GRAND PRIX

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SIGNALS OF SPRING- ACES Animals in
Curriculum-based Ecosystem Studies
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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.
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National Marine Sanctuary
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These sea turtles never return to land after they
are born.
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What are the male sea turtles?
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CreditAIMS http//www.aims.gov.au/creefs/images/
Sea20turtle201_Jo20Browne.JPG
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Animals described as this must remain in warm
waters to maintain the correct body temperature.
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What is cold-blooded or ectothermic?
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Unlike most sea turtles that have a hard shell,
this species has no shell.
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What is the Leatherback Turtle?
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Credit NOAA http//www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/images/tu
rtles/leatherbackhatchling_srlivingstone-uglasgow.
jpg
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The number of sea turtle species that are
considered threatened or endangered.
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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.
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What is the Flatback Turtle?
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Credit DEWHA http//www.environment.gov.au/biodiv
ersity/threatened/publications/images/tsd05flatbac
k-turtle.jpg
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This animal is distinguished by its long tusks.
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What is the walrus?
Credit NOAA http//www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/an
im0009.htm
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In the 1700s, elephant seals were commercially
hunted for their blubber, which was then used for
this household necessity.
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What is lamp oil.
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Credit NOAA http//www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/images/pi
nnipeds/northernelephantseal_rolfream-nmml.jpg
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Seals, sea lions, and walruses belong to this
taxonomic order.
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What is pinniped?
Credit NOAAhttp//www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/m
ammals/pinnipeds/
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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.
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What are sea lions?
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Credit NOAA http//www.fakr.noaa.gov/maps/images/
sealions_yawn.jpg
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These animals have ear holes, but no ear flaps.
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What are seals?
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Credit NOAA http//www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/m
ammals/pinnipeds/mediterraneanmonkseal.htm
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These birds are famous for traveling in groups of
thousands across the open ocean. They are known
to skim the surface of the water.
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What are Sooty Shearwater?
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Credit NOAAhttp//sanctuaries.noaa.gov/jointplan
/presskit/cb/20070712_CMA_SNGH_SOSH.jpg
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Adélie penguins often find food in the open areas
of sea ice. They feed mostly on this type of
animal.
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What are krill?
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Credit NOAA http//oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explora
tions/02quest/background/krill/media/krill1_600.jp
g
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South Africas Tristan da Cunha volcanic islands
are the breeding grounds of this Shearwater
species.
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What is the Greater Shearwater?
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Black-footed albatross are surface feeders, and
they often eat these man-made items that float on
the oceans surface.
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What are plastics/marine debris?
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Credit NOAA http//www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2
008/images/debris2.jpg
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Most seabirds have webbed feet, waterproof
feathers, and glands that get rid of this.
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What is extra salt?
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Some marine animals breathe through this special
hole at the top of their heads.
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What is a blowhole?
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Credit NOAAhttp//www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2
006/images/right-whale-gulfcoast-blowhole-02-27-20
06.jpg
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Whales, dolphins, and porpoises belong to this
order.
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What is cetacean?
Credit NOAA http//www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/m
ammals/cetaceans/
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These toothbrush-like plates allow whales to
strain their food out of the water.
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What is baleen?
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Credit NOAA http//www.afsc.noaa.gov/nmml/educati
on/cetaceans/images/stylized_baleen.jpg
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This animals dorsal fin is shaped like a
triangle and sometimes mistaken for a sharks fin.
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What is a porpoise?
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Credit NOAAhttp//www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/m
ammals/cetaceans/harborporpoise.htm
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These animals have long, sleek bodies and
conical-shaped teeth.
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What are dolphins?
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Credit NOAA http//www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/m
ammals/cetaceans/bottlenosedolphin.htm
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There are currently this many National Marine
Sanctuaries.
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What is 13, or 14 including Papahãnaumokuãkea
Marine National Monument.
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Credit NOAA http//hawaiireef.noaa.gov/management
/cotrustee_maps.html
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Fagatele Bay National Marine Santuary is located
on this South Pacific island.
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What is American Somoa?
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Credit NOAA http//www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/th
eb0013.htm
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Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary is named
after this Georgia Marine Institute curator.
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Who is Milton Sam Gray?
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This Sanctuary is entirely off the shore of
California, and it does not include any land.
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What is Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary?
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Credit http//sanctuaries.noaa.gov/pgallery/atlas
maps/images/cb_2000.jpg
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The only living barrier coral reef lives in this
National Marine Sanctuary.
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What is the Florida Keys NMS?
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Credit http//sanctuaries.noaa.gov/pgallery/pgflo
rida/human/grounding_300.jpg
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DAILY DOUBLE
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DAILY DOUBLE