Krill
Octopus
Tuna
Shark
100

This is the part of the ocean partially enclosed by land.

What is a SEA?

100

Examples of THIS include Kingdom, Phylum, Order, Class, Family, Genus & Species.

What are the TAXONOMIC ranks/categories?

100

IT is the deepest place in the ocean, reaching 10,994 meters.

What is the MARIANA TRENCH?

100

THIS is an animal with a spine.

What is a VERTEBRATE?

200

Examples include the Arctic, Indian, Pacific, Atlantic & Southern

What are the world’s OCEANS?

200

Examples of THIS are Parasitism, Mutualism and Commensalism.

What are SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS?

200

THIS is a chemical reaction in a microbe or animal body that creates light without heat.

What is BIOLUMINESCENCE?

200

THIS is part of a fish that rests on the fish’s back and serves as a stabilizer.

What is a DORSAL FIN?

300

Trench, Crest and Trough are part of this.

What is a WAVE?

300

THIS is a tiny animal that, after multiplying, makes up a coral reef.

What is a CORAL POLYP?

300

THEY are limited to Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue & Indigo.

What are the COLORS of the VISIBLE LIGHT SPECTRUM?

300

Examples of THIS include Blue Whale, Sea Lion, Narwhal & Beluga.

What are MARINE MAMMALS?

400

THIS is the apparent curvature of global winds, ocean currents, and everything else that moves freely across the Earth’s surface.

What is the CORIOLIS EFFECT?

400

Examples of this include Basal Plate, Nematocyst, Tentacle, Digestive Filament & Mouth.

What are PARTS of a CORAL POLYP?

400

Examples of THIS include Red Coloration, Giantism, Dwarfism & Transparency.

What are ADAPTATIONS of DEEP SEA ANIMALS?

400

THIS is an animal that eats plants and other animals in a food web.

What is a CONSUMER?

500

THESE includes Chloride, Magnesium, Sulfate, and Sodium.

What are minerals found in sea water

500

Examples include Clown Fish, Blacktip Reef Shark, Octopus, Anemone, Grouper & Scorpion Fish.

Who are the ANIMALS of CORAL REEFS?

500

THIS is the middle layer of the world’s oceans, which receives only faint, filtered sunlight during the daytime.

What is the Twilight Zone?

500

THESE are the paired respiratory organ of fishes and some amphibians, by which oxygen is extracted from water flowing over surfaces within or attached to the walls of the pharynx.

What are GILLS?