Test 5

Question 0

where the walrus lives near

Answer 0

North Pole

Question 1

wing-footed animal

Answer 1

pinniped

Question 2

whales are warm or cold blooded animals

Answer 2

warm-blooded

Question 3

the largest of all pinnipeds

Answer 3

elephant seal

Question 4

sea mammals have a layer of this to keep them warm

Answer 4

blubber

Question 5

seals that have small outer ears

Answer 5

eared seals

Question 6

one of the few animals clever enough to use tools

Answer 6

sea otter

Question 7

the pinniped that has a set of tusks which he uses as a fifth leg

Answer 7

walrus

Question 8

Are baby whales hatched or born under the water?

Answer 8

born

Question 9

the largest of all flying birds

Answer 9

wandering albatross

Question 10

Most penguins live near which continent?

Answer 10

Antarctica

Question 11

the tallest of all penguins

Answer 11

emperor penguin

Question 12

the most poisonous fish

Answer 12

stonefish

Question 13

the fish that helps larger fish by eating bothersome parasites

Answer 13

wrasse

Question 14

the fish that looks like a snake

Answer 14

moray eel

Question 15

the fish whose teeth are fused together and can bite through a fish hook

Answer 15

parrotfish

Question 16

the cleaner mimic that will bite the large fish

Answer 16

blenny

Question 17

the Great Barrier Reef is off the coast of which continent?

Answer 17

Australia

Question 18

coral reefs are made up of what?

Answer 18

polyp skeletons

Question 19

Sea stars or starfish have what kind of feet?

Answer 19

tube

Question 20

What are the three steps of the water cycle?

Answer 20

Precipitation
Evaporation
Condensation

Question 21

Name two examples of mollusks.

Answer 21

cowrie, conch, sea snail, oyster, clam, mussel

Question 22

List two examples of crustaceans.

Answer 22

shrimp, lobster, crab

Question 23

The tides that occur when the sun and moon are at right angles to the earth and pull in different directions.

Answer 23

neap

Question 24

the tide that occurs when the water has reached its lowest point before rising again.

Answer 24

low tide

Question 25

the tide that occurs when the water has reached its highest point before it starts falling again.

Answer 25

high tide

Question 26

the tide that experiences the highest high tides and the lowest low tides.

Answer 26

spring tide

Question 27

the regions between low-tide and high-tide lines where most ocean plants and animals live.

Answer 27

intertidal

Question 28

all living things must contain this in their body tissues

Answer 28

water

Question 29

the smallest part of a substance that still has the quality of that substance

Answer 29

molecule

Question 30

the ocean covers almost this much of the earth's surface

Answer 30

three fourths or 3/4

Question 31

underground places where water collects

Answer 31

aquifers

Question 32

single shell invertebrate

Answer 32

univalve

Question 33

two shells invertebrate

Answer 33

bivalve

Question 34

small crustacean; scavenger invertebrate

Answer 34

shrimp

Question 35

produces pearls

Answer 35

oyster

Question 36

carnivorous crustacean with two large pincers

Answer 36

lobster

Question 37

crustacean that runs sideways

Answer 37

crab

Question 38

Although more than 80% of the water vapor in the air has been evaporated from the ocean, water vapor is not salty as the ocean is. Why not?

Answer 38

When water is evaporated from the ocean, most of the minerals dissolved in the water remain behind.

Question 39

How does the ocean moderate the climate of the earth?

Answer 39

The temperature of the ocean does not change as quickly as that of land. Therefore the ocean warms the land in the winter and cools it in the summer.