Deep Sea
Light produced by animals in the deep sea
What is bio-luminescence?
Organism that forms the base of many tropical ecosystems by providing food and shelter to other organisms
What is coral?
One of the most common types of whales seen off the coast of MA in the summer months
What are humpback whales?
The material that makes up sharks skeletons
What is cartilage?
The family that crabs belong to
What is crustacea?
The debris that floats down to the ocean floor and either forms sediment or is a food source to deep sea animals
What is marine snow?
Type of reef that is parallel to shore and creates a lagoon in between
What is a barrier reef?
The fish considered sacred in in the Massachusetts state house
What is cod?
Growing up to 70 feet long and weighting 60 tons, this extinct shark used to be the largest in the ocean
What is megalodon?
Sea snails and slugs are in this family
What is gastropoda?
The anatomical feature many deep sea animals lost through evolution
What are eyes?
The tropical marine ecosystem that sequesters the most carbon
What are mangroves?
Large, hard shelled crustacean that have blue blood, which is used in cancer treatments
What is a horseshoe crab?
The longest fish in the ocean, characterized by unique spots
What are whale sharks?
The order that whales are in
What is Cetacea?
Salty pools of dense water at the bottom of the ocean
What is the Atlantic?
The movie Jaws was filmed on Martha's Vineyard. What year was this film released?
What is 1975?
Sharks' greatest predators
What are humans?
The common name for this animal: Carcharodon carcharias
What is a great white shark?
The deepest known part of the ocean
What is Challenger Deep (Mariana Trench)?
The largest tropical marine ecosystem
What is the Great Barrier Reef?
The year of the Boston Tea Party, when the Sons of Liberty dumped tea into the Boston Harbor as an act of protest
What is 1773?
You are more likely to be hit by this than be attacked by a shark
What is lightning?
The common name for this animal: Balaenoptera musculus
What is a blue whale?