Santa Cruz Flashcards
CALIFORNIA CITY -“O” This city in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains is home to Apple Computer
Cupertino
SANTA: The Banana Slugs play sports for this campus of the University of California
Santa Cruz
ALL ABOUT ANIMALS: Though it has the name of an often fierce big cat, this type of shark is a menace to clams, but not to people.
Leopard Shark
THE LIFE OF THE SEA: Some crabs go through this shell-shedding process all their lives, but the sheep crab has a terminal one, after which it can’t grow.
Molting
SONGS EVERYBODY KNOWS: A Santa Cruz pub is named for this irritating ditty song sung on long journeys.
99 Bottles of Beer
BANANAS: This gastropod mollusk is the official mascot of the Univeristy of Santa Cruz.
Banana Slug
MUSEUMS: Hang ten & head on over to a real lighthouse in Santa Cruz, California, home to a museum devoted to this sport.
Surfing
NATIONAL PARKS: This national park lying along California’s Pacific coast features the world’s tallest trees.
Redwood
CALIFORNIA: Get out of the city and feel the sea breeze on California Route 1, known for much of its length by this three-word oceanic name.
Pacific Coast Highway
U.S. CITY NICKNAMES: California: “Country Music Capital of the West Coast”
Bakersfield
MARINE BIOLOGY: Off the coast of California, this brown seaweed can grow almost a foot a day.
Kelp
WRITERS AT REST: After his death in 1968, some of his ashes were scattered along the California Coast, the rest were buried in Salinas
John Steinbeck
ARE YOU GIVING ME A LINE: Running down the coast of California is a big one of these- the San Andreas
Fault line
THE NATIONAL PASTIME: Reggie Jackson Hit 100 or more homes for 3 different teams: the Athletics, Yankees, and this west coast club
California Angels
THE MONTANAS, JOE & HELENA: As a 49er, Joe was perfect for this “geographic” offense of coach Bill Walsh
The West Coast offense