Vampires of the Deep

The main purpose of the article “Vampires of the Deep” is to ________.

• persuade readers to pursue jobs in the fishing industry .

• inform readers about an invasive fish and its effect on humans and the environment

• frighten readers with a scary story about a blood-sucking fish

The author writes that in the Great Lakes, sea lampreys didn’t have predators to “keep their numbers in check.” If something is kept in check, it is ________.

• threatened

• well-fed

• under control

Information about a way to stop the spread of sea lampreys that did not work would BEST fit into which section of the article?

• "The Invasion"

• "Blood Sucking Machines"

• "Searching For Solutions"

Which line from the article BEST supports the idea that sea lampreys were disrupting the Great Lakes ecosystem?

• “With lampreys killing off lake trout, the population of a smaller fish called the alewife (itself an invasive species) boomed.”

• “They are native to the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean.”

• “The fish spread into Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, and finally, Lake Superior.”

“Attack of the Zebra Mussels” explains that zebra mussels “contaminate water.” Context clues reveal that contaminate most closely means ________.

• to need

• to make dirty

• to waste

Which claims can be supported by information in both the article and the infographic.

Choose TWO.

• Invasive species can harm ecosystems.

• Invasive species can be spread by human activity.

• Invasive species harm the health of humans.

How has the Great Lakes fishing business been affected by sea lampreys?

• Commercial fishers like Beatrice's mom enjoy beheading (cutting the heads off) the lamprey.

• Commercial fishers like Beatrice's mom are happy when they pull fish out of the water and lamprey are attached because they can sell them too.

• Commercial fishers like Beatrice's mom suffered. More and more of the fish they were pulling into their boats had lampreys attached to them.

A pond’s ________ includes the plants, animals, bacteria, and water in the pond.

• tributary

• ecosystem

• spawn

The main purpose of the article “Vampires of the Deep” is to ________.

• describe the variety of wildlife living in the Great Lakes

• persuade readers to pursue jobs in the fishing industry

• inform readers about an invasive fish and its effect on humans and the environment

• frighten readers with a scary story about a blood-sucking fish

The sea lamprey is an _____________ to the Great Lakes because it threatened to wipe out all the fish.

• invasive species

• canal

• species

• adapted