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