Surviving Under the Sea
Jacques Piccard
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
100

What does the octopus change to hide from it's enemies?

Color and texture

100

Who made Jacques want to explore more?

Father

100

What does it mean to release?

Move, act or flow freely

100

What does it mean to dive?

Jump head first into water

200

What do the sticky threads do to the enemies?

Tangle up enemies

200

How deep was the dive that Jacques and Don Walsh took?

11 kilometers

200

What is a spine?

Series of bones giving from the skull to the back

200

NASA invented spaceships to explore space. 

What is to invent?

To create or design

300

Which animal protects itself by squirting black ink?

Octopus

300

What did Jacques and his father invent?

Submarine

300
What does it mean "to get bigger"?

Puff up

300

The tourist snapped pictures for all their friends at home to see

What does tourist mean?

Person traveling to another place for pleasure

400

What two animals has poison in them?

Pufferfish and sea cucumber

400

What is the tourist submarine used for?

Allowed normal people to travel down into the water

400

Squid squirts out ink. What does squirt mean?

To squeeze liquid out of

400

A ship that stays under water for long periods of time

Submarine

500

What is the main idea of this passage?

Some sea animals have special ways of surviving under the sea

500

Why did Jacques form an organization?

To study and preserve seas and lakes

500

Stephanie was hungry so she ____ the food down

Gulped

500

What is research?

To search and to reach new facts and conclusions

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