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Jellyfish!

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Survive means:

a)

to have good manners & say yes ma'am, no sir

b)

to live

c)

to rise to the surface of the water

d)

to do better than anyone else

2.

A predator is:

a)

an animal that eats other animals

b)

a baseball team

c)

an sea creature

d)

someone who thinks ahead

3.

Attack means:

a)

to put two things together

b)

to eat meat

c)

to try to hurt or kill

4.

The tentacles of a jellyfish have:

a)

sharp fingernails

b)

stingers with venom in them

c)

jelly in them

5.

Transparent means:

a)

the parent of an animal

b)

something you can see through

c)

something that can sting

6.

How do jellyfish move?

a)

they take in water then contract and let it out

b)

they swim with flippers

c)

they catch a ride on a sea doo

7.

How do jellyfish attack prey?

a)

With their teeth

b)

Their tentacles paralyze the prey with venom

c)

They hit them over the head with a dead fish

8.

Nobody is sure why some jellyfish have lights in their bodies but scientists think it MAY be because:

a)

The lights paralyze their prey

b)

Jellyfish like to play flashlight tag

c)

The lights can scare away predators

9.

What is another built-in protection that many jellyfish have?

a)

They have very sharp teeth

b)

They are transparent, so it is hard for predators to see them

c)

They can jump out of the water

10.

True or false: a jellyfish sting can be deadly for humans

a)

true

b)

false

11.

Expand means:

a)

to leave or depart

b)

to hunt another animal for food

c)

to get bigger

d)

to get excited

12.

Absorb (verb) means:

a)

to push water out

b)

to flex muscles in one's stomach

c)

to take in

13.

Do jellyfish stings usually kill people?

a)

no

b)

yes

14.

Contract (a verb, pronounced con-TRACT) means:

a)

to get in touch with someone

b)

to make something smaller or shorter; to get smaller

c)

to annoy or provoke someone or something

15.

Propulsion is:

a)

the force that moves something forward

b)

breathing with gills

c)

an animal with no brain or backbone

16.

Jellyfish are made mostly of:

a)

strawberry jam

b)

water

c)

salt

17.

Which of these do jellyfish NOT have:

a)

tentacles

b)

venom

c)

brains

18.

A carnivore is:

a)

An animal that swims in the sea

b)

An animal that lives in saltwater

c)

An animal that eats other animals

19.

Protect means

a)

to poison

b)

to eat another animal

c)

to keep safe

20.

Venom is:

a)

a poison that a predator uses to attack its prey

b)

lights inside a jellyfish or firefly's body

c)

a creature that lives on the bottom of the sea

21.

Defend means:

a)

to protect against an attack

b)

to swim by taking in water & pushing it out again

c)

to catch a predator