Octopus

Which detail best supports the main idea of paragraph 2:  The octopus has a unique body.

• Octopuses may have feelings.
• It hunts mainly at night.
• The octopus can squeeze into very small spaces.
• It eats snails, fish, and turtles.

Which detail best supports the main idea of paragraph 6:  The octopus is intelligent.

• The octopus has 3 hearts.
• They can distinguish between shapes and patterns.
• The octopus's arms are covered with suckers.
• Its body is called the mantle.

Which detail best supports the main idea for paragraph 4:  How the octopus protects itself.

• The octopus's arms are covered with suckers.
• The octopus can see very far distances.
• The third heart sends blood to the rest of the body.
• The octopus can change colors to blend in.

In which paragraph can you find information about how an octopus reacts when it is happy?

• 2
• 4
• 5
• 6

In which paragraph can you find information about an octopus's senses?

• 4
• 2
• 6
• 10

What would be the best caption for the photograph at the end of the passage?

• The octopus's arms are covered with suckers.
• The water comes out of the tube called the siphon.
• It can grow a new arm after one breaks off.
• The octopus can squeeze into very small spaces.

• The third heart sends blood to the rest of its body.
• It has no bones in its body.
• It breaks off its arm to get away.
• Its body is called a mantle.

• It injects its prey with poison.
• Its body is shaped like a bag.
• An octopus is usually pale in color when it is relaxed.
• Research shows that octopuses may have emotions.

• The octopus's intelligence
• The octopus's arms
• The octopus's diet (what they eat)
• Inside of the octopus's body.

• They get paralyzed when they are scared.
• They can see far distances and can't hear at all.
• They come up to the surface to get air.
• They have a lot of bones in their body.