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Ecology:
Name: __________________________
Finding Nemo… A Journey through the Ocean
Directions: Answer the following questions as you watch Finding Nemo.
Before You Watch:
1. What is a producer?
2. What is a consumer?
3.
What are the three types of consumers and what do
they eat?
a.
b.
c.
4. What is a primary consumer?
5. What is a secondary consumer?
6. What is symbiosis?
While You Watch:
1.
At the beginning of the movie, what biome does Marlin live in? Describe the characteristics of this biome.
2.
Provide an example of a producer from the movie.
3.
Provide 3 examples of consumers from the movie.
a.
b.
c.
Provide an example of each type of consumer using animals from the movie.
a.
b.
c.
Provide an example of symbiosis from the movie and classify it as parasitic, commensalistic, or mutualistic.
4.
5.
6.
List examples of organisms from the movie that represent each of the six kingdoms.
Monera (Archaebacteria/Eubacteria):
Protista:
Fungi:
Plantae:
Animalia:
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Ecology:
Name: __________________________
Finding Nemo… A Journey through the Ocean
While You Watch: (continued)
7. Finding Nemo Character Identification: Use the dichotomous key below to identify the organisms from
the movie Finding Nemo. Match the name of the character in the first column below with the correct
letter of the organism in the second column.
1. a. Organism is a fish (cold-blooded, gills, fins, and scales)
1. b. Organism is not a fish
2. a. Organism is a shark
2. b. Organism is not a shark
3. a. Organism has a T-shaped nose
3. b. Organism has a regular nose
4. a. Organism has a narrow head and body
4. b. Organism has a wide head and body
5. a. Organism is not a traditional fish shape
5. b. Organism is a traditional fish shape
6. a. Organism has stripes
6. b. Organism has no stripes
7. a. Organism has orange on its body
7. b. Organism has no orange on its body
8. a. Organism has yellow on its body
8. b. Organism has no yellow on its body
9. a. Organism has spots
9. b. Organism has no spots
10. a. Organism has one spot
10. b. Organism has more than one spot
11. a. Organism is mostly blue
11. b. Organism is not blue
12. a. Organism is one color
12. b. Organism is two colors
13. a. Organism has 4 legs
13. b. Organism has more than 4 legs
14. a. Organism has 5 legs
14. b. Organism has more than 5 legs
15. a. Organism has antennae
15. b. Organism has no antennae
Go to 2
Go to 13
Go to 3
Go to 5
HAMMERHEAD
Go to 4
MAKO SHARK
GREAT WHITE
SEAHORSE
Go to 6
Go to 7
Go to 9
CLOWNFISH
Go to 8
MOORISH IDOL
DAMSELFISH
Go to 10
Go to 11
YELLOWNOSE BUTTERFLY
PUFFERFISH
BLUE TANG
Go to 12
YELLOW TANG
ROYAL GRAMMA
GREEN SEA TURTLE
Go to 14
PINK SEASTAR
Go to 15
CLEANER SHRIMP
OCTOPUS
____1. Anchor
A. Clownfish
B. Cleaner Shrimp
C. Bicolor Blenny/Royal Gamma Basslet
D. Hammerhead
E. Sea Horse
F. Black & White Humbug (4-Stripe Damselfish)
G. Fine-spotted Porcupine fish
H. Pink Seastar
I. Moorish Idol fish
J. Yellow Tang
K. Green Sea Turtle
L. Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish
M. Regal Blue Tang
N. Great White Shark
O. Mako Shark
P. Flapjack Octopus
_____2. Bloat
_____3. Bruce
_____4. Bubbles
_____5. Chum
_____6. Deb
_____7. Dory
_____8. Gill
_____9. Gurgle
_____10. Jacques
_____11. Nemo
_____12. Pearl
_____13. Sheldon
_____14. Tad
_____15. Peach
_____16. Crush
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Ecology:
Teacher Guide: Answer Key
Finding Nemo… A Journey through the Ocean
Before You Watch:
1. What is a producer?
An organism, such as a plant, that can make its own food
2. What is a consumer?
An organism that cannot make its own food and must consume
it from another source
3. What are the three types of consumers and what do
they eat?
a. Herbivore – eats plants only
b. Omnivore – eats both plants and animals
c. Carnivore – eats animals only
4. What is a primary consumer?
Organism that easts the producer, can be an omnivore or an herbivore
5. What is a secondary consumer?
Organism that eats the primary consumer, can be an omnivore or a carnivore
6. What is symbiosis?
A close relationship between two organisms of different species that results in the coevolution of those
organisms in such a way that one species benefits from the relationship.
While You Watch:
1. At the beginning of the movie, what biome does Marlin live in? Describe the characteristics of this biome.
Coral Reef – answers will vary: warm waters, corals, colorful fish, shallow waters
2. Provide an example of a producer from the movie. Answers will vary - algae, symbiotic corals,
phytoplankton, seaweed
3. Provide 3 examples of consumers from the movie. Answers will vary
a. Shark
b. Nemo
c. Starfish
4. Provide an example of each type of consumer using animals from the movie. Answers will vary
a. Herbivore – cleaner shrimp, adult sea turtle
b. Omnivore – green sea turtle, seahorse
c. Carnivore – hammerhead, mako shark, octopus
5. Provide an example of symbiosis from the movie and classify it as parasitic, commensalistic, or mutualistic.
Answers may vary - Marlin, Nemo and the sea anemone or corals and photosynthetic bacteria Mutualism; Shark and feeder fish - commensalism; fungi and coral reef- parasitic
6. List examples of organisms from the movie that represent each of the six kingdoms. Answers will vary Monera
(Archaebacteria/Eubacteria): sstromalytic cyanobacteria - found by Nemo's teacher Mr. Ray; chemosynthetic
bacteria around thermal vents; bioluminescent bacteria symbiosis in deep dea creatures
Protista: seaweed, phytoplankton, algae, kelp, water mold such as "ick"
Fungi: filamental fungi and other molds in aquarium and on decaying organisms in water
Plantae: seagrasses, sea oats on beaches near reef/harbor, trees in harbor and surrounding city
Animalia: crab, shark, sponge, anemone, barracuda, clownfish, octopus, corals, jellyfish, sea turtle,
pelican, seahorse, shrimp, seagulls
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Ecology:
Teacher Guide: Answer Key
Finding Nemo… A Journey through the Ocean
While You Watch: (continued)
7. Finding Nemo Character Identification: Use the dichotomous key below to identify the organisms
from the movie Finding Nemo. Match the name of the character in the first column below with the
correct letter of the organism in the second column.
1. a. Organism is a fish (cold-blooded, gills, fins, and scales)
1. b. Organism is not a fish
2. a. Organism is a shark
2. b. Organism is not a shark
3. a. Organism has a T-shaped nose
3. b. Organism has a regular nose
4. a. Organism has a narrow head and body
4. b. Organism has a wide head and body
5. a. Organism is not a traditional fish shape
5. b. Organism is a traditional fish shape
6. a. Organism has stripes
6. b. Organism has no stripes
7. a. Organism has orange on its body
7. b. Organism has no orange on its body
8. a. Organism has yellow on its body
8. b. Organism has no yellow on its body
9. a. Organism has spots
9. b. Organism has no spots
10. a. Organism has one spot
10. b. Organism has more than one spot
11. a. Organism is mostly blue
11. b. Organism is not blue
12. a. Organism is one color
12. b. Organism is two colors
13. a. Organism has 4 legs
13. b. Organism has more than 4 legs
14. a. Organism has 5 legs
14. b. Organism has more than 5 legs
15. a. Organism has antennae
15. b. Organism has no antennae
Go to 2
Go to 13
Go to 3
Go to 5
HAMMERHEAD
Go to 4
MAKO SHARK
GREAT WHITE
SEAHORSE
Go to 6
Go to 7
Go to 9
CLOWNFISH
Go to 8
MOORISH IDOL
DAMSELFISH
Go to 10
Go to 11
YELLOWNOSE BUTTERFLY
PUFFERFISH
BLUE TANG
Go to 12
YELLOW TANG
ROYAL GRAMMA
GREEN SEA TURTLE
Go to 14
PINK SEASTAR
Go to 15
CLEANER SHRIMP
OCTOPUS
D____1. Anchor
A. Clownfish
B. Cleaner Shrimp
C. Bicolor Blenny/Royal Gamma Basslet
D. Hammerhead
E. Sea Horse
F. Black & White Humbug (4-Stripe Damselfish)
G. Fine-spotted Porcupine fish
H. Pink Seastar
I. Moorish Idol fish
J. Yellow Tang
K. Green Sea Turtle
L. Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish
M. Regal Blue Tang
N. Great White Shark
O. Mako Shark
P. Flapjack Octopus
G_____2. Bloat
N_____3. Bruce
J_____4. Bubbles
O_____5. Chum
F_____6. Deb
M_____7. Dory
I_____8. Gill
C_____9. Gurgle
B_____10. Jacques
A_____11. Nemo
P_____12. Pearl
E_____13. Sheldon
L_____14. Tad
H_____15. Peach
K_____16. Crush
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