Amos & Boris
Layers of the Ocean
Jacques Cousteau
Sharks
Vocabulary
100

The type of animals that Amos and Boris are.

What is a mouse and a whale?

100

An animal that lives in the top layer of the ocean.

What are whales, seals, sea turtles, jellyfish, penguins, sharks, and __ fish?

100

Jacques did this to improve his health when he was sick and injured.

What is swimming?

100

This is how you would describe the temperature of the water that sharks live in.

What is warm water?

100

The meaning of the word colossal.

What is very big or large?

200

The setting of the story.

What is the sea?

200

The layer below the top layer of the ocean does not receive light and is called this.

What is the dark zone?

200

A friend gave him a pair of these and it changed his life forever.

What are goggles?

200

Sharks are important because they are at the top of this and help keep sea life healthy and balanced.

What is a food chain?

200

The meaning of nutrient.

What is an element found in food that helps living things grow and stay healthy?

300

The event that happened that helped Amos meet Boris.

What is falling off the boat or overboard?

300

The top layer of the ocean is called this.

What is the sunlit or sunlight zone?

300

This is what Jacques and his friend engineered so that divers could breathe underwater for longer periods of time.

What is an Aqua-Lung?

300

This is something Rodney Fox designed and created to protect people from sharks.

What is a shark cage?

300

The meaning of luminous.

What is glowing or giving off light?

400

The cause for Boris getting stuck on the beach.

What is a hurricane?

400

All life depends on this.

What is the sun?

400

The name of Cousteau's ship that he used for research and as a film studio.

What is the Calypso?

400

This is one of the most deadliest sharks in the sea.

What is a great white, bull, or tiger shark?

400

The meaning of bulky.

What is something that is heavy and large?

500

The theme or message in the story.

What is friendship?

500

These plants can be found in the ocean but are so small you need a microscope to see them.

What is phytoplankton?

500

The name of continent where Jacques explored the frigid waters filled with penguins, whales, and squid.

What is Antarctica?

500

This is what scientists do to sharks so that they can track their movements, swimming speed, and depths they swim in the ocean.

What is tagging?

500

The meaning of predator.

What is an animal that hunts other animals for food?

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