Tide Pools
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. seal
A. Huge body of salt water
2. coral
B. Rolling swells on the sea
3. sand
C. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm
4. fish
D. Large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles
5. crab
E. Unfertilized lobster roe
6. seaweed
F. A flow of electricity through a conductor
7. starfish
G. Natural satellite that orbits the Earth
8. sponge
H. Scaly swimmer that breathes through gills
9. jellyfish
I. Echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk
10. ocean
J. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded
11. waves
K. Plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae
12. current
L. Tiny grains found on beaches
13. sun
M. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots
14. moon
N. Black marine bivalves usually steamed in wine (plural)
15. mussels
O. A porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals
16. algae
P. Freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral (plural)
17. shrimp
Q. The star our planet orbits
18. snails
R. Small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers