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Grenadiers, viper fish, and others that live near the ocean floor are strange looking because
a) color
b) eyes
c) fins
d) huge eyes and sharp teeth

The man eating fish
a) swordfish
b) whale shark
c) white shark
d) sailfish

The fish caught for the oil in its liver which is high in vitamins A and D.
a) cod
b) mackerel
c) salmon
d) tuna

The largest fish of all
a) blue whale
b) sword fish
c) whale shark
d) white shark

The kind of whale hunted for its oil and ambergis
a) blue whale
b) humpback whale
c) killer whale
d) sperm whale

The largest animal that has ever lived
a) blue whale
b) humpback whale
c) killer whale
d) sperm whale

Fish get oxygen in the water through
a) bladder
b) fins
c) gills
d) lungs

The fish with huge winglike fins that flies through the water
a) anglerfish
b) blue marlin
c) manata ray
d) sailfish

Thought to be the most intelligent invertebrate
a) dolphin
b) octopus
c) porpoise
d) squid

The fish that leaves the ocean and returns to fresh water to spawn
a) cod
b) mackerel
c) salmon
d) tuna

Ocean currents are moved by
a) water
b) waves
c) wind
d) whales

Matthew F. Maury used these to help him study currents
a) boats
b) messages in bottles
c) dolphins
d) pirates

The warm current that runs toward England
a) Equator Current
b) Gulf Stream
c) Humboldt Curent
d) South Pole Current

Contains flourishing plant life
a) floor
b) shelf
c) slope
d)

contains underwater volcanoes
a) floor
b) shelf
c) slope
d)

has shallow water
a) floor
b) shelf
c) slope
d)

the bottom of the ocean
a) floor
b) shelf
c) slope
d)

contains rich oil fields
a) floor
b) shelf
c) slope
d)

deep trenches at its base
a) floor
b) shelf
c) slope
d)

along the edges of continents
a) floor
b) shelf
c) slope
d)

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