Giant Squid
Shark Attack
Marie Tharp
Jocques Cousteau
Vocabulary
100

How do people know a whale was attacked by a giant squid?

They have circular scars on their body.

100

How can people closely look at sharks safely?

Aquariums, shark cages, chain mail suits

100

What did Marie Tharp use to pinpoint data?

Soundings

100

What was given to him by his friend that changed his life forever?

Goggles

100

An animal that is killed by another for food.

Prey

200

What are tentacles used for?

To catch food

200

What text feature is written under a photograph that helps us understand what it is about?

Caption

200

What did the soundings help Marie Tharp discover?

Map the seafloor and underwater mountain ranges

200

Name two things J.C. invented.

-Aqua-Lung breathing apparatus

• airtight cover for camera

• new ways to film underwater

• the Diving Saucer

• the Sea Flea

• underwater labs

200

An animal that eats other animals

Predator

300

What did Clyde Roper do with giant squids?

Researched, looked closely, examined

300

I am a picture of a shark with labels, what text feature am I?

Diagram

300

How  can a timeline help the reader understand a biography?

It helps keep track of the most important events in someone's life. The order in which they happen.

300

What does the Latin root, lumin in the word illuminate mean?

Light

300

What is an ecosystem?

All the living and non-living things in a particular environment.

400

What is one way that Clyde Roper researched squids?

Autopsy, Cameras, Recorded Videos, Studied a live squid, Examined a dead sperm whale.

400

Why did Jaques start the Cousteau society?

He wanted to protect the sea from pollution.

400

To make someone want to do something.  This is an example of what module 1 vocabulary word.

Inspire

500

What is the Latin root that means the sea?

Mar or Mer

500

Why is J.C. considered an ambassador of the ocean?

He helps ocean plants and animals that can’t speak for themselves.

500

What is the word that means finding or learning something for the first time?

Discovery

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