Part 4 - Academic Lecture

Although it looks like a plant, kelp is actually a type of ______.

Kelp is fixed to the rocks by a structure called a ______.

Gas-filled ______ keep the blades near the surface.

Giant kelp can grow by up to ______ centimetres in one day.

For young fish, kelp forests mainly provide ______.

Sea otters protect kelp because they eat sea ______.

Areas where the kelp has been eaten are called urchin ______.

In northern California, high water ______ were one cause of kelp loss.

On kelp farms, young kelp is grown on long ______.

Kelp farms may reduce the ______ of nearby water.