Blue Planet - Marine Animal Behaviors

According to the documentary, when do the "Spring" tides occur?

• Immediately after the full moon

• Immediately after the new moon

• Immediately before the full moon

• Immediately before the new moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which of the following animals were looking for a "seafood feast" during the spring tide.

• sea gulls

• racoons

• beavers

• sea otters

What were the featured "spring tide feasting" animals eating, that required careful attention?

• red crabs

• spiny lobsters

• sea urchins

• stone fish

What animal did the giant horse conch attack and eat?

• tulip snail

• sea urchin

• sea star

• sand dollar

After the conch consumed its prey, what animal also benefited from the outcome?

• hermit crab

• shark

• sea urchin

• lion fish

What marine animals were fighting each other for "sand pits"?

• red crabs

• Atlantic lobsters

• hermit crabs

• sea stars

What was the key factor that enabled life to flourish around the isolated "sea mount" island?

• the deep ocean currents

• the warm waters

• the land vegetation

• the cool waters

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

The hammerhead sharks that arrived at the sea mount were there for what reason?

• to eat an abundance of available food

• to find a place to breed

• to avoid getting attacked by other species

• to get "cleaned" from other fish

How did the seal capture the penguin?

• It chased it down on the ice surface

• It chased and caught it in the open ocean

• It waited for it jump in the water then quickly attacked

• It set traps with other seals

Which marine animals were "literally cooking" in their own shells when the tide retreated and they were left in the sun?

• mussels

• clams

• scallops

• oysters

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4