Amazing Sea Creatures

Using the Table of Contents as a guide, which section of the book might tell you about ocean animals with spines?

• Many Kinds of Animals

• Animals with Backbones

• Animals without Backbones

• Glossary

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A blue whale can be as long as...

• two school buses

• two bicycles

• a skyscraper

• a train

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Which of the following ocean animals do NOT have a backbone?

• narwhals

• anglerfish

• hammerhead sharks

• cuttlefish

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Why does the end of the "rod" on an anglerfish's head glow?

• to help the anglerfish see where it is going when it swims through the ocean

• to help attract a mate

• to warn other fish that it is nearby

• to attract prey that the anglerfish can eat

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Which animal looks like a whale with a unicorn horn?

• seahorse

• sea turtle

• narwhal

• anglerfish

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Which of these best describe cuttlefish?

• relatives of snails that have soft bodies and no shells

• have five arms and can push their stomachs outside their mouths

• their skeletons pile up and build a coral reef when they die

• relatives of octopuses who can camouflage to hide from predators

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