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Newport Aquarium Marine Life

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A Busy Day at Newport Aquarium

At Newport Aquarium, visitors can watch animals that live in water. On a school-day morning, Lucy and Hiroshi stopped at the jellyfish exhibit. Jellyfish have soft bodies and tentacles. They drift through the water, but they are not fish. A sign explained that some jellyfish use stinging cells to catch tiny animals for food. Next, the friends visited a rocky-shore tank. A bright orange sea star clung to a rock while water flowed around it. Sea stars are animals, not plants. They use tiny tube feet to move and hold on. Nearby, a hermit crab carried a borrowed shell on its back. As a hermit crab grows, it may need to find a larger shell. Before leaving, Lucy and Hiroshi read about caring for ocean habitats. Trash can harm animals if it is swallowed or tangled around them. Visitors can help by putting litter in a bin and using less single-use plastic. Aquarium workers also study animals and teach people how to protect ocean life.

Read and Think

1.What is the main idea of the passage?
  • Visitors learn about marine animals and ways to protect ocean habitats.
  • Jellyfish are the only animals that live in the ocean.
  • Hermit crabs build their own shells from rocks.
2.Name two details from the passage that show a jellyfish is different from a fish.
3.In the passage, the word “drift” describes how jellyfish move. What does “drift” most likely mean?
  • Move slowly with the water
  • Run quickly across the sand
  • Dig a hole in the rock
4.Why might a hermit crab look for a larger shell?
5.Which statement is a fact from the passage?
  • Sea stars use tiny tube feet to move and hold on.
  • Sea stars are the most beautiful animals in the aquarium.
  • Hermit crabs are more interesting than jellyfish.
6.Match each word to its meaning.
  • habitat
  • tentacles
  • protect
  • long, flexible parts attached to some animals
  • a natural place where an animal lives
  • keep safe from harm
7.What does the word “they” refer to in this sentence from the passage: “They drift through the water, but they are not fish”?
8.The passage says trash can harm ocean animals. Name one way trash could hurt an animal, according to the passage.
9.Which action could a visitor take to help protect ocean life?
  • Put litter in a bin.
  • Leave plastic near the tank.
  • Try to feed the animals.
10.Write two or three sentences explaining one new thing you learned and one action people can take to help ocean animals.

3 printable pages

  • Newport Aquarium Marine Life, page 1 of 3: A Busy Day at Newport Aquarium, Read and Think

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  • Newport Aquarium Marine Life, page 2 of 3: 2. Name two details from the passage that show a jellyfish is different from a fish.

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  • Newport Aquarium Marine Life, page 3 of 3: 7. What does the word “they” refer to in this sentence from the passage: “They drift

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