Florida Facts
Name 2 endangered species in Florida
- Florida manatee
- Florida panther
- Loggerhead sea turtle
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What do you call chunks of ice that fall from the sky?
hail
True or False: octopuses have tentacles.
FALSE! Those are arms. While animals like squid and cuttlefish have arms and tentacles, octopuses are more simple: they have 8 arms with trademark suckers. You can see tentacles on other cephalopods—they have suckers only by the end.
Certain species of red algae seaweed of the genus Pyropia are used to make what dried Japanese seaweed, which is probably most widely known for being wrapped around sushi?
Nori
Contrary to its consolatory name, what species of lethargic shark is responsible for the fourth most human bites on record?
Nurse shark
What bodies of water does Florida border?
Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico
What do you call a scientist who studies weather?
meteorologist
How many hearts do octopuses have?
3
The largest aquarium in the world is located in what country? Its enclosures contain almost 13 million gallons of water.
China
What internationally award-winning preschool program, shown in the U.S. on Disney Junior, includes a polar bear named Captain Barnacles, and teaches children about ocean life?
Octonauts
How many species of turtles are native to Florida? DOUBLE POINTS IF YOU CAN NAME MORE THAN 1!
5: Loggerhead, Leatherback, Kemp Ridley’s, Hawksbill, and the Green Turtle
Name a state in the Tornado Alley
Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska
What is the fastest fish in the ocean?
Indo-Pacific sailfish. Have been recorded swimming at 68 mph
Sea ______ are named after a type of flower and they do, indeed, look like plants. However, they’re actually stinging, predatory animals that enjoy immortality thanks to their ability to clone themselves.
anemones
What is the name of the 2020 Netflix documentary film which documents a year that filmmaker Craig Foster spent freediving and learning about and from a wild common octopus?
My Octopus Teacher
How many islands (4 hectares or larger) are in Florida?
4,510
Where is the wettest place in the US?
Hilo, HI: averages 12 inches of rain per month!
Longest-living vertebrate on Earth
Greenland shark, 272 years on lower end
Which marine mammals, also known as sea cows, live in warm coastal waters and primarily feed on underwater grasses? Unlike manatees, these mammals have a fluked tail.
dugong
You probably couldn't eat a whole whale, but you might be able to eat what fictional cetacean introduced in the 1970s by the Carvel ice cream company?
Fudgie the Whale
The year in which Miami Beach experienced its only snowfall in recorded history
1977
What instrument measures air pressure?
What is the collective name for any eukaryotic organism that is not a plant, animal, or fungus? These are found both on land and in marine environments.
protist
You might assume that the deepest parts of the ocean are also the coldest, but they can actually get pretty warm thanks to which geological phenomenon where magma meets water on the ocean floor?
hydrothermal vents
Once called the Champa Sea by Southeast Asia and where one-third of global shipping passes through, what sea within the Western Pacific Ocean is surrounded by China, Taiwan, Borneo and the Indochinese Peninsula?
South China Sea