1. BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN & SEA PEARL Cymirra & Dominique

2. CLASSIFICATION Dolphin  Phylum- Chordata  Class- Mammalia  Order- Cetacea  Family- Delphinidae  Genus- Tursiops  Species- truncatus  Common Name- Bottlenose Dolphin Algae  Phylum- Chlorophyta  Class- Ulvophyceae  Order- Siphonoclacales  Family- Protoitisa  Genus- Ventricaria  Species- vetricosa  Common Name- Sea Pearl or Bubble Algae

3. HABITAT Dolphin  Lives in warm tropical waters, but can be found in colder areas  Can be found from Northern Japan to Australias and from Southern California to Chile. Sea Pearl  Lives in shallow water & in turtle grass beds.  Can be found in South Florida, Bahamas, and Caribbean.  Also found in mangrove forests

4. DIET Dolphin Eats fish, squid, and crustaceans like shrimp May use its tail to flip a fish out of the water to eat it don’t chew food Algae Photosynthesis, glucose

5. REPRODUCTION Dolphin Sexually Head-butting and tooth- scratching is there way of having “sex”. They become sexually mature between 5 and 12. Algae asexually

6. PREDATOR Sharks are the primary predator of a Dolphin

7. INTERESTING FACTS Dolphin Live 40-50 years old Produce offspring every 3 years They can make up to 1,000 clicking sounds per second They can grow up to 2.8 meters

8. QUIZ 1.What class does Dolphins belong to? 2.How do Bubble Algae reproduce? 3.What do Dolphins eat? 4.How do Dolphins reproduce? 5.How many meters can a dolphin grow up to be?

9. ANSWERS 1.Mammalia 2. Asexually 3. Fish, Squid, and shrimp 4. Sexually 5. 2.8