Rise of the Octopus by Melanie Kletter

Rise of the Octopus by Melanie Kletter

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Vocabulary: cephalopods, adapt, marine, unique

Depth of Knowledge Level 1-2

1. The two things taking a toll on marine life are overfishing and pollution.
2. The octopus, squid and cuttlefish have increased in population in the past 60 years.
3. We call marine animals without a backbone cephalopods.
4. Zoe Doubleday said, "cephalopods' unique traits are helping them."
5. Cephalopods can change their color and shape.
6. Cephalopods can live for 1-2 years.
7. Cephalopods can adapt to changing conditions than other marine life because they live for a short time.
8. Cephalopods live in all oceans.
9. Cephalopods are found in both ocean waters.
10. Marine mammals and seabirds eat the cephalopods.
11. Cephalopods can decrease if they run out of prey and overfishing.

Depth of Knowledge Level 3-4

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