Electric Eels

How do electric eels produce electricity?

• They like to play with lightning.

• They bought a lot of flashlights.

• Three pairs of special organs produce the electricity in an electric eel's body.

• They put their tails in a light socket.

Where might you find an electric eel?

• In the deep waters of the Pacific Ocean

• In the shallow coastal waters of the Mediterranean Sea

• In the fresh waters of the Amazon River

• Only in zoos because they are extinct in the wild

Read the following passage from the article and choose the best definition for the underlined word: In some cultures, people eat electric eels. They are a delicacy.

What does the word delicacy mean?

• a specialty food item

• a common snack food

• a symbol of good luck

• an unlucky omen

How are electric eels different from most fish in the way they obtain oxygen to breathe?

• Electric eels get oxygen through the food they eat.

• Electric eels come up to the surface to breathe air through their mouths.

• Electric eels have an extra set of gills on their bodies.

• Electric eels do not need to obtain oxygen to survive like other fish.

According to what you read in the article, how is an electric eel's name misleading?

• An electric eel's name is misleading because it is not actually an eel; it is a type of worm.

• An electric eel's name is misleading because it is not actually an eel; it is a type of snake.

• An electric eel's name is misleading because it does not produce electricity.

• An electric eel's name is misleading because it is not actually an eel; it is a type of fish called a “knife-fish.”

What word means poisonous?

• toxic

• healthy

• balloon

• water

_________ is a freshwater fish with whiskers .

• octopus

• catfish

• shark

• star fish

What do you call an animal that only eats meat?

• herbivor

• omnivor

• carnivor

• vegan

___________ are a pair of organs found in most fish that

allow them to extract oxygen from water and use it to breathe.

• fins

• ears

• eyes

• gills

If an animal is _______________ it means they are active at night.

• light sleepers

• nocturnal

• morning animals

• diurnal