Create your own quiz!
As you explore Western Australia’s amazing 12,000km coastline at AQWA, collect 5 fun facts
that can be used in your classroom for an AQWA Creature Quiz.
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Sharks
Draw the teeth of the Grey Nurse Shark and the Whaler Shark
Grey Nurse Shark
Whaler Shark
What are the main differences?
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How do these differences relate to how they eat?
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Animal
Which
Do I have
fins? Spot the animals
What animals can you find at AQWA?
did you see?
many How
animals did you touch?
Do I have a tail? If so, how many?
Do I have legs?
If so, how many?
Sea snake
All animals have certain features which help them to survive. Investigate the sea snake in
AQWA’s DANGERzone.
What shape is the end of its tail?
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How could this help a sea snake to swim?
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The bottom of the sea snake’s body isn’t flat like a land snake’s- what shape is it?
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How does this shape help a sea snake swim?
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How would you describe the overall shape of a sea snake’s body?
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How could this shape help a sea snake to hide?
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Danger! Part 1.
Enter the DANGERzone to discover if these animals are dangerous to touch, eat, stand on
or be bitten by.
Sea snake: Dangerous to_____________________________________________________________
Blowfish: Dangerous to______________________________________________________________
Box jellyfish: Dangerous to___________________________________________________________
Cone shell: Dangerous to______________________________________________________________
Danger! Part 2.
Blue ringed octopus: Dangerous to ____________________________________________________
Stonefish: Dangerous to______________________________________________________________
What do you think is the most dangerous animal in DANGERzone?
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Why?
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Box jellyfish
The box jellyfish is considered to be the most venomous marine creature in the world as
it can kill a human in less than a minute. Enter AQWA’s DANGERzone and fill in the blanks
below to discover more about these amazing animals.
A box jellyfish can have _____ tentacles in each corner of its body.
Each of these tentacles can grow to _____ m.
The tentacles contain stinging cells called _______________.
A piece of tentacle the size of this box (1cm2) would contain
____,_____ stinging cells.
Inside each stinging cell is venom. The venom contains 3 different ingredients. These
ingredients cause:
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2. __________________________________
3. __________________________________
Is there an antidote to their venom? ________________________
Mettam’s Touch Pool
Gently feel these creatures and write two
words describing the way they feel.
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Fish
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Port Jackson 1. ______________________________________
Shark
2. ______________________________________
Sea Urchin
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2. ______________________________________
Starfish
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Sea
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Cucumber
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Coral reef
Coral is made up of lots of tiny animals called polyps. They live together in a colony.
A coral polyp close-up. Tentacles can be hidden (left) or out (right)
1. A coral polyp has a squishy body, tentacles for eating and stinging and has no brain. Can
you think of a similar animal that they might be related to?
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Hint: we have them here at AQWA, glowing in the Perth coast!
2. There are two main types of coral, can you name them?
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Hint: they are named after how they look and feel.
3. One of these corals builds a strong skeleton underneith, to keep its colony strong.
Which type can build a skeleton? ____________________________________
These corals are like the builders of the reef. Over time their skeletons help build up the
rocky caves and crevices that give reef fish a safe place to live!
4. Fish that live in the coral reef are different shapes and colours to
fish that live in the open ocean. Circle your answer:
Reef fish are:
small and thin / big and oval
Reef fish are:
silvers and whites / coloured and patterned