| Term | Definition |
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| 70 | What percent of the Earth is covered with water? |
| 350 | How many individual species can be seen at the Aquarium of the Smokies? |
| crabs, lobster, and will attack sharks | What do octopus eat? |
| plankton | What do manta rays feed on? |
| horse foot crab | What was the horseshoe crab originally called? |
| 12 | How many species of piranhas are there? |
| cannibat fish | What is another name for a piranha? |
| humans | What is the biggest threat to coral reefs? |
| red coral | What kind of coral keeps its color when you remove it from the water? |
| 1 inch to 6 feet | How large can a jellyfish get? |
| brine shrimp | What do seahorses eat? |
| crabs, rays, tuna | What are the natural enemies of the seahorse? |
| mantle | What part of the squid protects the inner organs? WHO CARESSS! |
| mermaids' purses | What are stingray egg cases commonly called? |
| polluted water, fishing hunting | What is one thing that is endangering seahorses? |
| small fish and crustaceans | What do stingrays eat? |
| on top of their heads | Where are the stingray's eyes located? |
| 25 years | What is the average lifespan of a shark? |
| a transparent cocoon made of mucous | With what does the Parrotfish cover itself at night? |
| Atlantic Ocean | In what ocean does the tarpon live? |
| crabs, mollusks, sea urchins | What does the porcupine fish eat? |
| to plow through sand, as a rudder, and to flip itself over | How is the horseshoe crab's tail useful? |
| mermaids' purses | What are stingray egg cases commonly called? |
| humans | What is the greatest danger to green sea turtles? |
| certain properties have been used to speed blood clotting and make absorbable sutures | What do doctors use the horseshoe crabs shell for? |
| male | Which parent carries the baby seahorses? |
| two | How many eyes does the four-eyed fish have? |
| at night | When are squirrelfish most active? |
| seaweed | What do seahorses hang onto to keep themselves centered? |
| eight footed | What does the name octopus mean in the Greek language? |
| because the shell looks like a horse shoe | Why was the horseshoe crab first called the horse foot crab? |
| 70 - 100 years | How long can a spiny dogfish live? |
| bony plates | What covers a seahorse's body? |
| Delaware Bay | What bay region is home to the largest population of American horseshoe crab? |
| The air bladder | The grunt fish grindes its teeth together to make a grunting noise that is amplified by what? |
| makes it difficult for predators to turn them over and attack their undersides | How does the hard curved shell protect a horseshoe crab? |
| algea | What do parrot fish eat? |
| It moves the seahorse forward | Which task does the seahorse's dorsal fin accomplish? |
| to shed excess salt | Why do turtles cry? |
| their body fat is green | Why are green sea turtles called GREEN sea turtles |
| Migratory shore birds | The horseshoe crab's eggs are an important food for what animals? |
| 23 feet | How big is the wing span of the giant devil ray? |
| Parrotfish | What species of fish can change genders? |
| its large eyes and ability to make sounds to ward off intruders | What is a squirel fishes most distinguishing characteristics? |
| At night | When are squirrelfish most active? |
| Little animals called polyps | What is a coral reef made of? |
| They suck food through their long snouts and swallow it whole. | How do seahorses eat if they don't have teeth? |
| 500 lbs. | How much can a green sea turtle weigh? |
| stinging cells | What do jellyfish have on their tentacles that they use to stun small fish? |
| 30 minutes | How long can a green sea turtle stay under water before it needs to surface for oxygen? |
| They use their snout to hit their enemies | How do sawfish protect themselves? |
| shock waves | Blasting is a type of fishing that can harm coral reefs. What type of waves does blasting produce? |
| 50 eggs | How many eggs do iguana's lay at a time? |
| small animals trapped in its tentacles | What do jellyfish eat? |
| By expanding or contracting the pigment cells in their cells | How do seahorses change color? |
| Plankton | What do clown fish eat? |
| on the top of its head | Where is the stingrays eyes found? |
| cartilage | What is a stingray's skeleton made of |
| Decorative designs on clothes or furniture | How does industry use a Tarpon's large, tough, silvery scales? |
| taste sensors to identify food | How are the two rows of suction cups on an octopus used? |
| Under rocks or in holes | Where do female octopuses lay their eggs? |
| 1 minute | How much time does it take for a group of piranhas to completely devour a small animal? |
| Skate Stingray | What kind of stingray lays eggs? |
| Night-time | When are squirrel fish most active? |
| the sound it makes by grinding its teeth is amplified by the air bladdar | How does a grunt fish make it grunting sound? |
| bony plates | What covers a seahorse's body? |
| two minutes | How long does it take a irukendji jellyfish, which is the size of a thumbnail, to kill a human? |
| dark blue and grey | What color are adult angelfish? |
| rays | Saw fish are related to what other sea animal? |
| the suckers | What part of the octopus works like a human finger? |
| they use their razor sharp teeth to crack seeds that fall into the water. | There are two different types of piranhas. One type is The kind that likes meat. The other type is the kind that does not like meat. So what does the kind that does not like meat use it's teeth for? |
| its eye is divided so it can see above and below the waterline | What is unique about the eyes of a four-eyed fish???????????????????????????????????????? |
| inject their prey with a poison more harmful than any snake venom | What does a sea wasp do that is dangerous to humans |
| plucking out small coral and and getting into smaller crevices for tiny invertebrates | What is the butterfly fishes pointed snout used for? |
| the great barrier reef in australia | What is the largest coral reef on earth? |
| the pufferfish | What fish is the porcupine fish related to? |
| The whale shark - up to 46 feet long and 15 tons | What is the largest fish in the world? |
| their skin lets off a poisonous ooze | What part of the poison dart frog is poisonous |
| with a poisonous tail spine | How do some rays defend themselves? |
| a female will change it's gender a take over as dominant male. | What happens to a school of parrot fish if the dominant male dies? |
| they have specialized stinging structures called nematocysts that paralyze their victums | How do corals defend themselves? |
| The coral is pulverized with grinding teeth in the fish's mouth | How do parrotfish eat? |
| there are venom glands on their spikes | How does a stone fish defend itself |
| The Great Barrier Reef | What is the biggest coral reef of the world? |
| about half the size of Texas | How large is the Great Barrier Reef? |
| Fertilizer and pottery | In the 1900's, what were horseshoe crabs dried and used as? |
| they store fat under their jaw and neck.. | What does the green iguana do when there is not much food available? |
| It stabs its prey with it and it contains poison to kill instantly | How does the dragon moray eel use it's horns? |
| The suckers | What part of the octopus works like the human finger? |
| beetles | What is the poison dart frog's primary prey? |
| they find clams and mullusks and dig a hole in its shell, then they insert their stomacks, and release some chemical stubstances into the shell making the oysters liquid, and pull it into their stomacks. when they are done they pull their stomacks back out through their mouths and back into their body. | How do starfish eat? |
| 0; they have cartilage | How many bones does a shark have in it? |
| their poison is too dangerous for the predators | Why don't poison dart frogs have many predators? |
| they carry them on their backs | How do poison dart frogs move their young from place to place? |
| hearing | Which of the five senses does an octopus NOT have? |
| sandpaper | What does the stingray's skin feel like? |
| it squirts water and moves quickly or it ejects a dark inky fluid | How does an octopus defend itself? |
| warm water and abundant food supply | Why do so many fish live near coral reefs? |
| because of a book published in 1914 by President Theodore Roosevelt that described an encounter with a school of piranhas | Why have people come to fear piranhas? |
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