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Solar-Powered Slug

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The Solar-Powered Slug

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There is a special slug called Elysia chlorotica. It lives in the ocean. It looks like a bright green leaf. Most animals must eat food to live. But this slug is different. It eats algae (water plants) and keeps their green parts inside its body. Now, the slug can use sunlight to make energy, just like a plant! It is half animal and half plant. It can go for one year without eating food.

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Definitions:

Text: A very large sea.
Text: The flat green part of a plant.
Text: Power that comes from the sun.
Text: Power to do things or move.
Text: Plants that live in water.
Text: Not usual or ordinary; different.

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Label: Ocean
Answer: A
Label: Leaf
Answer: B
Label: Sunlight
Answer: C
Label: Energy
Answer: D
Label: Algae
Answer: E
Label: Special
Answer: F

Fill In The Blanks:

Before: The slug lives in the
After: and swims in the water.
Answer: ocean
Before: It looks like a green
After: so other animals cannot see it.
Answer: leaf
Before: The slug eats
After: which are plants found in water.
Answer: algae
Before: Plants use
After: to grow and make food.
Answer: sunlight
Before: Most animals need
After: to live and move.
Answer: food