Marine Life Trivia Questions
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What colorful marine animal responsible for forming atolls is not necessarily the same color as its name suggests?
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coral
What 8-armed sea creature is known for changing its colors when frightened?
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octopus
What marine polyps can form giant reefs over thousands of years?
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coral
What kind of animals that form the Great Barrier Reef are being eaten by crown-of-thorns starfish?
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coral
What type of fish includes a species known as the whale that can weigh as much as 2 elephants?
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shark
What fish is popularly referred to as 'Chicken of the Sea'?
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tuna
Which mollusk is commonly associated with food types like jacknife and steamer?
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clam
What type of crustacean, often referred to as a hermit, typically resides in an empty snail shell?
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crab
What type of fish is the sockeye species, which is highly prized for canning?
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salmon
What is the name of the Southern California fish that come ashore to spawn and then run back into the ocean?
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grunion
Which sea creature, known for its ability to change color and having twice as many appendages as a chameleon, fits this description?
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octopus
What type of fish, known for its 'walking' variety, was introduced into Florida from Asia in the 1960s?
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catfish
Which pink fish is nicknamed humpback due to a ridge it develops before spawning?
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salmon
What sea creature is the dungeness type found in waters from Alaska to Mexico?
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crab
What color does a blue lobster turn when cooked, despite its rarity?
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red
What fish, with a prehensile tail, has a dwarf species that measures only about 1 1/2 inches?
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seahorse
What type of fish has a red variety called sockeye and a pink variety called humpback?
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salmon
Which shrimplike crustaceans abundance might cause lots of dead fish in the waters near Maine?
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krill
What animals are responsible for the formation of atolls?
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coral
In the Caspian Sea, which fish is a major source of caviar besides carp and herring?
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sturgeon
What type of shrimp, commonly fed to fish, is named after the salty waters they inhabit?
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brine
What material are the skeletons of skates and rays made of, instead of bone?
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cartilage
What odd fish has the scientific name Hippocampus and features a prehensile tail?
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seahorse
What cartilaginous fish has a basking variety that may reach up to 43 feet in length?
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shark
What are the sharp, pointed items called that cover the sea urchin and help it move along the seafloor?
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quills
Quinnat is another name for the Chinook species of which fish?
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salmon
Which marine mammal is often referred to as 'the unicorn of the sea' due to its single-twisted horn?
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narwhal
What marine animal is scientifically known as Asterias vulgaris, commonly found in ocean habitats?
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starfish
What type of cephalopod mollusk shares its name with popular submarine names, both real and fictional?
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nautilus
What marine creature is the Cyanea, a northern type with tentacles that may reach 100 feet in length, and has no bones?
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jellyfish
What is the name of the fish that swims upright and uses its prehensile tail to anchor itself to coral or algae?
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seahorse
Which species of fish, unlike most others in its category, doesn't have to swim constantly and often lies motionless?
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shark
Which sleek, pike-like fish with razor-sharp teeth is known as the 'Tiger of the Sea'?
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barracuda
What is the largest fish species in the sea that can reach up to 50 feet in length?
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shark
What type of crustacean can range in size from a .008 inch copepod to a 12-foot Japanese variety?
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crab
What is the largest 8-armed creature that Dudley, who lives in the Seattle Aquarium, aspires to be in captivity?
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octopus
What is the name of the gastropod mollusk whose shell provides mother-of-pearl and must be pounded to tenderize it?
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abalone
What is the largest type of flatfish, specifically the Atlantic variety?
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halibut
What Arctic whale is identified by its long tusk and is also known as the unicorn whale?
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narwhal
What is the name of the largest coral mass on earth found in the ocean?
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great barrier reef
What white species of mammal, also known as beluga, can be surprisingly found in the St. Lawrence River?
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whale
What type of sea creature is the crown-of-thorns that can damage coral reefs when their population soars?
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starfish
What Arctic aquatic mammal has a male that features a single spiral tusk?
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narwhal
What pinniped species has tusks on both males and females?
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walrus
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