The Cracked Chinese Jug
Antarctic Ice I
Antarctic Ice II
Diary of a Very Short Day
Vocabulary
100
The main character in "The Cracked Chinese Jug."
Who is HAN HAN?
100
This is a tiny plant that floats in the ocean.
What is PHYTOPLANKTON?
100
This animal raises chicks at a rookery.
What is an ADELIE PENGUIN?
100
The penguins do this immediately before the sun sets.
What is PREEN AND COMB?
100
"The state of being away or not being present."
What is ABSENCE?
200
How the main character carried the jugs.
What is ON A BAMBOO SHOULDER POLE?
200
This creater climbed the stalk of a fan worm.
What is a SEA STAR?
200
These animals eat algae. (HINT: there are four of them.)
What are URCHINS, SEA STARS, AMPHIPODS, AND KRILL?
200
The penguins feared these animals, that wanted them for meals.
What are SEALS?
200
"Broken down."
What is DIGESTED?
300
The cracked jug helped these to grow.
What are FLOWERS?
300
This mammal lives under the ice during the winter months.
What is a WEDDELL SEAL?
300
This is a group of young emperor penguins.
What is a CRECHE?
300
This was the number of cousins.
What is THIRTY-THREE DOZEN.
300
"A thin layer or coating."
What is FILM?
400
This was the cracked jug's most valuable part.
What was HIS FLAW?
400
This father tends a newly-laid egg with his feet.
What is an EMPEROR PENGUIN?
400
These are the authors of Antarctic Ice.
Who are JIM MASTRO and NORBERT WU?
400
This was the author of the poem.
Who is JUDY SIERRA?
400
"Having to do with the sea."
What is MARINE?
500
This was the author of "The Cracked Chinese Jug."
Who is CAROLYN HAN?
500
This animal likes to eat big fish and seals.
What is an ORCA WHALE?
500
This was the photographer for Antarctic Ice.
Who is NORBERT WU?
500
These were the illustrators of the poem.
Who are JOSE ARUEGO and ARIANE DEWEY?
500
"Always and forever."
What is PERMANENTLY?
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