WorksheetsGiant Squid Quiz
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is your name?
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2.
What is the heading for pages 22-25?
a)
Ocean Detective on the Chase
b)
Giant Squid
c)
Meet the Squid Hunter
d)
What Autopsies Reveal
3.
"Circular rings in statoliths can be used to estimate a squid's age." What is the meaning of estimate in this caption?
a)
find the exact number
b)
change the number of
c)
guess as closely as possible
d)
fix a problem with
4.
Which words from the text help the reader understand estimate?
a)
"a new ring is laid down each day"
b)
"figured out that it lives about a year, possibly two"
c)
"rings are located in tiny bones called statoliths"
d)
"They are called daily rings"
5.
What do the two photographs of statoliths on page 23 show?
a)
One photo shows the size of a statolith, the other shows its shape.
b)
One photo shows a statolith alone, the other shows its location on the squid.
c)
One photo shows the front of a squid's statolith, the other shows the back.
d)
One photo shows an entire statolith, the other shows the growth rings up close.
6.
What idea do the two photographs of statoliths help the reader understand?
a)
why giant squid have two bones in their ears
b)
that microscopes are important to scientists
c)
that growth rings form as part of statoliths
d)
why giant squid need to keep their balance
7.
What main idea about giant squid have scientists learned from statoliths?
a)
Scientists learned that a statolith's bands can be seen with a microscope
b)
Scientists learned that giant squid are fast-growing animals.
c)
Scientists learned that a statolith helps a squid stay healthy.
d)
Scientists learned that giant squid have 5 ear bones.
8.
What information from page 23 supports the answer the question above?
a)
If a person stretches out next to a giant squid, the squid will be attack the person.
b)
Scientists can use microscopes to look at statoliths and other parts of a giant squid.
c)
Giant squid have growth rings in their tiny ear bones, called statoliths.
d)
Growth rings show that giant squid grow to their full size in only one or two years.
9.
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?
a)
table of contents
b)
caption
c)
photo
d)
index
10.
On page 24, it says that Many marine animals, such as jellyfishes, glow in the dark possibly because....
a)
attract mates or food
b)
find their way in the darkness of the deep ocean
c)
scare away predators
d)
all of the above
11.
Which sentence best answers this question: How do deep-sea creatures see in the dark?
a)
The blinking lights on tiny microscopic animals look like fairy dust.
b)
Clyde wondered if giant squid also glow in the dark.
c)
Below a depth of 660 to 3,300 feet, the ocean is in permanent darkness.
d)
More than three quarters of deep-sea animals are bioluminescent, which means they produce their own living lights, like fireflies.
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