Data Collection Sheet


Name of Scientist _______________

Date of Research _________
 

1.  What animal did you choose?  ________________________
 

2.  Where in the ocean does it live?  Circle one answer.

                    Top         Middle         Bottom
 

3.  What does your animal look like?

       Does it have legs?          _____ Yes     _____ No

       Does it have fins?          _____ Yes     _____ No

       Does it have claws?        _____ Yes     _____ No

       Does it have teeth?      _____ Yes     _____ No
 

4.  Describe its properties:

       What size is it? ________________________________

       What shape is it? _______________________________

       What color(s) is it? ______________________________

       What would it feel like? _________________________
 

5.  What does it eat?
 

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6.  How does it catch and eat its food?

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7.  Who are its predators?  Who eats it?
 

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8.  Does it make a sound?     _____ Yes     _____ No

9.  Why does it make that sound?

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10.  Other interesting facts:
 

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