Sea Center
How many fingers are visitors allowed to use when touching animals?
Two fingers
Each tool is used for measuring either biotic or abiotic factors. What do you think is the difference between biotic and abiotic factors?
Biotic is pertaining to life and abiotic is not!
What type of sea cucumber is found at the Sea Center?
Warty Sea Cucumber
What is the estimated depth beneath the sea center?
It varies with the tides, but on average 10-18 ft deep
This thick layer of fat acts as an insulator for many marine mammals.
Blubber
What is the first exhibit visitors come across as they enter the sea center?
Shark Cove
What is a Secchi disk used for?
It measures the visibility in the water
Moonglow & Sunburst are types of what animal?
Anemones
What type of whale feeds on invertebrates on the ocean floor?
Gray Whale
What is the defining characteristic of sharks & rays?
They have cartilaginous skeletons
What’re the pink dots in the deep tank?
This tool collects a sample of water from the ocean below the surface.
Van Dorn Bottle
Orange, Purple, and Crowned are all types of what animal?
Urchin
In which tank would you find red abalone, giant hermit crabs, and crowned urchins?
Deep Tank
Approximately how many hairs does an adult sea otter have on its body?
1,000,000
What type of sharks are volunteers allowed to lift to the surface?
Swell Sharks
This tool is used to collect sand from the bottom of the oceans
The Ekman Grab
What class of animals do Sharks & Rays belong to?
Chondrichthyes
What is the name of the snail whose shell giant hermit crabs live in?
Kellet's Whelk
What do armored sand stars do when they feel threatened?
They bury themselves
What should you do if you see one of the stars looking a little roughed up or one of the sharks nibbling at one?
Call a naturalist
Name two of the three things does the sea center test the water for.
Temperature, Salinity, pH
Sea Lions have They have “_____” back teeth, which means they are all the same shape and size
Homodont
What is the name of the snails body that it is able to push up and over its shell to keep it clean?
The Mantle
Roughly how far do gray whales migrate round trip?