The Deep Ocean & The Specific Ocean

In the story, the girl and her family are staying in a house next to what ocean?

• The Pacific

• The Atlantic

• The Mediterranean

• The Indian

On their second day of vacation, the girl's brother runs to the ocean to swim. She doesn't want to come. Why?

• Too many waves.

• She has heard there are sharks.

• Too cold.

• She wants to sleep.

The girl wants to make the oceans hers. How does she plan to do this?

• By writing her name on the sand with a stick.

• She plans to buy a house beside the ocean when she's an adult.

• She will write in her journal about the ocean.

• She will fill up a bowl with ocean water.

On her last night of vacation, the girl decides that if anyone asks, she will say that the ocean is full of--

• sights and sounds

• noises and mysteries

• whispers and waves

What is the name of the deepest part of the ocean?

• The Mariana Trench

• The Challenger Deep

• The Blue Abyss

What was the name of the submarine that journeyed to the deepest part of the ocean?

• The Nautilus

• The Thresher

• USS Titan

• The Trieste

What almost stopped the explorers from taking their submarine all the way to the bottom of the ocean?

• A faulty exhaust pipe

• A damaged periscope

• A cracked window

• The men experienced terrible nausea

True or False: More than one group of explorers have been to the bottom of the Challenger Deep.

• True

• False

True or False: The sea cucumbers in the Challenger Deep are see-through.

• True

• False