Ocean Life
This animal is very large, lives in the ocean, and helps Amos when he sails.
Whale
He wore a diving suit and made underwater films to teach people about the ocean; his name is ____.
Jacques Cousteau
In "Amos and Boris," Amos is a small ____ who builds a boat.
Mouse
"The Sea Wind" is a short ____ that describes the ocean’s sound and movement.
Poem
The word that means “very large” or “huge,” often used to describe the giant squid: ____.
Giant or immense
Tiny, colorful animals that can build reefs and homes for many fish are called ____.
coral
The scientist who made maps of the ocean floor using sonar was ____.
Marie Tharp
"The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau" is a book that teaches about Cousteau’s work and role as an ____ of the sea.
Explorer
"The Great Wave" is a famous woodblock print by the artist ____ (last name is fine).
Hokusai
Word for a person who studies rocks and the earth; Marie Tharp worked with this kind of scientist: ____.
Geologist
A group of fish that swim together in the ocean is called a ____.
school
Scientists who study animals are called ____.
zoologists (or biologists)
"The Shepherd and the Sea" is adapted from Aesop and is a type of short ____ that teaches a lesson.
Fable
The Great Wave off Kanagawa was made using a ___.
woodblock print
The word that means “to learn more by careful study or investigation,” what scientists do when they try to understand the ocean: ____.
Investigate (or research)
This ocean layer is closest to the shore and has lots of light for plants to grow.
sunlight zone or near the shores
What tool helps scientists see far below the ocean surface by sending sound waves and measuring echoes?
Sonar
In the book about shark attacks, what is a common piece of advice given to swimmers to avoid attracting a shark's attention?
Avoid swimming at dawn or dusk.
Helen Frankenthaler’s painting "Mountains and Sea" uses layers of color made by a special method called ____.
Soak-stain
A short word used to join two ideas or sentences together, taught for writing compound sentences.
Conjunction
This deep-sea creature, often mistaken for a monster, was studied in the book "Giant Squid."
Giant squid
This explorer used a special technique to show the shapes of the seafloor and helped confirm plate movement; her name appears in the module.
Marie Tharp
"Shark Attack" helps readers learn true facts about sharks and corrects wrong ideas, so this book is best described as ____ nonfiction.
Informational nonfiction
Both poems and paintings in the module ask the big question: "How do people ____ the sea?
Explore
he Painted Essay® structure teaches students to write a thesis and supporting paragraphs called ____ paragraphs.
Proof