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Deep in the Ocean RAZ Comprehension Quiz

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  • List three reasons why the Census of Marine Life was informative and important to oceanographers.
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  • Should oceanographers continue to tag animals with sensors to study them? Why or why not?
    Let's hear your own answer. Justify your answer. THIS QUESTION CAN BE STOLEN.
  • What happens before scientists can predict an animal's future movements?
    Scientists must first read the Census of Marine Life.
    Scientists look at the world's oceans from the North Pole.
    Scientists live for months on a ship, working all week.
    Scientists tag the animal with an electric sensor.
  • 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.
  • Which sentence best states the main idea of this book?
    Many plants and animals live deep within the ocean.
    Satellites are used to track marine life up to 75000 km away
    See-through creatures live deep within the ocean.
    The Census of Marine Life counted over 230,000 species.
  • How are the Shallow Zone and the Deep Ocean Zone alike?
    The same species of animals live in both zones.
    The water is cold and dark in both zones.
    Sunlight warms the water in both zones.
    Animal life can exist in both zones because of adaptation.
  • 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.
    Scientists who study the ocean are called oceanographers.
    Animals living in the ocean can survive harsh environments.
  • What are expeditions?
    A group of living things that live in the water
    Of or relating to the sea
    Journeys or voyages
    The study of living things
  • Space is to satellite as underwater is to ____________.
    cruise ship
    submersible
    airplane
    bicycle
  • The Census of Marine Life was created as a result of _______________.
    animals living in water that is cold and dark
    the invention of satellites for tracking sea life
    ten years of studying and counting ocean animals
    special diving suits that can go deep within the ocean
  • 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.
    The sea dragon blends in with the plants of its surroundings
    Oceanographers study ocean animals.
  • "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 persuade (convince)
    to entertain
    to describe
    to inform
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