| Questions | Answers |
| Snails, slugs, clams, oysters, octopus, squids, mussels, scallops, whelks, cuttlefish, nautilus and sea hares all belong to why phylum? | |
| A mantle, a foot, a radula, and an unsegmented body are all characteristics of what phylum? | |
| To what class do sea cucumbers belong? | |
| What creatures are important to the food chain because they eat smaller creatures and are a good source of energy for many fish? | |
| What holds algae in place? | |
| How many kingdoms do scientists currently recognize? | |
| What makes cephalopods unique compared to bivalves and gastropods? | |
| Sea stars, brittle stars, crinoids, sea urchins, sea cucumbers and sand dollars belong to what phylum? | |
| What mineral do hard corals use to create their skeletons? | |
| What allow Echinoderms to stick to surfaces? | |
| _______ algae live closer to the sun because they need the sun to photosynthesize (Green/red) | |
| The anemone marks the ___________ so that it knows not to sting him. (Animal) | |
| What is photosynthesis? | |
| What do decapods have to protect the organs? | |
| ________ lines help a fish sense it's surroundings | |
| Is brown kelp a nuisance or beneficial to the ocean ecosystem? | |
| What characteristics do all Cnidarians have in common? | |
| What time of day do corals prefer to eat? | |
| What does 'mollus' mean? | |
| How do jellyfish use bioluminescence to their advantage? | |
| What process do all Gastropods undergo during development? | |
| What information is in an organism's scientific name? | |
| | Questions | Answers |
| ________ is organisms making natural light from their bodies. | |
| What is different about sponge larvae? (adult vs. larvae) | |
| To which class do brittle stars belong? | |
| Animals with hard exoskeletons _______; they shed their skins to grow | |
| To what phylum do Crustaceans belong? | |
| To which order to shrimp, lobster and crab belong? | |
| Long slender legs and a central disk for organs are characteristics of what creatures? | |
| What does a funnel help Cephalopods do? | |
| What kingdom do Algae belong to? | |
| What do coral polyps eat? | |
| To what class do sea lilies and feather stars belong? | |
| Where do sea cucumbers live? | |
| Whales, large fish, jellyfish, rays, seals and sea birds use _____ as a primary food source | |
| Physiological and biological restrictions that limit survival are called ______. Examples are intense pressure, no sunlight, low temperatures. | |
| Who created that classification system we use for living organisms? | |
| ________ are different than other crustaceans because they attach themselves to surfaces—not free swimming | |
| Red algae live at deeper depths because they use a different _______ that allows them to photosynthesize from a filtered sunlight | |
| What animals belong to the class Cephalopoda? | |
| What are the 5 types of fins a fish has? | |
| The starfish's anus is on the (top/bottom) of their body | |
| Sea hares secrete a milky substance, distasteful because of the _____ they eat, as a defense mechanism. | |
| What class has the characteristic of color change? | |
| | Questions | Answers |
| The primary producers of the ocean are... | |
| Scallops, clams, oysters and mussels belong to what class? | |
| What phylum do sponges belong to? | |
| Sharks don't need swim bladders because their ____ are full of ______ | |
| Name an ocean zone. | |
| What pigment is necessary for an organism to be photosynthetic? | |
| What kind of skeleton do all arthropods have? | |
| What does 'decapoda' mean? | |
| A __________'s shell has chambers, whereas a _________'s shell does not. (Nautilus, snail/Snail, nautilus) | |
| How does an atoll reef form? | |
| _______ are made of many colonial animals, _______ are one single animal. (anemone, coral/ coral, anemone) | |
| What does 'bivalve' mean? | |
| Sagitiform, Depressiform, Compressiform, Fusiform, Anguilliform, Globiform and Taeniform are all ......... | |
| What is one property needed for something to be considered alive? | |
| To what class do sand dollars and sea urchins belong? | |
| What does the mantle do for bivalves? | |
| Squids live in groups called ______ | |
| Where do abalone live? | |
| Bivalves have (internal/external) reproduction. | |
| What is the siphon used for? | |
| What class do starfish belong to? | |
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