4.3-How to Hide-Comprehension

Why did the author write this selection the way she did?

• to compare an octopus to other animals

• to provide information about sea animals in an interesting way

• to explain what a sea dragon is

• to encourage people to study sea creatures

What fish is most like the octopus?

• the pipefish

• the sea dragon

• the shrimpfish

• the cuttlefish

Which of these is a fact from the selection?

• A cuttlefish has stripes.

• A sargassum fish is grotesque.

• A sea dragon is bizarre.

• A pipefish likes to play.

Where does a shrimpfish live?

• among sea grass

• between the spines of sea urchins

• in a next of seaweed

• around barnacles and anemones

What does a sargassum fish look like?

• a seaweed nest

• a sponge

• a sea dragon

• a sand dollar

What color would an octopus become if it went swimming through green seaweed?

• It would become green.

• It would go faster.

• It would get stuck.

• It would become blue, so it wasn't exactly like the seaweed.

How does a cuttlefish change to protect itself?

• The stripes of a cuttle fish can fade away so it is harder to see.

• It changes so it can swim faster.

• It changes its body shape so it can shoot ink.

• The stripes turn into circles and squares to help it hide.

What makes the giant sea dragon look like red weeds?

• It has ribbons of skin growing from its chin, belly, and back.

• It changes its color to hide.

• It can actually change its color AND texture to look like the weeds.

• It changes its patterns to camouflage into the red weeds.

How does the pipefish hide?

• The pipefish is the same color as sea grass and can sway like it.

• The pipefish is red like the red weeds it hides in.

• The pipefish looks like the sea urchin it hides in.

• The pipefish can change its color and texture.

What is an opinion found in the selection about the decorator crab?

• The author writes that the crab is drab and will not rest until it is dressed.

• The author writes that the crab has a shell.

• The author writes that the crab has more than 2 legs.

• The author writes that the crab is colorful.