NAME:__________________________
CABRILLO AQUARIUM WORKSHEET
TANK 1: LIVING IN THE SURF
1.
State the common name, phylum, and one adaptation to living in this habitat of three organisms that you
observed in this tank.
A. Common name:______________________
Phylum:_________________________
Adaptation:
B. Common name:______________________
Adaptation:
Phylum:_________________________
C. Common name:______________________
Adaptation:
Phylum:_________________________
TANK 2: HOUSEBUILDERS
1.
State the common name and phylum of three tube building animals in this tank and state what their tubes are
made of.
2.
A. Common name:_______________
Phylum:_________________
Tube:__________________
B. Common name:_______________
Phylum:_________________
Tube:__________________
C. Common name:_______________
Phylum:_________________
Tube:__________________
Observe these tube building animals and describe how they feed.
BORDERS ON ROCKY SHORES
1.
Describe how sea urchins find refuge from surf, from drying out, and from predators.
2.
Describe how chitons find refuge from surf, from drying out, and from predators.
TANK 3: SEASHORE VEGETARIANS
1.
Observe an abalone feeding.
A. State the phylum and class that it belongs to.
B. What type of seaweed does it tend to feed on?
C. What structure is it using to feed with?
SEAWEEDS
1.
State two problems that seaweeds that live in the high intertidal zone have to deal with and state two
adaptations that they have in order to deal with them.
2.
State two problems that seaweeds that live in the low intertidal zone have to deal with and state two
adaptations that they have in order to deal with them.
TANKS 4 & 5: PLANT-LIKE ANIMALS AND THEIR PREDATORS
1.
State the common name and phylum of three plant-like animals that you observed in this tank.
2.
A. Common name:______________________
Phylum:_________________________
B. Common name:______________________
Phylum:_________________________
C. Common name:______________________
Phylum:_________________________
State the common name, phylum, and class of three predators of plant-like animals that you observed in this
tank.
A. Common name:_______________
Phylum:_________________
Class:__________________
B. Common name:_______________
Phylum:_________________
Class:__________________
C. Common name:_______________
Phylum:_________________
Class:__________________
TANK 6: NONPREDATORY ECHINODERMS
1.
State the common name, phylum, and class of the following echinoderm feeding types that you observed in
this tank.
A. Scavenger:
Common name:_______________
Phylum:_________________
Class:__________________
B. Suspension Feeder:
Common name:_______________
Phylum:_________________
Class:__________________
C. Deposit Feeder:
Common name:_______________
Phylum:_________________
Class:__________________
D. Herbivore:
Common name:_______________
Phylum:_________________
Class:__________________
TANK 7: PREDATORY SEASTARS
1.
Locate the following structures on these seastars and state the function of each.
A. Location and function of sensory tentacles:
B. Location and function of tube feet:
C. Location and function of eyespots:
D. Location and function of the madreporite:
E. Location and function of gills:
F. Location and function of pedicellariae:
TANK 8: PREDATORY SNAILS
1.
State the phylum and class that these animals belong to.
2.
Describe how these animals locate food.
3.
Describe how these animals feed
TANKS 13 & 14: CRUSTACEANS
1.
State the phylum and subphylum that these animals belong to.
2.
Observe the chelipeds on these animals and describe what they are used for.
TANK 17: OCTOPUS
1.
State the phylum and class that this animal belongs to.
TANK 18: MORAY EEL
1.
State the phylum and class that this animal belongs to.
2.
What type of symbiotic relationship occurs between the moray eel and the cleaner shrimp?
TANK 21: KELP FOREST
1.
State the phylum and class that the majority of these fish belong to.
2.
State the common name of the bright, all orange fish. (This is our official state marine fish!)
3.
Observe the sheephead fish. This fish changes sex as it gets older. Locate a male and a female. What sex does
this fish start off as?
TANK 28: MOON JELLY
1.
State the phylum and class that moon jellies belong to.
2.
What phase (medusa or polyp) is the dominant phase of moon jellies?
DEEP SEA FISHES
1.
Observe the football fish and describe one adaptation that this fish has that allows it to be successful in this
habitat.
2.
Observe the seadevil triplewart fish and describe one adaptation that this fish has that allows it to be
successful in this habitat.
TANK 35: SHARKS AND RAYS
1.
State the phylum and class that these animals belong to.
SEALS AND SEA LIONS
1.
State the phylum, class, and order that these animals belong to.
2.
State two ways that these animals keep cool on land.
3.
What is the largest of all the seals?
WHALES
1.
State the phylum, class, and order that these animals belong to.
2.
What is the largest of all the whales and how does it feed?
3.
What is the deepest diving whale and how does it feed?