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The walrus lives near what Pole?

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The North Pole

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Pinniped

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Wing footed

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Are whales warm-blooded or cold-blooded animals?

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Warm-blooded

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The largest of all pinnipeds

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The elephant seal

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The layer of fat sea mammals have that keeps them warm

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Blubber

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Seals that have no outer ears

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True seals

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Seals that have small outer ears

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Eared seals

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This sea animal is clever enough to use tools to break open mollusks

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Sea otter

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

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The walrus

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Are baby whales hatched or born underwater?

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Born

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The largest of all flying birds

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The wandering albatross

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Most penguins live near this continent

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Antarctica

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The tallest of all penguins

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The Emperor penguin

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The most poisonous fish

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The stonefish

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A fish that helps larger fish by eating parasites

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Wrasse

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A fish that looks like a snake

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Moray eel

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A fish whose teeth are fused together to form a beak so that it can bite through a fishhook or nibble coral

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Parrotfish

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A fish that mimics the Wrasse but will bite large fish

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Blenny

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The great barrier reef is off the coast of what content?

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Australia

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Coral reefs are made of

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Polyp skeletons

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See stars or starfish have what kind of feet?

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Tube feet

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Name the three steps in the water cycle

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Precipitation, evaporation, condensation

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Examples of mollusks

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Cowrie, conch, sea snail, oyster, clam, mussel

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Examples of crustaceans

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Shrimp, lobster, crab

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A fish that swims upright
Seahorse
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Tides that occur when the sun and moon are at right angles to the earth and pull in different directions
Neap tides
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The tide that occurs when the water has reached its lowest point before rising again
Low tide
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The tide that occurs when the water has reached its highest point before it starts falling again
High tide
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The tide that experiences the highest high tides and the lowest low tides
Spring tide
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The area between low tide and high tide lines were most ocean plants and animals live
Intertidal region
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All living creatures have to have some of this in their body tissues
Water
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The smallest part of a substance that still has the quality of that substance is a
Molecule
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The ocean covers almost how much of the earth's surface?
Three fourths
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Underground places where water collects
Aquifers
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Single shell
Univalve
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Two shells
Bivalve
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A small crustacean that is a scavenger
Shrimp
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This produces pearls
Oyster
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A carnivorous crustacean with two large pincers
Lobster
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A crustacean that runs sideways
Crab
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Why is water vapor in the air not as salty as ocean water?
When water evaporates from the ocean most of the minerals dissolved in the water remain behind
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How does the ocean moderate the climate of earth?
The temperature of the ocean does not change as quickly as that on land. Therefore, the ocean warms the land in the winter and cools it in the summer.
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Which Penguin incubates the penguin egg?
The father
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The parent penguin stores food for its baby in this
It's crop
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How long do penguins walk from the edge of the ice to their rookery?
30 to 40 miles
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Small fluffy feathers beneath the long outer feathers that keep penguins warm even an icy weather
Down
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The science that studies the complex relationships between living things and their surroundings
Ecology
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During an oil spill the thick layer of oil that forms
An oil slick
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This breaks oil into small drops that can be washed away from shore in the event of an oil spill
Detergent
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Scientists who study the sea
Oceanographers
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Birds and seabirds belong to the group of animals with backbones called
Vertebrates
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This sea animal floats on its back to carry its baby and to eat food
Sea otter
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This pinniped has a flap of skin that dangles from it snout that looks a little like a trunk
The elephant seal
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This pinniped male can be 16 to 20 feet long and weigh 5000 to 8000 pounds
Male elephant seal
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This pinniped weighs over 2000 pounds with a blunt forehead, wide snout, and long tusks
Walrus
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When undisturbed this fishes spines lay flat against its body but when it feels threatened it puffs itself up with water so that it's spines stick out making it difficult for a predator to swallow it
The porcupine fish
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This fish is one of the most beautiful fish found in tropical waters. It has very strong poison that is effective even after it is dead.
The lionfish
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This male fish has a pouch to carry eggs deposited by the female
The sea horse
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There are more than 4600 kinds of this crustacean
Crabs
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The growing process crustaceans go through during which they shed their shells
Molting
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The valuable lining of the shells of clams, mussels, and oysters used to make buttons and jewelry
Mother of pearl
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Two matching shells joined by hinges
Bivalves
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Where kelp often grow
The low intertidal zone
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An invertebrate and carnivorous snail that preys upon the colonies of mussels
The whelk
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A sea animal that lives in the low intertidal zone that looks like around flower but is actually an animal. Its waving tentacles contain deadly cells that release venom that paralyze shellfish or small fish
Sea anemone
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Red and purple prickly balls that graze on kelp
Sea urchins
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This shell can be made into a musical instrument
Conch shell
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These live in the high intertidal zone
Barnacles
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This algae plant lives in the middle intertidal zone
Seaweed
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These look like berries and help some larger algae to float
Air bladders
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On algae, these take the place of roots and anchor the plants to the ocean bottom
Holdfasts
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Invertebrate animals that cement themselves to rocks and grow a very hard shell
Barnacles
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Any form of water rain, sleet, hail, or snow that comes down from the clouds
Precipitation
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Water vapor changing back to a liquid
Water condensation
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The transforming of liquid water into water vapor
Evaporation
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A water molecule has this structure
Two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom
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The smallest part of a substance that still has the qualities of that substance
A molecule
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Mountainous waves caused by earthquakes that destroy all that lies in their path
Tsunamis
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Tiny floating plants and animals in the ocean that are food for ocean life
Plankton

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