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How long can an adult lionfish grow?
Up to 45 centimetres
Up to 4 centimetres
Up to 450 centimetres
Up to 145 centimetres
An adult lionfish is as long as what?
An adult's arm from elbow to fingertips
A pencil
A person's thumb
A school bus
Where do lionfish drift?
In icy polar seas
In sandy deserts
In muddy rivers
Near coral reefs and rocky ledges
A lionfish's bold stripes are a ___ to other sea creatures.
warning
gift
joke
dinner invitation
What are the spines hidden among a lionfish's fins like?
Blunt and harmless
Round and smooth
Soft and fluffy
Needle-sharp and venomous
How do doctors often treat a lionfish sting?
By covering it in sand
By placing the wound in hot water
By rubbing it with a towel
By placing the wound in ice
What can a lionfish sting cause?
A green tongue
Intense pain, swelling and trouble breathing
Super strength
Wings and feathers
Why have lionfish become a huge problem in the Caribbean Sea?
They eat enormous numbers of small reef fish
They eat all the seaweed
They are too noisy
They sink boats
Why do lionfish have no problem taking over the Caribbean?
They live on land
They can fly
They have no natural predators there
They are the biggest fish
What does the word "venomous" mean?
Able to poison with a sting or bite
Very colourful
Very fast
Very tiny
Which word is a noun?
spines
hiding
venomous
painful
Which word is a verb (a doing word)?
swimming
ocean
coral
venom
Which word is an adjective (a describing word) in "a painful venom"?
venom
is
a
painful
Which word is a verb in "The lionfish drifts near the reef"?
reef
lionfish
near
drifts
Which of these is a noun that names a place?
painful
hiding
drifting
ocean
