Living Lights

Where can you find the most bioluminescent animals?

• The forest

• The zoo

• The ocean deep

• The desert

What does the word bioluminescent mean?

• living fish

• living light

• angler fish

• light fish

From which languages does the word bioluminescent come from?

• Spanish and Portuguese

• Latin and Japanese

• Greek and Latin

• Dutch

What type of light is bioluminescence?

• warm

• cool

• cold

• invisible

Why are scientists so interested in learning about bioluminescence and how it works?

• It may be dangerous.

• It might be used to create more efficient less wasteful light sources.

• It could help cure many terrible diseases.

• It would be a way to travel through time.

What are some of the way ocean animals use bioluminescence?

• To attack and to sleep in dark places.

• As camouflage, to attract mates, for protection and to lure prey.

• As camouflage, as an attack strategy and to warn other animals.

• To make them appear less threatening.

What is a mackerel?

• A type of bioluminescent light.

• A type of fish.

• A way to cook giant jellyfish.

• A dangerous ocean plant.

What does the word surprising mean?

• unexpected

• huge

• poisonous

• weird

What are prey?

• Animals hunted by others for food.

• Animals that hunt others for food.

• Animals that can glow.

• Animals that live in the midnight zone.

What is a predator?

• An animal that is hunted by other animals for food.

• An animal that hunts other animals for food.

• An animal that can glow.

• A way to cook jellyfish.