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