Giant Squid Vocabulary

Front

What is a kraken?

Back

A large sea monster once believed to live off the coasts of Scandinavia.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1B

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

Front

What does captivity mean?

Back

The state of being caught or confined.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Front

What does fascinating mean?

Back

Capturing the attention or imagination of someone.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Front

What is a species?

Back

A group of living things that are the same in many ways.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Front

What does observed mean?

Back

Looked at carefully.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.6

Front

What is biodiversity?

Back

The variety of different types of life found in a particular area.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Front

What is an ecosystem?

Back

A community of living things and their environment interacting together.

Front

What does sluggish mean?

Back

Moving slowly or lacking energy.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Front

What is a predator?

Back

An animal that hunts and eats other animals.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Front

What does bioluminescent mean?

Back

Able to produce light through chemical reactions in the body.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A