Ocean Creatures Quiz

Question 1

What is the largest animal that has ever lived on Earth?

Accepted Answer

Blue Whale

Answer

Great White Shark

Answer

Whale Shark

Answer

Giant Squid

Question 2

How many arms does a starfish typically have?

Accepted Answer

5

Answer

3

Answer

4

Answer

6

Question 3

What is a group of fish called?

Accepted Answer

A school

Answer

A pod

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A flock

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A colony

Question 4

Which ocean creature has three hearts?

Accepted Answer

Octopus

Answer

Dolphin

Answer

Seahorse

Answer

Jellyfish

Question 5

What is the fastest fish in the ocean?

Accepted Answer

Sailfish

Answer

Mako Shark

Answer

Barracuda

Answer

Tuna

Question 6

Which creature is known as the 'sea cow'?

Accepted Answer

Dugong/Manatee

Answer

Walrus

Answer

Sea lion

Answer

Narwhal

Question 7

How do clownfish and sea anemones relate to each other?

Accepted Answer

They have a symbiotic relationship

Answer

The anemone eats the clownfish

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They ignore each other

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The clownfish is parasitic

Question 8

What is the largest species of shark?

Accepted Answer

Whale Shark

Answer

Great White Shark

Answer

Tiger Shark

Answer

Bull Shark

Question 9

Which ocean creature can change colour to camouflage itself?

Accepted Answer

Cuttlefish

Answer

Dolphin

Answer

Sea turtle

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Manta ray

Question 10

What do whales breathe through?

Accepted Answer

A blowhole

Answer

Gills

Answer

Their mouth

Answer

Their skin

Question 11

Which is the only male animal that gives birth?

Accepted Answer

Seahorse

Answer

Penguin

Answer

Pufferfish

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Anglerfish

Question 12

What is the collective name for a group of dolphins?

Accepted Answer

A pod

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A school

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A herd

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A shoal

Question 13

How do sharks detect prey in the water?

Accepted Answer

Through electroreception and lateral line

Answer

Only by sight

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By smell alone

Answer

Using echolocation

Question 14

What percentage of the ocean has been explored by humans?

Accepted Answer

About 20%

Answer

About 10%

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About 50%

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About 80%

Question 15

Which ocean animal is actually a mammal?

Accepted Answer

Dolphin

Answer

Sea turtle

Answer

Whale shark

Answer

Octopus

Question 16

What is the largest species of jellyfish in the world?

Accepted Answer

Lion's Mane Jellyfish

Answer

Portuguese Man o' War

Answer

Box Jellyfish

Answer

Moon Jellyfish

Question 17

Which ocean zone receives no sunlight at all?

Accepted Answer

Midnight zone (Aphotic zone)

Answer

Epipelagic zone

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Mesopelagic zone

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Bathypelagic zone

Question 18

How do whales communicate over long distances?

Accepted Answer

Through whale song and low-frequency sounds

Answer

Through water currents

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Through echolocation only

Answer

Through bioluminescence

Question 19

Which sea creature has the most complex eyes of any animal?

Accepted Answer

Mantis shrimp

Answer

Octopus

Answer

Eagle Ray

Answer

Giant squid

Question 20

What is the term for the symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is unaffected?

Accepted Answer

Commensalism

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Mutualism

Answer

Parasitism

Answer

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