Giant Squid Quiz

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What is the heading for pages 22-25?

• Ocean Detective on the Chase
• Giant Squid
• Meet the Squid Hunter
• What Autopsies Reveal

"Circular rings in statoliths can be used to estimate a squid's age." What is the meaning of estimate in this caption?

• find the exact number
• change the number of
• guess as closely as possible
• fix a problem with

Which words from the text help the reader understand estimate?

• "a new ring is laid down each day"
• "figured out that it lives about a year, possibly two"
• "rings are located in tiny bones called statoliths"
• "They are called daily rings"

What do the two photographs of statoliths on page 23 show?

• One photo shows the size of a statolith, the other shows its shape.
• One photo shows a statolith alone, the other shows its location on the squid.
• One photo shows the front of a squid's statolith, the other shows the back.
• One photo shows an entire statolith, the other shows the growth rings up close.

What idea do the two photographs of statoliths help the reader understand?

• why giant squid have two bones in their ears
• that microscopes are important to scientists
• that growth rings form as part of statoliths
• why giant squid need to keep their balance

What main idea about giant squid have scientists learned from statoliths?

• Scientists learned that a statolith's bands can be seen with a microscope
• Scientists learned that giant squid are fast-growing animals.
• Scientists learned that a statolith helps a squid stay healthy.
• Scientists learned that giant squid have 5 ear bones.

What information from page 23 supports the answer the question above?

• If a person stretches out next to a giant squid, the squid will be attack the person.
• Scientists can use microscopes to look at statoliths and other parts of a giant squid.
• Giant squid have growth rings in their tiny ear bones, called statoliths.
• Growth rings show that giant squid grow to their full size in only one or two years.

The words under the photo on page 24 says, "The eye of a giant squid is the largest in the natural world." What text feature is this?

• table of contents
• caption
• photo
• index

On page 24, it says that Many marine animals, such as jellyfishes, glow in the dark possibly because....

• attract mates or food
• find their way in the darkness of the deep ocean
• scare away predators
• all of the above