Marine Biology Fun Facts

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1. The "plant" classification of these critters produces 90% of the world's oxygen. mollusks plankton zoea marine fungi

2. Famously friendly in TV and Movies, bottlenosed dolphins, and all dolphins, are really classified in the same order as ________. whales sharks seals dolphins have their own order

3. A lot of people know what seahorses look like, but what more general group of organisms do they belong to? crustaceans fish mammals mollusks

4. Real sea sponges are great for bathing and painting, but what are kind of critter are they? plants animals fungi man-made

5. Sea urchins, starfish, and seacucumbers all belong to the phylum Echinodermata. If "dermata" refers to skin, what does "echino" mean? smooth sharp spined pointy

6. Some fish can change sex from male to female, or vice versa. True False

7. The largest structure created by non-human organisms is a type of what? ant hill oyster bed hydrothermal vent coral reef

8. The largest compound eye of any organism on the planet belongs to what deep sea dweller? whale shark sperm whale giant squid blue whale

9. As depicted in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End", the Kraken is SAID to be what type of mollusk? gastropod squidopod bivalve cephalopod

10. Are there any marine reptiles? Yes No