Scavenger+Hunt+Extravaganza!



This Web page was created by Stacy Watkins, Megan Boss, Christina Sanchez, Morgan Durham, and Devon Bellmore. ​Welcome fifth-grade students! This scavenger hunt is designed to help you learn more about the world's oceans and what lives inside them. Oceans are nature's beautiful artwork and deserve to be appreciated. The following questions are provided under a certain sub-topic concerning the ocean. Please read all the questions carefully, answering each one clearly and fully by using the links provided to find the answers. Be sure to review and explore each website before answering the question. They contain a lot of interesting information! Answer in your own words. The Ocean​

Sub-topic 1: Coral Reefs (Edited by Megan Boss) 


 * 1) What are the three types of coral reefs? Tell me a fact about each one. ( @http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ocean/Coralreef.shtml )
 * 2) What percent of the world's reefs are damaged beyond recovery and what are the top three threats? ( @http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/oceans/corals/ )
 * 3) Using the link provided, write a short essay, no more than 100 words, about how we each do our part to save coral reefs. ( @http://www.nature.org/joinanddonate/rescuereef/explore/help.html <span style="color: #ec1313; font-family: Georgia,serif;">)

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Sub-topic 2: Phytoplankton (Edited by Stacy Watkins)

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 * 1) <span style="color: #db1f1f; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Read about Phytoplankton and then fill in the blank for this statement: Phytoplankton are at the of the ocean food chain.
 * 2) <span style="color: #db1f1f; font-family: Georgia,serif;">What does the Greek word //planktos// mean? Why do you think the root //phyto-// (follow the link and clink on "root words list") is attached to the word phytoplankton?
 * 3) <span style="color: #db1f1f; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Phytoplankton are such small creatures. Are they important? Why?

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">Sub-topic 3: Dolphins <span style="color: #db1f1f; font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">(Authored by Christina Sanchez)

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 * 1) <span style="color: #db1f1f; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Read about Dolphins and fillin the blank: Dolphins can swim under water for minutes.
 * 2) <span style="color: #db1f1f; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: normal;">How many months does a female dolphin carry their baby?
 * 3) <span style="color: #db1f1f; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: normal;">Where in the ocean do dolphins live?
 * 4) <span style="color: #db1f1f; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: normal;">What does it mean when we say that a dolphin is a mammal ?

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"> Sub-topic 4: Octopi <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">(Authored by Morgan Durham)


 * 1) <span style="color: #db1f1f; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: normal;">Read about Octopi and fill in the blank: There are ___ arms on an octopus.
 * 2) <span style="color: #db1f1f; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: normal;">Can an octopus detect color ?
 * 3) <span style="color: #db1f1f; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: normal;">What does an Octopus eat ?
 * 4) <span style="color: #db1f1f; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: normal;">Where do Octopi live ?

Sub-topic 5: Sharks (Authored by Devon Bellmore)


 * 1) <span style="color: #db1f1f; font-family: Georgia,serif;">How many different types of fins do sharks have, and what are they called?
 * 2) <span style="color: #db1f1f; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Sharks have the most powerful jaws in the planet, what makes their jaw different from humans?
 * 3) <span style="color: #db1f1f; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Do sharks have better or worse eyesight than humans?
 * 4) <span style="color: #db1f1f; font-family: Georgia,serif;">How many species of sharks are there and how many of them are considered dangerous to humans?