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Cave Life/Cave Diving

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What will you find deeper in a cave?

a)

more food and more oxygen

b)

more food and less oxygen

c)

less food, less oxygen, and less life

d)

more life

2.

Deep in an underwater cave, you will find no plants because...

a)

there are no animals

b)

there is too much nitrogen

c)

there is no oxygen

d)

there is no sunlight

3.

Where does the food chain deep in an underwater cave start?

a)

bacteria eat dead living matter that has come from the ground above

b)

fish eat small crustaceans that crawl and swim around the caves

c)

crustaceans eat bacteria

d)

whales eat everybody

4.

The toadfish is what type of fish?

a)

cartilaginous fish

b)

bony fish

5.

What is the largest fish in the sea?

a)

bass

b)

dolphins

c)

sharks

d)

whales

6.

This fish has no eyes and sometimes no scales as well

a)

cavefish

b)

flying fish

c)

worm fish

d)

walking fish

7.

Bacteria in underwater caves provide food for:

a)

bats

b)

whales

c)

crustaceans

d)

large fish

8.

Which of these do not belong?

a)

lobster

b)

crab

c)

shrimp

d)

octopus

9.

lobster, crab, shrimp, barnacle, pill bug

a)

crustaceans

b)

bony fish

c)

cartilaginous fish

d)

mammals

10.

How many species of moray eels are there?

a)

50

b)

100

c)

200

d)

300

11.

Moray eels are...

a)

carnivores

b)

herbivores

c)

omnivores

12.

What happens if a shark stops swimming?

a)

It dies immediately

b)

It will sink

c)

It will stop breathing

13.

Deep, deep in an underwater cave, where there is no light and very little oxygen, who is the top predator?

a)

sharks

b)

barnacles

c)

cavefish

d)

moray eels

14.

True or false: Sharks Must Swim Constantly, or They Die

a)

True

b)

False

15.

How do cave fish sense light?

a)

eyes

b)

receptors on their backs

c)

special receptors under their skin

16.

What animal does not have bones?

a)

cavefish

b)

sharks

c)

toadfish

d)

snakes

17.

Instead of bones, sharks have...

a)

cartilage

b)

more skin

c)

muscles

18.

This animal never gets cancer

a)

cats

b)

sea turtles

c)

dogs

d)

sharks

19.

Where do moray eels live?

a)

in coral reefs and rocky areas

b)

on the seafloor

c)

in large open areas

d)

near volcanoes