member of an advanced group of mollusks, characterized by head, big brain, arms with suckers, and beak

– living things and their environments functioning as a unit

scientist who studies squid

the ear bone of a squid, which helps the animal maintain its balance underwater

– the place where an animal or plant grows or lives

a tubelike structure on a squid or octopus used to eject water from the body sac during breathing locomotion

The ocean is part of the squid’s ____________________.

variety of life in genetics, species, and ecosystems

22. Growth rings of the giant squid are located in tiny ear bones called ____________________.

a machine that measures the depths of the ocean

an animal belonging to the mollusk group (Phylum Mollusca) which includes snails, clams, octopuses, cuttlefishes, chambered nautiluses, and squids; while they are all soft bodied animals, some mollusks have strong shells and others do not

waxy substance found in the digestive system of sperm whales