Trip to the Vancouver Aquarium !

On November 22nd, our biology class went on an amazing field trip to the Vancouver Aquarium in Downtown Vancouver. This trip helped me learn and understand a lot of things. To start off our day there, we went inside and took part in wet labs. In the web labs, we were assigned a educator and we had different stations to go to. Each station we went to had something different in each bin, tank or container. We got to touch different starfish, sea stars, sea urchins and cucumbers, we looked at different types of crab, and aninemies. After that we switched into the other room and we did experiments with sea snails. One snail was called a black turban snail, and im not sure about the other one. At first both snails were in the same container, the black turban snail was moving everywhere, it was out of control. The  other snail didn't move at all, we all thought it died, but our educator told us its alive. Then we did a series of experiments, we wanted to see if it could turn over when we put them on their backs, so on there shells, if they would move more faster if there was food in the container, or if there was rocks, sea shell, etc. The black turban snail moved a lot, the other snail did not move at all. After we finished the wet labs, we got to explore the aquarium. This was my favorite part of the day, getting to explore. We saw different jellyfishes, SO many different types of fishes, corals, turtles  frogs, snakes, birds, penguins, dolphins. I learnt a lot roaming around the aquarium and reading all the little descriptions for all the different sea animals. For me this trip made me learn a lot more and made me understand the behaviors of animals. It was defiantly worth going to, and an amazing learning experience.

Q: Describe the symbiotic relationship between the Clown anemone fish and sea anemones

A: Clownfish depend on anemone for protection, and clownfish find food for the anemone.

 Q: Why do otters spend so much time cleaning their coats?

A: The reason otters spend so much time cleaning their fur is because only clean fur can trap air, it also helps them keep warm!

Q: Before 1900, where could you find sea otters? When were they reintroduced ?

A: You could find Sea otters from Alaska to               California. They were reintroduced between 1969 and 1970

                                                              

Q: What colors are the sea anemones next to the

sea otters tank?

A : You could find red,green and purple            

Q: What is the scientific name of the beluga whale? How many are there at the Vancouver Aquarium?

A: The scientific name for the beluga whale is 

Delpinapterus Leucas. Their are 2 whale at the 

aquarium     

Q: Find and write down the name of an organism that looks like a human nervous system organ

A: A sea urchin looks like a human nervous 

Q: Find the Starry Flounder. What two interesting adaptations does it have ?

A:The Starry Flounder is unlike any other fish in the ocean. It is flat which helps it float and swim along the ocean floor, and through hard places. Since this fish is so flat, it helps escape the predators. Its color is very similar to the sand color, which helps camouflage against the ocean floor. 

  

Q: Find the Moon-Jellies. Describe their movement. What adaptation do the Moon Jellies have for feeding on plankton ?

A: Moon Jellies move by flapping their heads first, and then the rest of the body flow through. They feed them self by pushing water filled with different types of microscopic organisms.

Q: Find the Pacific Octopus. What purpose do the white suction cups on its arm have? Why is it known as one of nature's best predators ?

A: The white suction cups on the Pacific Octopus help it stick to rocks, windows, corals anything. It is known as one of nature's best predators because of its amazing ability to hide in different places.

                                                                                  

Q : What are the different feeding types in 

stellar sea lions?

A: They eat other seals, as well as sea lions, they eat fish and squid too.

Q: Take a walk to the Amazon Rain Forest. Find 
the Caiman. Where did it come from ? 

A: The Caiman came from many different countries such as Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, and Paraguy

Q: Describe the color of the Caiman. Why do you think that this is a good survival strategy ?

A: The color of the Caiman is brown-greenish and gold. It help camouflage in with dark seas or lakes, or where it likes to hide.

Q: What is the name of the largest fish in the aquarium ?

A:  Arapaima is the largest fish in the aquarium.

This is a close up of the Arapaima

Q: Find a Vegetarian fish in the Amazon flooded forest. What is its name ? What does it eat ?

A: Red Hook Sliver Dollar is the name of the vegetarian fish.

Q: When are Piranhas the biggest threat to humans?

A: When removing the hook from its mouth, it can bite the human.

 Q: What other animals are found in the Shark Tank?

A: Green sea turtle, stingray, whitespotted bambooshark, moray, common blue stripe snapper, red tail butterfish and more are all found in the shark tank !

Q: Find the scientific name of the Giant Red Sea Urchin. Describe an adaptation the urchin has for survival in its aquatic environment.

A: Atrongylocentrotus franciscanus is the scientific name for this sea urchin. The spikes all over the urchin help protect it from predator 

Q : How do Archerfish find their food?

A: They shout water out of their mouth, which helps catch many sea animals. 











Q: Find the name of the Sea Turtle in the Tropical Zone

A: The name of the sea turtle is Chelonya Mydas

More Pictures from the aquarium :) !

I FOUND NEMO !

MONKEYS !

An amazing day with my friends, Rittu and Natasha :) 

Fungus Hunt !

Last week in biology class we were learning about fungi, and what better way to learn and understand the lesions better than seeing examples of them in person? So our teacher took us to the forest just outside our school, and gave us time to explore in partners. My partner and I found many different types of fungi around the forest. We found different types Lichen (Crusticose&Foliose) as well as many different types of Mushroom (shelf,club). We found lots of self mushrooms growing on a tress in many groups and individually as well. Our environment is very moist which i believe helped a lot of these different types of fungi grow. There was lots of moss on trees, tree branches, rocks everywhere ! From this walk in nature, i learned more about funji, i got to see different types of funji, how they look, the structure. It was fun !

This is a picture of Shelf, and what could be protist fungi we found in the forest. As you can see, the fungi is growing all over the tree, in groups, individually.

This is a close up of the shelf fungi growing on the tree. 

 This picture here, is a picture of mushrooms, you cant see it very well due to the angle the photo was taken.

This is some more mushrooms growing on a broken tree branch.
You cant see them as well, but they were dark and very moist

This is another picture of more mushrooms growing on the tree branch. There are different sizes, shapes, colors. 

This is basidiomycota fungi growing on the end of the broken tree. Its a orange color, with a light yellow border, and it was very wavy, but well attached to the log.

This is shelf fungi growing on the bottom, end part of a broken tree. It was very big, white, it looked like a oyster in some ways. It looked very rough. 

This is Crustose Lichen