m1-2 science

05 - The Deep Blue Sea

Title

Deep Blue Sea

Reading Text

The ocean is deep. The place where an animal lives is called its habitat. Some fish live in a warm, sunny habitat near the top. But if you go down, down, down... it changes. This is the Deep Zone. There is no sunlight here. The water is heavy. It pushes on your body. This heavy weight is called water pressure. It is also pitch black. But some animals here make their own light! This is called bioluminescence. The Anglerfish has a glowing lamp on its head. It uses the light to attract food. It captures its prey with sharp teeth.

Activities

Vocabulary

Definitions:

Text: The natural home where an animal lives.
Text: The heavy weight of water pushing against something.
Text: The ability of living things to make their own light.
Text: A fish with a light on its head to catch food.
Text: An animal that is caught and eaten by another.

Items:

Label: Habitat
Answer: A
Label: Water Pressure
Answer: B
Label: Bioluminescence
Answer: C
Label: Anglerfish
Answer: D
Label: Prey
Answer: E

Fill In The Blanks:

Before: The coral reef is a beautiful
After: for many fish.
Answer: habitat
Before: Deep in the ocean, the
After: is very strong.
Answer: water pressure
Before: Fireflies and some sea creatures use
After: to glow.
Answer: bioluminescence
Before: The
After: waits in the dark for a fish to come near.
Answer: anglerfish
Before: The shark hunts for its
After: in the water.
Answer: prey

Scrambled:

Text: to be generated
Answer: The ocean is deep.
Text: to be generated
Answer: There is no sunlight here.
Text: to be generated
Answer: The water is heavy.
Text: to be generated
Answer: Some animals make their own light.
Text: to be generated
Answer: It captures its prey with teeth.

Comprehension

Questions:

Text: All fish live in warm, sunny water.
Answer: false
Text: The Deep Zone has lots of bright sunlight.
Answer: false
Text: Water pressure is the weight of water pushing on you.
Answer: true
Text: Bioluminescence is when animals create light.
Answer: true
Text: The Anglerfish eats vegetables.
Answer: false

Written Expression

Questions:

Text: What is bioluminescence?
Text: How does the Anglerfish catch its food?

Examples:

Bioluminescence is when animals make their own light.
The Anglerfish uses a glowing lamp on its head to attract prey and then captures it with sharp teeth.