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What happens before scientists can predict an animal's future movements?
Scientists tag the animal with an electric sensor.
Scientists must first read the Census of Marine Life.
Scientists live for months on a ship, working all week.
Scientists look at the world's oceans from the North Pole.
What are expeditions?
Journeys or voyages
A group of living things that live in the water
Of or relating to the sea
The study of living things
Which of the following states the main idea of the section titled "The Census of Marine Life?"
Scientists found one species of Jurassic shrimp.
Animals live everywhere in the ocean.
Oceanographers study ocean animals.
The sea dragon blends in with the plants of its surroundings
Which sentence best states the main idea of this book?
See-through creatures live deep within the ocean.
The Census of Marine Life counted over 230,000 species.
Many plants and animals live deep within the ocean.
Satellites are used to track marine life up to 75000 km away
Which sentence tells how the sea life that scientists discovered is more adaptable than originally thought?
The deep ocean, below 1,000 meters, is freezing cold.
Not every discovered animal has been documented.
Scientists who study the ocean are called oceanographers.
Animals living in the ocean can survive harsh environments.
Which statement is an opinion?
Water pressure is the force that water puts on an object.
Scientists who study the ocean have a very difficult job.
Scientists who study the ocean are called oceanographers.
Starfish and dolphins live in the Shallow Ocean Zone.
Space is to satellite as underwater is to ____________.
submersible
airplane
bicycle
cruise ship
How are the Shallow Zone and the Deep Ocean Zone alike?
The same species of animals live in both zones.
Sunlight warms the water in both zones.
Animal life can exist in both zones because of adaptation.
The water is cold and dark in both zones.
"Chemistry is the study of what things are made of and how they react and change when they come into contact with other things." What is the author's purpose for writing this sentence?
to describe
to persuade (convince)
to inform
to entertain
The Census of Marine Life was created as a result of _______________.
the invention of satellites for tracking sea life
ten years of studying and counting ocean animals
animals living in water that is cold and dark
special diving suits that can go deep within the ocean
Should oceanographers continue to tag animals with sensors to study them? Why or why not?
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List three reasons why the Census of Marine Life was informative and important to oceanographers.
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