Blanket Octopus Facts and Behaviors

Blanket Octopus Facts and Behaviors

Assessment

Interactive Video

Biology, Science

6th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Emma Peterson

FREE Resource

The video explores the fascinating life of the blanket octopus, a unique species that never settles on the seafloor. Unlike other octopuses, they roam the open ocean and possess extraordinary traits for survival, such as their blanket-like appendages and immunity to Portuguese man o' war stings. The video also highlights the extreme size difference between male and female blanket octopuses and their unique reproductive strategies. Despite their intriguing behaviors, much about these creatures remains unknown, including their social interactions and sleep patterns.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is unique about the lifestyle of the blanket octopus compared to other octopuses?

They live in freshwater.

They are found only in cold waters.

They settle on the seafloor.

They wander the open ocean.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does the blanket octopus use its 'blanket' when threatened?

It unfurls it like a cape.

It uses it to camouflage.

It wraps it around itself.

It uses it to catch prey.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a unique defense mechanism of the blanket octopus against predators?

It can release ink.

It can change color.

It can detach its blanket.

It can grow larger.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the size difference between male and female blanket octopuses?

Females are slightly larger than males.

Males are larger than females.

Males are one one-hundredth the length of females.

Males and females are the same size.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why are male blanket octopuses so small?

Because they only need to mate.

To avoid predators.

To conserve energy.

To fit into small spaces.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens to the male blanket octopus after mating?

It returns to the seafloor.

It grows larger.

It dies.

It finds another mate.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does the female blanket octopus care for her eggs?

She lays them in a den.

She hides them in coral.

She constructs a calcium carbonate rod.

She leaves them in the open ocean.

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