Journey to the Center of the Earth U5 W4

What causes Harry to think at first that there are six or more creatures in the sea battle?

• The creatures have body parts that look like those of many other animals.

• The creatures can split into two or more creatures when they fight one another.

• Each creature is as large as three other creatures put together.

• Each creature is very loud and can make the noises of three other creatures.

Why does Professor von Hardwigg know what the creatures are?

• He has seen them before on the Earth’s surface.

• Naturalists studied them before they became extinct.

• Naturalists learned about them from fossilized bones.

• He read about them in a book about the ocean where they live.

What is the main idea of the passage?

• It is dangerous to be in the middle of a sea battle.

• Sea creatures have a strange body makeup.

• The explorers discover a strange, unknown land.

• Enormous monsters are often very violent.

What can you infer about the explorers' feelings during the sea creatures' battle?

• They are afraid that they are going to die.

• They are glad that they can record the battle.

• They are upset that the monsters might get hurt.

• They are proud that their raft is strong.

Which of the animals below does the plesiosaurus resemble?

"The other creature is the mighty plesiosaurus, a serpent with a trunk like an immensely long cylinder, and a short thick tail and fins like the banks of oars in a Roman galley. Its body is enclosed in a shell, and its neck, flexible as a swan’s, rises thirty feet above the surface of the sea."

• serpent, porpoise, elephant, lizard

• turtle, serpent, crocodile, swan

• swan, turtle, serpent, elephant

• porpoise, lizard, turtle, elephant

What is the best definition of the word "primitive" in this sentence?

"And ours are the first human eyes ever to look at these great primitive reptiles!"

• having red eyes

• long ago

• gigantic

• amazing

What is the meaning of the idiom "break away" in the following sentence?

"Then they seize each other in a terrible grip, giant wrestlers: and then, break away again."

• stop working

• fail to keep

• pull away from

• make known

What is the meaning of the idiom "time and again" in the following sentence?

"Time and again we imagine we are drowned."

• many times over

• at the same time

• for the present

• once in a while

The Latin word "serpere" means "to creep." Use this meaning to figure out the meaning of the word "serpent" in the following sentence.

"The other creature is the mighty plesiosaurus, a serpent with a trunk like an immensely long cylinder, and a short thick tail and fins like the banks of oars in a Roman galley."

• tailless shrimp

• large boat

• strong fish

• big snake