Ocean Animals
People & the Ocean
Ocean Extremes
Florida's Ocean
Inland to Ocean
100
What sea animal was used first to feed prisoners and servants and was also used as fertilizer and fish bait by Native Americans? Known then as the "cockroach" of the sea.
Lobsters
100
Name one animal from the ocean that humans eat.
Answer could include:
- crabs
- octopuses
- lobster
- many kinds of fish!
100
Which ocean is frozen most of the year?
A) Atlantic
B) Arctic
C) Pacific
D) Caribbean
B) Arctic Ocean
100
Name an ocean animal you might find at a Florida beach.
Many answers! Answers might include: sea gull, jellyfish, sea turtle, manatee, fish, shark, pelican, whale.. even coral!
100
Do rivers connect to the ocean?
Yes! Most rivers eventually let out into the ocean. They're connected.
200
How long can a Whale Shark get?
60 feet long
200
What is the greatest threat to most dune plants?
Humans! Human traffic is the greatest threat to dune plants. Be careful to stay off fragile dune grasses when visiting the beach!
200
True or False: Kelp has roots
False. Kelp does not have roots. Instead, it is secured by holdfasts that lock onto substrates made of rock, or cobble.
200
Manatees, which are native along Florida's coasts, are mammals which means they come up to the surface to breath air. How many minutes on average do they come up to the surface to breath air?
True! Manatees are slow-moving mammals who surface to breath every 3-5 minutes on average.
200
True or False: Litter from a land-locked state can reach the ocean.
True! Trash, particularly light-weight plastic items like wrappers and straws, have been proven to travel hundreds of miles down stream, rivers and watersheds that all eventually lead to an ocean.
300
What is the largest species of sea turtle in the world?
A) Loggerhead
B) Kemps Ridley
C) Leatherback
D) Hawksbills
C) The Leatherback - They can weigh up to 2000 pounds!
300
What is the most common form of "marine debris" or ocean trash collected by volunteers at cleanups?
A) cigarette butts
B) plastic grocery bags
C) straws & stirrers
D) plastic water bottles
A) Cigarette butts. During Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Cleanup in 2023, volunteer removed more than 5 million cigarette butts from waterways and coastlines!
300
What do underwater earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, or explosions generate?
A) Freak waves
B) Whirlpools
C) Tsunamis
D) Eddies
C) Tsunamis
300
What is the world's largest reef complex? Where is it located?
The Great Barrier Reef in Australia
300
True or False? Harmful Algal Blooms (Red Tide is a famous type of these) can worsen from excess nutrient runoff from land.
True! Nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorous from fertilizer runoff can make algal blooms worsen and last longer.
400
How can you determine the gender of most species of crabs?
You can determine this by the shape of their abdominal plate.
400
How many Americans visit the beach each year?
A.) 300 million
B.) 400 million
C.) 500 million
D.) 250 million
B.) 400 million
400
Roughly how deep is the deepest part of the ocean?
A) 36,000 ft
B) 15,000 ft
C) 28,000 ft
D) We don't know
A) 36,000 ft. The Challenger Deep (on the Southern end of the Mariana Trench) is approximately 36,200 feet deep.
400
How long have sea turtles existed? For the last..
A) 500 years
B) 10,000 years
C) 110 million years
D) We don't know
C) The last 110 million years! Based on fossil studies, sea turtles came to be before dinosaurs!
400
What is the largest inland body of water in the United States?
Lake Superior
500
How many brains does an octopus have?
9!
500
What submarine was used in the discovery of the Galapagos hydrothermal vents in the late 1970's?
The Alvin
500
Which of the following will result in an increase in the speed of sound transmission in ocean water?
A) Increased temperature
B) Decreased salinity
C) Decreased pressure
D) Increased turbulence
A) Increased temperature - the higher temperature of the water molecules creates a medium that allows sound to travel faster.
500
In which ocean would you find the Gulf Stream?
The North Atlantic ocean.
500
What are two things that someone living inland can do to help the state of our oceans?
Answers could include:
-Remove litter/ join a cleanup!
-Don't pollute local streams and rivers
-Reduce your carbon footprint
-Shop with reusable bags, use a reusable water bottle- anything reusable!
- Be mindful of purchasing sustainably-caught seafood
- Be mindful of lawn fertilizers and make sure these aren't used in excess
- Vote!