Words
Glowing Animals
Grammar
100

What is the English name for hotaruika?

firefly squid

100

What color are the firefly squids' lights at Toyama Bay?

blue

100

Why (firefly squid/does/the) glow?

Why does the firefly squid glow?

200

器官 in English is ______.

organ

200

What are the blue lights at Toyama Bay a sign of?

They are a sign of spring.

200

What is wrong with this sentence?

The gates is loved by tourists?

The gates are loved by tourists.

(Review "to be" forms, Keith!)

300

Bay in Japanese is ______.

300

True or false: the local people don't like the lights at Toyama Bay.

False! The lights are much loved by the local people!

300

What is wrong with this sentence?

It were seen over there.

It was seen over there.

(Review "to be" past tense forms, Keith!)

400

Flash is Japanese is ______.

Flash in Japanese is 閃く (verb) or 閃き (noun).

400

How do the firefly squids give off light?

They give off light through special organs.

400

The anglerfish (to/uses/light/its) catch small fish.

The anglerfish uses its light to catch small fish.

500

Name all four of the animals mentioned in lesson 2 part 1.

The four animals are firefly squid, fireflies (firefly), anglerfish, and crystal jellyfish.

500

True or false: firefly squids are not the only animal that glows.

True! Other animals glow too.

500

Translate this sentence into Japanese:

"The organs flash light in various patterns."

臓器はさまざまなパターンで光を発します。