OCEANS--room 3

Fall 98 - Marine Biology

Wonder Questions-Class 3

Ashley (4th) - How deep does the ocean go?

Tina (5th) - Why are garibaldi's so brightly colored?

Zelda (5th) - Is it usually warmer closer or out farther? (Ms. Galas) Why?

Ben (4th) - How many different species in the ocean do we know about?

Amy (5th) - Other than starfish, what animals can re-grow parts of themselves?

Cathy (5th) - How do penguins survive in the antarctic?

Ashley (4th) - How many different kinds of plants are there in the ocean that we know about?

Tina (5th) - Why are all different kinds of rays so flat?

Alfonso (5th) - How deep does the ocean go?

Ned (4th) - What do zooplankton eat because they are smaller than other things?

Arthur (4th) - Why do dolphins travel with tuna?

Manuel (4th) - Where do killer whales live?

Ashley (4th) - How many different kinds of plants are in the ocean?

Tina (5th) - Why are whales so big? How cold does the ocean get?

Jesse (4th) - What is the fastest animal in the ocean?

Hector (4th) - Why do they call it a school of fish?

Tina (5th) - What is the slowest animal in the ocean?

Amy (5th) - What animal is the smartest?

Chris (5th) - How much pressure is at the deepest part of the ocean?

Chris (5th) - How thick would the windows have to be on a submarine at the bottom of the ocean?

Ben (4th) - Which animal in the sea makes the most kills? (Ms. Galas) Which carnivore?

Enrique (5th) - What is the most dangerous animal? (Ms. Galas) To people?

Chris (5th) - Which animal is the most effective hunter? Is there noise in the ocean? How does sound travel in the water?

Cathy (5th) - How did dolphins develop their communication system?

Ashley (4th) - Why are some animals poisonous and others are not?

Ralph (4th) - How do the animals that live in the bottom of the ocean adapt to so much pressure?

Warren (4th) - How deep is the wreck of the Titanic?

Amy (5th) - How do fish that glow at the bottom of the ocean keep their light? And how did they get their glow in the first place?

Ned (4th) - How high can dolphins jump out of the water? (Ms. Galas) How do they jump?

Tina (5th) - Is there any kind of shark we don't know about yet?

George (5th) - Which fish is the smallest?

Adrian (5th) - How much pressure is there under a wave?

Kenny (4th) - How much water is in all the oceans connected? (Ms. Galas) Plus the polar ice caps, which is frozen ocean water?

Ben (4th) - Why is the water in the ocean pressurized, but the water that we drink is not pressurized?

Ashley (4th) - If jellyfish don't have eyes, how do they know where they're going?

George (5th) - How many kinds of whales are in the ocean?

Jesse (4th) - How deep can a killer whale go?

Carrie (5th) - How much does the blue whale weigh and how long is it?

Mary (4th) - Are there more plants or animals in the ocean?

Amy (5th) - Does learning about animal bodies help us learn about our own bodies? And vice versa?

Ashley (4th) - How do starfish defend themselves?

Anita (5th) - How big is the great white shark?

Sandra (4th) - How long do dolphins live?

Chris (5th) - Why are some animals bioluminescent?

Walter (5th) - How long do starfish live? How do octopi get their ink?

George (5th) - How long does the blue whale live?

Zelda (5th) - How high does water go up from a whale's blowhole?

Ralph (4th) - How much salt is in the ocean?

Andrea (4th) - How much does a dolphin weigh?

Holly (5th) - How long is a killer whale and how much does it weigh? Are there more sharks or whales?

Warren (4th) - Is the salt in the ocean the same salt that we eat?

(Ms. Galas) How does the salt get in the ocean?

Chris (5th) - How do the animals in the ocean filter out the salt? (Ms. Galas) How do the animals in the ocean adapt to living in a salty environment?

Enrique (5th) - Why is there salt in the ocean?

Manuel (4th) - How strong is the current in the ocean? Or currents?

Cathy (5th) - Did the ocean start out un-salty?

Tina (5th) - How does the moon control the tide, and why does it?

Amy (5th) - Are the rocks from a volcano related to the salt in the sea?

Jesse (4th) - Are plankton related to the salt in the sea?

Ashley (4th) -How many molecules of water are in the ocean?

Hector (4th) - How do jellyfish kill it's prey?