Giant Squid

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

a machine that measures the depths of the ocean

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

variety of life in genetics, species, and ecosystems

scientist who studies squid

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

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

The ocean is part of the squid’s ____________________.

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

– the place where an animal or plant grows or lives

waxy substance found in the digestive system of sperm whales

– living things and their environments functioning as a unit