Surviving Under the Sea 1
Surviving Under the Sea 2
Jacques Piccard 1
Jacques Piccard 2
Vocabulary
100

What animal can turn brown, red or grey? 

an OCTOPUS 
100

What are the THREE animals in the text? 

1) Octopus

2) Pufferfish

3) Sea Cucumber 

100

What is a submarine? 

It is a special boat that goes under the water! 

100

What is the main idea of the text?

Jacques Piccard spent his life researching the ocean and seas

100

SQUIRT

Shooting out something - like black ink 

150

What does a Pufferfish GULP up to make itself look big? 

WATER and AIR 

150

What do the ORGANS of the Sea Cucumber look like? 

They look like STICKY, WHITE THREADS! 

150

Who are TOURISTS? 

Normal People going to visit places

150

Who were very SIMILAR in the text? And why? 

Jacques Piccard and his Father

They were both EXPLORERS 

150
POISON

Harmful liquid that makes you sick and die

200

Name some things that an Octopus would look like to HIDE from Predators 

SAND or ROCKS 

200

What is so dangerous about the STICKY, WHITE THREADS that the Sea Cucumber releases? 

They have POISON in them! 

200
What three people are mentioned in the text? 
Jacques Piccard, Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard's father
200

What does the word INVENTIVE mean? 

Very creative - makes a lot of things! 

Like Jacques Piccard! 

200

TOURIST

Normal people going to travel to new places
250

Poison is r___________ by the Pufferfish

Ink is s________ by the Octopus

What are the TWO missing words? 


Poison is RELEASED by the Pufferfish

Ink is SQUIRTED by the Octopus 

250

WHY do animals need to protect themselves in the sea? 

Many predators are coming to eat them!! 

250

The 1960 Submarine trip was SPECIAL - Why??

It was the deepest dive ever done!! 

250

What did Jacques Piccard do after working for NASA? 

He formed an organization to save and preserve seas and lakes

250
PRESERVE
Trying to save and protect something
300

Which one of these options do animals NOT use to protect themselves? 

a) Sand

b) Poison

c) White threads

4) black ink 

a) SAND 

300

What is the author's PURPOSE? WHY did they write it? 

To tell us about different ways that animals survive in the ocean! 

300

What is special about the TOURIST submarine? 

It helped normal people go down deep into the water

300

What is the author's PURPOSE? Why did they write the selection? 

To tell readers about Jacques Piccard and his love for the sea

300

INVENTIVE 

Being creative and creating new things