have.
Brain, teeth, or backbone
Which jellyfish has tentacles up to 120 feet long?
Lion's Mane Jellyfish
What is the name of the clumps of stinging cells released into the water by Upside-down Jellyfish?
Cassiosomes
Describe how a jellyfish moves.
Expands and contracts its body and forces water out beneath it.
What is a common predator of washed up jellyfish on beaches?
crabs, birds, penguins, red tailed foxes