SIGNALS OF SPRING- ACES
Animals in Curriculum-based Ecosystem Studies
JEOPARDY
Directions:
Divide the class into two teams: Team A and Team B.
Then divide the teams into groups of 3-4 students. The
first group from Team A will choose a category and an
amount from slide 3. After the group agrees on an
appropriate “question” to ask in response to the
statement, one student asks the question. Teams have
45 seconds to formulate their “question.” If correct, the
team wins the dollar amount. If incorrect, they receive
no “money.” The turn now goes to Team B. Play
continues until the board is clear. The team with the
most money wins.
Sea
Turtles
Seals
Sea Lions
Walruses
Sea
Birds
Whales
Dolphins
Porpoises
National
Marine
Sanctuary
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These sea turtles never return to
land after they are born.
What are the male sea turtles?
100
Credit:AIMS
http://www.aims.gov.au/creefs/i
mages/Sea%20turtle%201_Jo%
20Browne.JPG
Animals described as this must
remain in warm waters to
maintain the correct body
temperature.
What is “cold-blooded” or
ectothermic?
200
Unlike most sea turtles that have
a hard shell, this species has no
shell.
What is the Leatherback Turtle?
Credit: NOAA
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/images/turtles/leatherbackhatchling_srliving
stone-uglasgow.jpg
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The number of sea turtle species
that are considered threatened or
endangered.
What is six?
(Note: There are actually 7 sea turtle
species, but we know very little about
one species that does not live in U.S.
waters.)
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This is the only sea turtle species
that does NOT live in U.S.
waters.
What is the Flatback Turtle?
Credit: DEWHA
http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/image
s/tsd05flatback-turtle.jpg
500
This animal is distinguished by
its long tusks.
What is the walrus?
Credit: NOAA
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/anim0009.
htm
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In the 1700’s, elephant seals
were commercially hunted for
their blubber, which was then
used for this household
necessity.
What is lamp oil.
Credit: NOAA
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/images/pinnipeds/northernelep
hantseal_rolfream-nmml.jpg
200
Seals, sea lions, and walruses
belong to this taxonomic order.
What is pinniped?
Credit: NOAA
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/mammals/pi
nnipeds/
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The back flippers on these
animals rotate underneath their
body, which enables them to
walk on all four flippers when on
land.
What are sea lions?
Credit: NOAA
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/maps/images/seali
ons_yawn.jpg
400
These animals have ear holes,
but no ear flaps.
What are seals?
Credit: NOAA
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/mammals/
pinnipeds/mediterraneanmonkseal.htm
500
These birds are famous for
traveling in groups of thousands
across the open ocean. They
are known to skim the surface of
the water.
What are Sooty Shearwater?
100
Credit: NOAA
http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/jointplan/presskit/cb/20
070712_CMA_SNGH_SOSH.jpg
Adélie penguins often find food in
the open areas of sea ice. They
feed mostly on this type of
animal.
What are krill?
200
Credit: NOAA
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations
/02quest/background/krill/media/krill1_60
0.jpg
South Africa’s Tristan da Cunha
volcanic islands are the breeding
grounds of this Shearwater
species.
What is the Greater Shearwater?
300
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Black-footed albatross are
surface feeders, and they often
eat these man-made items that
float on the ocean’s surface.
What are plastics/marine debris?
Credit: NOAA
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/image
s/debris2.jpg
400
Most seabirds have webbed feet,
waterproof feathers, and glands
that get rid of this.
What is extra salt?
500
Some marine animals breathe
through this special hole at the
top of their heads.
What is a blowhole?
Credit: NOAA
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/imag
es/right-whale-gulfcoast-blowhole-02-272006.jpg
100
Whales, dolphins, and porpoises
belong to this order.
What is cetacean?
Credit: NOAA
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/mammals/cetacea
ns/
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These “toothbrush-like” plates
allow whales to strain their food
out of the water.
What is baleen?
Credit: NOAA
http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/nmml/education/cetaceans/images
/stylized_baleen.jpg
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This animal’s dorsal fin is shaped
like a triangle and sometimes
mistaken for a shark’s fin.
What is a porpoise?
Credit: NOAA
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/mammals/
cetaceans/harborporpoise.htm
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These animals have long, sleek
bodies and conical-shaped teeth.
What are dolphins?
Credit: NOAA
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/mammal
s/cetaceans/bottlenosedolphin.htm
500
There are currently this many
National Marine Sanctuaries.
What is 13, or 14 including
Papahãnaumokuãkea Marine
National Monument.
Credit: NOAA
http://hawaiireef.noaa.gov/management/cotr
ustee_maps.html
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Fagatele Bay National Marine
Santuary is located on this South
Pacific island.
What is American Somoa?
200
Credit: NOAA
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/
theb0013.htm
Gray’s Reef National Marine
Sanctuary is named after this
Georgia Marine Institute curator.
Who is Milton “Sam” Gray?
300
This Sanctuary is entirely off the
shore of California, and it does
not include any land.
What is Cordell Bank National
Marine Sanctuary?
Credit: http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/pgallery/atlasmaps/images/cb_2000.jpg
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The only living barrier coral reef
lives in this National Marine
Sanctuary.
What is the Florida Keys NMS?
Credit:
http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/pgaller
y/pgflorida/human/grounding_300
.jpg
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