1.

Introduction
2. Fact file
3. Poem
4. Labeled Diagram
5. Table
6. Venn Diagram
7. Where do they live
8. Diet
9. Predators and Prey
10. Lifecycle
11. Breeding
12. Why we should protect our waterways
13. My Model
14. Bibliography
They have no brain, spine, heart or
bones. They are more than 95%
water. You can often see right
through them. But they can cause
painful, sometimes deadly stings.
Some can even glow in the dark!
Scientists know them as medusas,
but most people call them jellyfish.
Jellyfish represent some of the most
well-known sea creatures. Jellyfish
are 98% water. Seen by fisherman
and on the shore they are easily
recognized by all. In some parts of
the world jellyfish are an important
food item. Jellyfish also have a stage
in their lifecycle when they are
attached to the bottom of the sea and
look like a sea anemone. The truth is,
people know very little about Jellyfish.
Name: Jellyfish
Scientific Name: Scyphozoa
Size: 1cm-2m
Life Span: 1 Month or 5-10 years
Jellyfish have no brains, hearts,
bones or spines.
Many different stuff to see
All I want to see is what they would do to me
Really not a pleasant sight
If I see 2 animals in a fight
No one knows what happens at night
Everyone is enjoying their life

Leopard seals are always swimming

I love to see jellyfish floating
Fun is one word to describe the sea
Enjoying life with a lot of glee
Tentacles (Tentacles are used for stinging)
Mouth ( After the jellyfish
sting their prey, they eat it
through their mouth.)

Ocelli (Ocelli’s are similar

to eyes but are only
sensible to light and don’t
pick up colours or objects.
Some jellyfish don’t have
ocelli’s.)
 Dugong Jellyfish Leafy Sea
Dragon
Diet Sea grass invertebrates Seaweed
Habitat Pacific All of Indian
Ocean them Ocean
Life Span Unknown 1 month 2-10 years
Invertebrate No Yes No
Carnivore No Yes No
Size Large Small Small
Defense Males Sting Camouflage
protect
Mammal Yes No No
Edible No Yes No
Passive No Yes No
Drifters
 Jellyfish

All of them
1 month Yes Yes
Sting
Invertebrates Yes
Yes

Small
Sea grass

Pacific Unknown Indian 2-10 years

Ocean Large
No No Ocean Sea weed
Camouflage
Males protect Yes No

Leafy Sea
Dugong
Dragon
Jellyfish can adapt to any habitat that they
float to. They are passive drifters. Blue = Where they live
The different oceans that jellyfish live in are:
• Pacific Ocean
• Indian Ocean
• Atlantic Ocean
• Arctic Ocean
• Southern Ocean
Jellyfish live in every ocean in the world from
the shallow to the deep. That is how easy they
adapt to different types of habitats and
oceans.
What jellyfish eat very much depends on the particular
species. Jellyfish are carnivores that hunt fish,
zooplankton or larger animals without a backbone. The
jellyfish tends to have powerful stinging cells in their
tentacles. The Upside Down Jellyfish depends on food
from its algae (microscopic plant that they feed off) and
must always have sunlight during the day, otherwise it
starves.
Jellyfish are passive drifters (not active) that feed on living
or dead prey; small fish, eggs, zooplankton and other
animals without a backbone, that become caught in their
tentacles. Jellyfish also eat other species of jellyfish. Once a
jellyfish stings and paralyzes its prey, it takes the prey to its
mouth and swallows it.
One of the major foods of the sea turtle is jellyfish. Jellyfish
are one the most important part of the food chain. Humans
are an important predator of the “ole jelly blubber”. Fish also
eat jellyfish.
Life for a jellyfish begins as an
egg. Adult jellyfish release
thousands of eggs into the
water. The eggs develop into
larvae. These larvae attach to
rocks or other objects on the
ocean floor. As the jellyfish
develops they start to look like
saucers. The saucers
gradually detach themselves
from polyps and swim free.
These free-swimming saucers
are young jellyfish. The
jellyfish then grow into adults,
lay eggs, and the life cycle
begins again. Jellyfish usually
live only a couple months, but
the really old ones live from
between 5-10 years.
Individual jellyfish are either male or female. When all of the
eggs and sperm are developed, they are released into the
stomach and then through the mouth into the surrounding
water.
Jellyfish release thousands of eggs at a time, making it hard
to know exactly how many eggs are released. The name of
the baby jellyfish is “Ephyra”. Jellyfish breed in any time of
the season. They are very adaptable to any type of water in
any season.
Persuasive writing piece
My model is a jellyfish. For my jellyfish I used:
• Streamers
• String
• Plastic Bag
• Cardboard
• Paint
www.infovisual.info
www.wikipedia.org
www.reef.edu.au
www.animalcorner.co.uk
www.enchantedlearning.com