Electric Eels Quiz

How do electric eels produce electricity?

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

Reread the following sentences from the article: 'In some cultures, people eat electric eels. They are a delicacy.' Which is the best definition for the underlined word?

• 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?

toxic

• liquid produced by glands in the mouth

• animals that only eat meat

• active at night

• a freshwater fish with whiskers

• poisonous

catfish

• active at night

• animals that only eat meat

• liquid produced by glands in the mouth

• poisonous

• a freshwater fish with whiskers

carnivores

• poisonous

• active at night

• a freshwater fish with whiskers

• liquid produced by glands in the mouth

• animals that only eat meat

nocturnal

• liquid produced by glands in the mouth

• poisonous

• active at night

• a freshwater fish with whiskers

• animals that only eat meat

saliva

• animals that only eat meat

• liquid produced by glands in the mouth

• poisonous

• a freshwater fish with whiskers

• active at night