Redwood National and State Parks - Redwood Ranger Minute: Sand Dollars

The video explores the survival challenges of sand dollars on beaches, highlighting their slow movements and vulnerability to predators like sea stars and seagulls. It explains their habitat, feeding mechanisms, and the importance of conservation efforts, such as returning live sand dollars to the ocean. The video encourages viewers to observe these creatures in their natural environment.

What is the primary reason most people do not notice the battle for survival of sand dollars on beaches?

• They are hidden under rocks.

• They move too slowly.

• They only appear at night.

• They are too small to see.

How do sand dollars primarily capture their food?

• By catching food with their tentacles.

• By using their cilia to funnel food to their mouth.

• By filtering water through their gills.

• By using their spines to trap prey.

What is the main predator of sand dollars in their natural habitat?

• Seagulls

• Sea stars

• Fish

• Crabs

What should you do if you find a live sand dollar on the beach?

• Take it home as a souvenir.

• Throw it back into the ocean.

• Leave it where you found it.

• Put it back in the sand right side up.

Why is it important to return live sand dollars to the sand right side up?

• They will dry out otherwise.

• They can only move in that position.

• They are already struggling to survive.

• They need to be upright to breathe.