By Mrs. Bolton’s 5 th graders
Stony Point School March 2013
The Process
Imagine picking any animal in the ocean that you possibly could. Well, that’s what we had to do. We started looking through all the ocean books Mrs. Mary Lou had. It took us about two days to find a perfect match, after narrowing down from three or four. Then finally we found the right one, and started on a research packet. We filled out how deep it lived, what it ate, where it lived, what its predators are (if they had any), and provided a sketch. Once Mrs. Mary Lou and Mrs. Bolton approved our research, the painting began.
First, we had to lightly draw the animal on a piece of white watercolor paper. We painted water on the parts where it was supposed to be the ocean, and then we put drops of blue in. When the blue was still wet, we sprinkled salt all over the paper. Doing this made the places where the salt was look like bubbles when it was shaken off. Once it was dry and the salt was off, we lightly went over our creature with the main color of its body with watercolor crayon. After that, we went over and over with colored pencils, so that we could achieve the exact coloring of our animal.
When we were completely done with painting our creature, we moved on to the research page. This is where we put all our research, in a fancy way. We used different colors, text boxes, and experimented with tools we have never used before. Then we added a picture of our painting to it and it was complete. But we still weren’t done yet!
After this, Mrs. Mary Lou showed us how to make clay sculptures of our animals. We had to roll our clay into a certain length, and then we used pin tools to make details in the animals. When we were done, Mrs. Mary Lou put them in the kiln. When they were done firing, we painted them with underglaze in the color of our choice. Now that they are dried, they look spectacular, and we are all very proud of our work!
☺ By Jamie, Abigail, and Julianna ☺
Colossal Squid Q&A By John Thomas Have you ever wondered if the Giant Squid
is REALLY the largest squid around? Well, I have! The truth is, mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, the Colossal Squid , was recently found, and it’s larger! Here are some facts about this new squid; ENJOY!
What does the Where can the Colossal Colossal Squid eat? Squid be found? HERE IS The Colossal Squid Well, we don’t know where usually eats pretty big all of them go usually, but sea creatures, like the the ones that have been Sperm Whale, and even MY found were found in much sometimes other squid! colder waters; they were This huge beast only found in everywhere from consumes about 30 PICTURE New Zealand to around grams of food every Antarctica! Oh, and by the day, so don’t worry way, you won’t find a lot of about the other prey of information about these the Colossal Squid. guys, because they were only
Colossal Squid Vocabulary Will the Colossal Squid discovered 2 years ago! Words and Fun Facts attack me?!? Sources: http://squid-world.com/ Mantle: a section found above Surprisingly, this big guy is the head of the squid, at the recently found to be a gentle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki very top. giant! Although, I still wouldn’t /Colossal_squid
Also, squid actually have 6 arms go too close to him; we only and two tentacles; the tentacles know a little bit about this amazing gigantic are longer than the arms. invertebrate…not enough to ensure your safety. Tiger Shark
By: D’Jonti
While the tiger shark is considered to be one of the sharks most dangerous to humans, the attack rate is low according to researchers. The One of the largest sharks living tiger is second on the today, the tiger shark commonly list of number of recorded attacks on attains a length of 3–4.2 m (9.8– humans, with the 13.8 ft.) and weighs around 385– great white being first. 635 kg (850–1,400 Ib.). They often visit shallow reefs, harbors and canals, creating the potential for an encounter with humans.
Lionfish By Grayson Bush
Fun fact Lionfish lay about 30,000 eggs in 7 days .
Sources http://animals.national geographic.com http.//oceanservice.noaa.gov
Vocabulary words Q: What does the firefly Q: How and when does Q: What are the predators of Sources squid do in its lifetime? the firefly squid mate? the firefly squid? (if any) Photophores: A light (Courtesy of Jamie) A: The firefly squid only lives www.wikipedia.com producing organ which acts A: The orca whale and the for a year, so for us, that’s a on different ocean animals. In March to June, firefly sperm whale eat firefly www.ask.com The light is produced from pretty short time. For them, squid mate along the squid. People in Japan eat it’s a life. In that short period mixtures of the digestion of Toyama Bay, Japan and them for a delicacy! www.arkive.com prey. The photophores on of time, they eat, grow up, lay 1,000,000 – mate, have babies, and die! the animal attract food 1,000,000,000 eggs! Then, www.airandsea.com which the animal eats. they start to die.
Bioluminescence: The production of light by a Q: What does the firefly Q: How big can the firefly Q: Where can the firefly living creature. It comes squid eat? squid get? squid be located? from the Greek word bios and the Latin word lumen A: It mainly eats A: The firefly squid, A: The firefly squid can be for light. Energy is released zooplankton, but will eat fish believe it or not, will only found in Japan, and in the by a chemical reaction. which it attracts with its grow up to three inches in West Pacific Ocean. It is photophores. its whole lifetime! Watasenia scintillans: The found at a depth of 600 – squid’s scientific name. It is 1200 feet, also known as also known as sparkling the twilight zone. In the enope squid. twilight zone, the squid has all it needs.
What is the most Fun facts: common color of *There are over starfish? 2,000 species of Answer: The most common starfish. color of starfish is RED . *They are brainless and bloodless.
Sliding *Starfish are about 5-10 What is interesting Through inches and about a starfish’s weigh 11 lbs. A coral mouth? *Starfish have Answer: The starfish’s Reef two stomachs. mouth is in the center of its body, underneath. The Finding starfish has five arms and Abigail Itself the mouth is where the five arms meet. They lift up their Safely arms and eat small ocean critters when they pass by. Home
What are predators of starfish?
Answer: The starfish’s main
predators are sharks, sea otters, manta rays and other large fish.
Bestfunfacts.com Buzzle.com Sea Critters by Sylvia A. Earle http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_predators_of_a_starfish Goblin Shark
The Goblin shark lives in the midnight zone, and they can go down 6,500 feet in the ocean. What makes the Goblin
shark’s nose different? What do they eat?
Its nose is used like a Crabs, fish, and shrimp trowel.
How do they find their prey?
It’s hard for the Goblin shark to see, but they have pointy teeth so the fish can’t Jacob Tanner get away. http://dsc.discovery.com/sharks/goblin-shark.html
STOPLIGHT PARROT FISH!
In the parrot’s digestive system you will find the esophagus.
The crop actually has several layers of muscle tissue. The food stores here and is softened before it
travels to the gizzard. The gizzard holds roughage and tough muscle jh efheljnfejijfewyfgrhfrhugyrhf tissue, not able to grind down food and make it into a pulp. In this
form, the food is ready for the parrot’s intestines, where the food
is digested as the nutrients needed by the body are drawn out. Then it comes out of the body.
FUN FACTS
When the stoplight parrotfish poops, all that goes to the beach & it’s called coral dust.
Sources! Jamie WWW/YAHOO ANSWERS.COM
WWW//PARROT FISH .COM RAINBOW PARROTFISH by: Kirk Nurnberger How do parrotfish mate? When parrotfish mate, the male dances around the female by moving his tail kind of fast. The female will lay the eggs, and the female and male will both take good care of the babies.
What does a rainbow parrotfish look like? Parrotfish are colored like a rainbow. Green, blue, yellow, red, orange and pink are all colors of the parrotfish. They can be 12-20 inches long, but some can be over three feet long.
I wonder why a parrotfish have teeth? A rainbow parrotfish has its name because its teeth are stuck together like a bird/parrot. They use them to scrape algae and other organic matter from the surface of coral.
Where do rainbow parrotfish live?
The shallow tropical waters are where you will find them living. They also live in
subtropical regions of the oceans around the world. They are found around the coral reef regions, and in beds of sea grass. The depth of the water they will live in depends on the coral. They can move around large areas looking for food.
Website: http://bioexpedition.com/parrot-fish/ Leafy Sea Drago
Are leafy sea dragons endangered? Over the years, the leafy sea dragon has become endangered from pollution and stream runoffs.
How are the eggs carried?
The eggs are carried by the male and he carries them on his tail. Some are born through a hole at the top of the stomach.
Where do Leafy Sea dragons live? Leafy sea dragons live in the shallows of the Australian coast line. A.k.a: the sunlight zone in Australia. But nowhere else in the world.
WEBSITES: Wikipedia
Beluga Whale
By Savanna Bowen http://www.idiotica.com/cranium/encyclopedia/con tent/Beluga.htm
How much
Beautiful do beluga
whales Elegant What do weigh? Little beluga whales eat? Answer: Unbelievable They mostly They weigh Grown eat tuna and 3,150 lbs
harp seal. {1,430 kg} . A lot sometimes it’s
Whale Helpful
Active Large
Eats tuna
THE GREAT WHITE SHARK!!
La’Davia
A GREAT WHITE SHARK IS SMART AND FAST. IT IS AN ANMAL THAT BITES AND KILLS. THAT SHARK IS A MAN EATING ANIMAL, BUT DON’T LET THAT FOOL YOU. IT IS A PRETTY ANIMAL. THEY ARE COOL TO WATCH WHEN THEY GET THEIR PREY!! Queen Angelfish By Heaven Fleming Bryant How much do Queen Angelfish weigh?
They weigh up to 3.5 lbs.
(1.6kg)
Do Queen Angelfish sleep day or night?
“It is active during the day and rests during the night.” How long do Queen Angelfish Web- Life live? in sea.com They live up to 15 years.
Web Wikipedia HHHicoccampusHicoccampus TTTritisTritis SSSeahorse!!!Seahorse!!!
A seahorse is: SSSuperS EEExcitingE AAAwesomeA HHHumorousH OOOriginalO RRRacerR SSSillyS EEExcellentE
seahorses are calm, not dangerous
. Seahorses are super tiny and almost the size of a tea cup! They are also carnivores. Seahorses are a type of fish! Seahorses are 0.6 to 14 inches (1.5 to 35 cm) which is relative to a tea cup!
By Milly Yellowfin Tuna
By Luke
Where do yellowfin Why do yellowfin tuna school
tuna hide? with other fish?
Under boats and logs To keep safe from sharks
What color is a yellowfin tuna?
It is metallic dark blue or greenish.
Information http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/yellowfintuna/yellowfintuna.html Seahorse
By Kylie Heapes
Yes, the seahorse is a fish. Over many years Seahorses only live in scientists have debated saltwater. They can be whether the seahorse is found in most oceans. a fish. They finally said They prefer shallow yes because the water; therefore try to seahorse has gills to stay near the tropics. breathe, and to control Large populations can their buoyancy, they be found near the have a swim bladder. coastline. If you look in the Mediterranean Sea, you’re guaranteed to find seahorses.
There are 53 species of seahorses in the world as far as we know, including pipefish and seadragons. The size of the seahorse ranges anywhere from 1-14 inches. The Dolphin
BY: SHAUNTAVIA WEST
Lifespan: Did you know?
Most dolphins live long lives. Dolphins are about 8 feet long The bottlenose dolphin can live over and up to 660 pounds.
40 years, and the orca can live to be 70 or 80!
D
Gooseberry Jelly
By Sarah What is the sea
Where do sea gooseberry gooseberry jellyfish’s jellyfish live? habitat?
Sea gooseberry Sea gooseberry jellyfish jellyfish can be found all are usually found in open around the world, but are waters, but can be found also mostly found in the waters in rock pools when stranded around Britain . by tides, especially in summer .
Fun Facts
1. A sea gooseberry jellyfish is called a Pleurobrachiidae.
2. A sea gooseberry jellyfish’s body length is up to 30mm and the length of
the tentacles is up to 500mm .
What do sea gooseberry
jellyfish eat?
They eat fish eggs, larva, mollusks, copepod crustaceans
and they even eat other Sea gooseberry jelly fish!
Source
www.Arkive.org
By Mrs. Bolton’s 5 th graders
Stony Point School March 2013
The Process
Imagine picking any animal in the ocean that you possibly could. Well, that’s what we had to do. We started looking through all the ocean books Mrs. Mary Lou had. It took us about two days to find a perfect match, after narrowing down from three or four. Then finally we found the right one, and started on a research packet. We filled out how deep it lived, what it ate, where it lived, what its predators are (if they had any), and provided a sketch. Once Mrs. Mary Lou and Mrs. Bolton approved our research, the painting began.
First, we had to lightly draw the animal on a piece of white watercolor paper. We painted water on the parts where it was supposed to be the ocean, and then we put drops of blue in. When the blue was still wet, we sprinkled salt all over the paper. Doing this made the places where the salt was look like bubbles when it was shaken off. Once it was dry and the salt was off, we lightly went over our creature with the main color of its body with watercolor crayon. After that, we went over and over with colored pencils, so that we could achieve the exact coloring of our animal.
When we were completely done with painting our creature, we moved on to the research page. This is where we put all our research, in a fancy way. We used different colors, text boxes, and experimented with tools we have never used before. Then we added a picture of our painting to it and it was complete. But we still weren’t done yet!
After this, Mrs. Mary Lou showed us how to make clay sculptures of our animals. We had to roll our clay into a certain length, and then we used pin tools to make details in the animals. When we were done, Mrs. Mary Lou put them in the kiln. When they were done firing, we painted them with underglaze in the color of our choice. Now that they are dried, they look spectacular, and we are all very proud of our work!
☺ By Jamie, Abigail, and Julianna ☺
Colossal Squid Q&A By John Thomas Have you ever wondered if the Giant Squid
is REALLY the largest squid around? Well, I have! The truth is, mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, the Colossal Squid , was recently found, and it’s larger! Here are some facts about this new squid; ENJOY!
What does the Where can the Colossal Colossal Squid eat? Squid be found? HERE IS The Colossal Squid Well, we don’t know where usually eats pretty big all of them go usually, but sea creatures, like the the ones that have been Sperm Whale, and even MY found were found in much sometimes other squid! colder waters; they were This huge beast only found in everywhere from consumes about 30 PICTURE New Zealand to around grams of food every Antarctica! Oh, and by the day, so don’t worry way, you won’t find a lot of about the other prey of information about these the Colossal Squid. guys, because they were only
Colossal Squid Vocabulary Will the Colossal Squid discovered 2 years ago! Words and Fun Facts attack me?!? Sources: http://squid-world.com/ Mantle: a section found above Surprisingly, this big guy is the head of the squid, at the recently found to be a gentle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki very top. giant! Although, I still wouldn’t /Colossal_squid
Also, squid actually have 6 arms go too close to him; we only and two tentacles; the tentacles know a little bit about this amazing gigantic are longer than the arms. invertebrate…not enough to ensure your safety. Tiger Shark
By: D’Jonti
While the tiger shark is considered to be one of the sharks most dangerous to humans, the attack rate is low according to researchers. The One of the largest sharks living tiger is second on the today, the tiger shark commonly list of number of recorded attacks on attains a length of 3–4.2 m (9.8– humans, with the 13.8 ft.) and weighs around 385– great white being first. 635 kg (850–1,400 Ib.). They often visit shallow reefs, harbors and canals, creating the potential for an encounter with humans.
Lionfish By Grayson Bush
Fun fact Lionfish lay about 30,000 eggs in 7 days .
Sources http://animals.national geographic.com http.//oceanservice.noaa.gov
Vocabulary words Q: What does the firefly Q: How and when does Q: What are the predators of Sources squid do in its lifetime? the firefly squid mate? the firefly squid? (if any) Photophores: A light (Courtesy of Jamie) A: The firefly squid only lives www.wikipedia.com producing organ which acts A: The orca whale and the for a year, so for us, that’s a on different ocean animals. In March to June, firefly sperm whale eat firefly www.ask.com The light is produced from pretty short time. For them, squid mate along the squid. People in Japan eat it’s a life. In that short period mixtures of the digestion of Toyama Bay, Japan and them for a delicacy! www.arkive.com prey. The photophores on of time, they eat, grow up, lay 1,000,000 – mate, have babies, and die! the animal attract food 1,000,000,000 eggs! Then, www.airandsea.com which the animal eats. they start to die.
Bioluminescence: The production of light by a Q: What does the firefly Q: How big can the firefly Q: Where can the firefly living creature. It comes squid eat? squid get? squid be located? from the Greek word bios and the Latin word lumen A: It mainly eats A: The firefly squid, A: The firefly squid can be for light. Energy is released zooplankton, but will eat fish believe it or not, will only found in Japan, and in the by a chemical reaction. which it attracts with its grow up to three inches in West Pacific Ocean. It is photophores. its whole lifetime! Watasenia scintillans: The found at a depth of 600 – squid’s scientific name. It is 1200 feet, also known as also known as sparkling the twilight zone. In the enope squid. twilight zone, the squid has all it needs.
What is the most Fun facts: common color of *There are over starfish? 2,000 species of Answer: The most common starfish. color of starfish is RED . *They are brainless and bloodless.
Sliding *Starfish are about 5-10 What is interesting Through inches and about a starfish’s weigh 11 lbs. A coral mouth? *Starfish have Answer: The starfish’s Reef two stomachs. mouth is in the center of its body, underneath. The Finding starfish has five arms and Abigail Itself the mouth is where the five arms meet. They lift up their Safely arms and eat small ocean critters when they pass by. Home
What are predators of starfish?
Answer: The starfish’s main
predators are sharks, sea otters, manta rays and other large fish.
Bestfunfacts.com Buzzle.com Sea Critters by Sylvia A. Earle http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_predators_of_a_starfish Goblin Shark
The Goblin shark lives in the midnight zone, and they can go down 6,500 feet in the ocean. What makes the Goblin
shark’s nose different? What do they eat?
Its nose is used like a Crabs, fish, and shrimp trowel.
How do they find their prey?
It’s hard for the Goblin shark to see, but they have pointy teeth so the fish can’t Jacob Tanner get away. http://dsc.discovery.com/sharks/goblin-shark.html
STOPLIGHT PARROT FISH!
In the parrot’s digestive system you will find the esophagus.
The crop actually has several layers of muscle tissue. The food stores here and is softened before it
travels to the gizzard. The gizzard holds roughage and tough muscle jh efheljnfejijfewyfgrhfrhugyrhf tissue, not able to grind down food and make it into a pulp. In this
form, the food is ready for the parrot’s intestines, where the food
is digested as the nutrients needed by the body are drawn out. Then it comes out of the body.
FUN FACTS
When the stoplight parrotfish poops, all that goes to the beach & it’s called coral dust.
Sources! Jamie WWW/YAHOO ANSWERS.COM
WWW//PARROT FISH .COM RAINBOW PARROTFISH by: Kirk Nurnberger How do parrotfish mate? When parrotfish mate, the male dances around the female by moving his tail kind of fast. The female will lay the eggs, and the female and male will both take good care of the babies.
What does a rainbow parrotfish look like? Parrotfish are colored like a rainbow. Green, blue, yellow, red, orange and pink are all colors of the parrotfish. They can be 12-20 inches long, but some can be over three feet long.
I wonder why a parrotfish have teeth? A rainbow parrotfish has its name because its teeth are stuck together like a bird/parrot. They use them to scrape algae and other organic matter from the surface of coral.
Where do rainbow parrotfish live?
The shallow tropical waters are where you will find them living. They also live in
subtropical regions of the oceans around the world. They are found around the coral reef regions, and in beds of sea grass. The depth of the water they will live in depends on the coral. They can move around large areas looking for food.
Website: http://bioexpedition.com/parrot-fish/ Leafy Sea Drago
Are leafy sea dragons endangered? Over the years, the leafy sea dragon has become endangered from pollution and stream runoffs.
How are the eggs carried?
The eggs are carried by the male and he carries them on his tail. Some are born through a hole at the top of the stomach.
Where do Leafy Sea dragons live? Leafy sea dragons live in the shallows of the Australian coast line. A.k.a: the sunlight zone in Australia. But nowhere else in the world.
WEBSITES: Wikipedia
Beluga Whale
By Savanna Bowen http://www.idiotica.com/cranium/encyclopedia/con tent/Beluga.htm
How much
Beautiful do beluga
whales Elegant What do weigh? Little beluga whales eat? Answer: Unbelievable They mostly They weigh Grown eat tuna and 3,150 lbs
harp seal. {1,430 kg} . A lot sometimes it’s
Whale Helpful
Active Large
Eats tuna
THE GREAT WHITE SHARK!!
La’Davia
A GREAT WHITE SHARK IS SMART AND FAST. IT IS AN ANMAL THAT BITES AND KILLS. THAT SHARK IS A MAN EATING ANIMAL, BUT DON’T LET THAT FOOL YOU. IT IS A PRETTY ANIMAL. THEY ARE COOL TO WATCH WHEN THEY GET THEIR PREY!! Queen Angelfish By Heaven Fleming Bryant How much do Queen Angelfish weigh?
They weigh up to 3.5 lbs.
(1.6kg)
Do Queen Angelfish sleep day or night?
“It is active during the day and rests during the night.” How long do Queen Angelfish Web- Life live? in sea.com They live up to 15 years.
Web Wikipedia HHHicoccampusHicoccampus TTTritisTritis SSSeahorse!!!Seahorse!!!
A seahorse is: SSSuperS EEExcitingE AAAwesomeA HHHumorousH OOOriginalO RRRacerR SSSillyS EEExcellentE
seahorses are calm, not dangerous
. Seahorses are super tiny and almost the size of a tea cup! They are also carnivores. Seahorses are a type of fish! Seahorses are 0.6 to 14 inches (1.5 to 35 cm) which is relative to a tea cup!
By Milly Yellowfin Tuna
By Luke
Where do yellowfin Why do yellowfin tuna school
tuna hide? with other fish?
Under boats and logs To keep safe from sharks
What color is a yellowfin tuna?
It is metallic dark blue or greenish.
Information http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/yellowfintuna/yellowfintuna.html Seahorse
By Kylie Heapes
Yes, the seahorse is a fish. Over many years Seahorses only live in scientists have debated saltwater. They can be whether the seahorse is found in most oceans. a fish. They finally said They prefer shallow yes because the water; therefore try to seahorse has gills to stay near the tropics. breathe, and to control Large populations can their buoyancy, they be found near the have a swim bladder. coastline. If you look in the Mediterranean Sea, you’re guaranteed to find seahorses.
There are 53 species of seahorses in the world as far as we know, including pipefish and seadragons. The size of the seahorse ranges anywhere from 1-14 inches. The Dolphin
BY: SHAUNTAVIA WEST
Lifespan: Did you know?
Most dolphins live long lives. Dolphins are about 8 feet long The bottlenose dolphin can live over and up to 660 pounds.
40 years, and the orca can live to be 70 or 80!
D
Gooseberry Jelly
By Sarah What is the sea
Where do sea gooseberry gooseberry jellyfish’s jellyfish live? habitat?
Sea gooseberry Sea gooseberry jellyfish jellyfish can be found all are usually found in open around the world, but are waters, but can be found also mostly found in the waters in rock pools when stranded around Britain . by tides, especially in summer .
Fun Facts
1. A sea gooseberry jellyfish is called a Pleurobrachiidae.
2. A sea gooseberry jellyfish’s body length is up to 30mm and the length of
the tentacles is up to 500mm .
What do sea gooseberry
jellyfish eat?
They eat fish eggs, larva, mollusks, copepod crustaceans
and they even eat other Sea gooseberry jelly fish!
Source
www.Arkive.org
By Mrs. Bolton’s 5 th graders
Stony Point School March 2013
The Process
Imagine picking any animal in the ocean that you possibly could. Well, that’s what we had to do. We started looking through all the ocean books Mrs. Mary Lou had. It took us about two days to find a perfect match, after narrowing down from three or four. Then finally we found the right one, and started on a research packet. We filled out how deep it lived, what it ate, where it lived, what its predators are (if they had any), and provided a sketch. Once Mrs. Mary Lou and Mrs. Bolton approved our research, the painting began.
First, we had to lightly draw the animal on a piece of white watercolor paper. We painted water on the parts where it was supposed to be the ocean, and then we put drops of blue in. When the blue was still wet, we sprinkled salt all over the paper. Doing this made the places where the salt was look like bubbles when it was shaken off. Once it was dry and the salt was off, we lightly went over our creature with the main color of its body with watercolor crayon. After that, we went over and over with colored pencils, so that we could achieve the exact coloring of our animal.
When we were completely done with painting our creature, we moved on to the research page. This is where we put all our research, in a fancy way. We used different colors, text boxes, and experimented with tools we have never used before. Then we added a picture of our painting to it and it was complete. But we still weren’t done yet!
After this, Mrs. Mary Lou showed us how to make clay sculptures of our animals. We had to roll our clay into a certain length, and then we used pin tools to make details in the animals. When we were done, Mrs. Mary Lou put them in the kiln. When they were done firing, we painted them with underglaze in the color of our choice. Now that they are dried, they look spectacular, and we are all very proud of our work!
☺ By Jamie, Abigail, and Julianna ☺
Colossal Squid Q&A By John Thomas Have you ever wondered if the Giant Squid
is REALLY the largest squid around? Well, I have! The truth is, mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, the Colossal Squid , was recently found, and it’s larger! Here are some facts about this new squid; ENJOY!
What does the Where can the Colossal Colossal Squid eat? Squid be found? HERE IS The Colossal Squid Well, we don’t know where usually eats pretty big all of them go usually, but sea creatures, like the the ones that have been Sperm Whale, and even MY found were found in much sometimes other squid! colder waters; they were This huge beast only found in everywhere from consumes about 30 PICTURE New Zealand to around grams of food every Antarctica! Oh, and by the day, so don’t worry way, you won’t find a lot of about the other prey of information about these the Colossal Squid. guys, because they were only
Colossal Squid Vocabulary Will the Colossal Squid discovered 2 years ago! Words and Fun Facts attack me?!? Sources: http://squid-world.com/ Mantle: a section found above Surprisingly, this big guy is the head of the squid, at the recently found to be a gentle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki very top. giant! Although, I still wouldn’t /Colossal_squid
Also, squid actually have 6 arms go too close to him; we only and two tentacles; the tentacles know a little bit about this amazing gigantic are longer than the arms. invertebrate…not enough to ensure your safety. Tiger Shark
By: D’Jonti
While the tiger shark is considered to be one of the sharks most dangerous to humans, the attack rate is low according to researchers. The One of the largest sharks living tiger is second on the today, the tiger shark commonly list of number of recorded attacks on attains a length of 3–4.2 m (9.8– humans, with the 13.8 ft.) and weighs around 385– great white being first. 635 kg (850–1,400 Ib.). They often visit shallow reefs, harbors and canals, creating the potential for an encounter with humans.
Lionfish By Grayson Bush
Fun fact Lionfish lay about 30,000 eggs in 7 days .
Sources http://animals.national geographic.com http.//oceanservice.noaa.gov
Vocabulary words Q: What does the firefly Q: How and when does Q: What are the predators of Sources squid do in its lifetime? the firefly squid mate? the firefly squid? (if any) Photophores: A light (Courtesy of Jamie) A: The firefly squid only lives www.wikipedia.com producing organ which acts A: The orca whale and the for a year, so for us, that’s a on different ocean animals. In March to June, firefly sperm whale eat firefly www.ask.com The light is produced from pretty short time. For them, squid mate along the squid. People in Japan eat it’s a life. In that short period mixtures of the digestion of Toyama Bay, Japan and them for a delicacy! www.arkive.com prey. The photophores on of time, they eat, grow up, lay 1,000,000 – mate, have babies, and die! the animal attract food 1,000,000,000 eggs! Then, www.airandsea.com which the animal eats. they start to die.
Bioluminescence: The production of light by a Q: What does the firefly Q: How big can the firefly Q: Where can the firefly living creature. It comes squid eat? squid get? squid be located? from the Greek word bios and the Latin word lumen A: It mainly eats A: The firefly squid, A: The firefly squid can be for light. Energy is released zooplankton, but will eat fish believe it or not, will only found in Japan, and in the by a chemical reaction. which it attracts with its grow up to three inches in West Pacific Ocean. It is photophores. its whole lifetime! Watasenia scintillans: The found at a depth of 600 – squid’s scientific name. It is 1200 feet, also known as also known as sparkling the twilight zone. In the enope squid. twilight zone, the squid has all it needs.
What is the most Fun facts: common color of *There are over starfish? 2,000 species of Answer: The most common starfish. color of starfish is RED . *They are brainless and bloodless.
Sliding *Starfish are about 5-10 What is interesting Through inches and about a starfish’s weigh 11 lbs. A coral mouth? *Starfish have Answer: The starfish’s Reef two stomachs. mouth is in the center of its body, underneath. The Finding starfish has five arms and Abigail Itself the mouth is where the five arms meet. They lift up their Safely arms and eat small ocean critters when they pass by. Home
What are predators of starfish?
Answer: The starfish’s main
predators are sharks, sea otters, manta rays and other large fish.
Bestfunfacts.com Buzzle.com Sea Critters by Sylvia A. Earle http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_predators_of_a_starfish Goblin Shark
The Goblin shark lives in the midnight zone, and they can go down 6,500 feet in the ocean. What makes the Goblin
shark’s nose different? What do they eat?
Its nose is used like a Crabs, fish, and shrimp trowel.
How do they find their prey?
It’s hard for the Goblin shark to see, but they have pointy teeth so the fish can’t Jacob Tanner get away. http://dsc.discovery.com/sharks/goblin-shark.html
STOPLIGHT PARROT FISH!
In the parrot’s digestive system you will find the esophagus.
The crop actually has several layers of muscle tissue. The food stores here and is softened before it
travels to the gizzard. The gizzard holds roughage and tough muscle jh efheljnfejijfewyfgrhfrhugyrhf tissue, not able to grind down food and make it into a pulp. In this
form, the food is ready for the parrot’s intestines, where the food
is digested as the nutrients needed by the body are drawn out. Then it comes out of the body.
FUN FACTS
When the stoplight parrotfish poops, all that goes to the beach & it’s called coral dust.
Sources! Jamie WWW/YAHOO ANSWERS.COM
WWW//PARROT FISH .COM RAINBOW PARROTFISH by: Kirk Nurnberger How do parrotfish mate? When parrotfish mate, the male dances around the female by moving his tail kind of fast. The female will lay the eggs, and the female and male will both take good care of the babies.
What does a rainbow parrotfish look like? Parrotfish are colored like a rainbow. Green, blue, yellow, red, orange and pink are all colors of the parrotfish. They can be 12-20 inches long, but some can be over three feet long.
I wonder why a parrotfish have teeth? A rainbow parrotfish has its name because its teeth are stuck together like a bird/parrot. They use them to scrape algae and other organic matter from the surface of coral.
Where do rainbow parrotfish live?
The shallow tropical waters are where you will find them living. They also live in
subtropical regions of the oceans around the world. They are found around the coral reef regions, and in beds of sea grass. The depth of the water they will live in depends on the coral. They can move around large areas looking for food.
Website: http://bioexpedition.com/parrot-fish/ Leafy Sea Drago
Are leafy sea dragons endangered? Over the years, the leafy sea dragon has become endangered from pollution and stream runoffs.
How are the eggs carried?
The eggs are carried by the male and he carries them on his tail. Some are born through a hole at the top of the stomach.
Where do Leafy Sea dragons live? Leafy sea dragons live in the shallows of the Australian coast line. A.k.a: the sunlight zone in Australia. But nowhere else in the world.
WEBSITES: Wikipedia
Beluga Whale
By Savanna Bowen http://www.idiotica.com/cranium/encyclopedia/con tent/Beluga.htm
How much
Beautiful do beluga
whales Elegant What do weigh? Little beluga whales eat? Answer: Unbelievable They mostly They weigh Grown eat tuna and 3,150 lbs
harp seal. {1,430 kg} . A lot sometimes it’s
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Eats tuna
THE GREAT WHITE SHARK!!
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A GREAT WHITE SHARK IS SMART AND FAST. IT IS AN ANMAL THAT BITES AND KILLS. THAT SHARK IS A MAN EATING ANIMAL, BUT DON’T LET THAT FOOL YOU. IT IS A PRETTY ANIMAL. THEY ARE COOL TO WATCH WHEN THEY GET THEIR PREY!! Queen Angelfish By Heaven Fleming Bryant How much do Queen Angelfish weigh?
They weigh up to 3.5 lbs.
(1.6kg)
Do Queen Angelfish sleep day or night?
“It is active during the day and rests during the night.” How long do Queen Angelfish Web- Life live? in sea.com They live up to 15 years.
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A seahorse is: SSSuperS EEExcitingE AAAwesomeA HHHumorousH OOOriginalO RRRacerR SSSillyS EEExcellentE
seahorses are calm, not dangerous
. Seahorses are super tiny and almost the size of a tea cup! They are also carnivores. Seahorses are a type of fish! Seahorses are 0.6 to 14 inches (1.5 to 35 cm) which is relative to a tea cup!
By Milly Yellowfin Tuna
By Luke
Where do yellowfin Why do yellowfin tuna school
tuna hide? with other fish?
Under boats and logs To keep safe from sharks
What color is a yellowfin tuna?
It is metallic dark blue or greenish.
Information http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/yellowfintuna/yellowfintuna.html Seahorse
By Kylie Heapes
Yes, the seahorse is a fish. Over many years Seahorses only live in scientists have debated saltwater. They can be whether the seahorse is found in most oceans. a fish. They finally said They prefer shallow yes because the water; therefore try to seahorse has gills to stay near the tropics. breathe, and to control Large populations can their buoyancy, they be found near the have a swim bladder. coastline. If you look in the Mediterranean Sea, you’re guaranteed to find seahorses.
There are 53 species of seahorses in the world as far as we know, including pipefish and seadragons. The size of the seahorse ranges anywhere from 1-14 inches. The Dolphin
BY: SHAUNTAVIA WEST
Lifespan: Did you know?
Most dolphins live long lives. Dolphins are about 8 feet long The bottlenose dolphin can live over and up to 660 pounds.
40 years, and the orca can live to be 70 or 80!
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Gooseberry Jelly
By Sarah What is the sea
Where do sea gooseberry gooseberry jellyfish’s jellyfish live? habitat?
Sea gooseberry Sea gooseberry jellyfish jellyfish can be found all are usually found in open around the world, but are waters, but can be found also mostly found in the waters in rock pools when stranded around Britain . by tides, especially in summer .
Fun Facts
1. A sea gooseberry jellyfish is called a Pleurobrachiidae.
2. A sea gooseberry jellyfish’s body length is up to 30mm and the length of
the tentacles is up to 500mm .
What do sea gooseberry
jellyfish eat?
They eat fish eggs, larva, mollusks, copepod crustaceans
and they even eat other Sea gooseberry jelly fish!
Source
www.Arkive.org