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Beneath Blue Waters Vocabulary

Vocabulary. Beneath Blue Waters Vocabulary. Crustacean. Definition: hard-shelled animals that usually live in the water Examples: shrimp, lobster, crab, prawns Sentence : Crustaceans are an important food source for many cultures. Crustaceans. Gelatinous.

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Beneath Blue Waters Vocabulary

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  1. Vocabulary Beneath Blue WatersVocabulary

  2. Crustacean • Definition: hard-shelled animals that usually live in the water • Examples: shrimp, lobster, crab, prawns • Sentence: Crustaceansare an important food source for many cultures.

  3. Crustaceans

  4. Gelatinous • Definition: thick and slow to flow • Synonyms: jelly-like, gooey • Sentence: The gelatinous movement of the jellyfish was mesmerizing.

  5. Gelatinous Movement

  6. Menagerie • Definition: collection of animals • Synonyms: bunch, assembly • Sentence: The scientists were amazed by the menagerie of strange creatures living in the deep sea.

  7. Menagerie of Creatures

  8. Oceanographers • Definition: scientists who study the sea • What do oceanographers study? • Marine plants and animals • Ocean floor geography • Plate tectonics • Waves, tides, and currents • Marine resources

  9. Oceanographers study water samples.

  10. Jacques Cousteau is a famous oceanographer.

  11. Submersible • Definition: craft that goes under water • Synonyms: underwater craft, sub • Sentence: Research submersibles are able to go much deeper than divers.

  12. Research Submersible “Alvin” Alvin under water. Alvin gets lowered into the sea. The crew inside Alvin.

  13. Tentacles • Definition: long, stretchy limbs • What animals have tentacles? • Octopus • Squid • Anemone • Jellyfish • Sentence: The octopus wrapped its tentacles around its prey.

  14. Tentacles Anemone Octopus

  15. Undulates • Definition: moves in smooth, wavelike fashion • Synonyms: flows, alternates • Sentence: A manta ray’s wings undulate as it moved through the water.

  16. Undulating Wings

  17. Unfathomable • Definition: impossible to measure • Synonyms: bottomless, infinite • Antonyms: shallow, understandable, limited • Sentence One: The depth of the ocean trench was unfathomable. • Sentence Two: For boys, the mystery of girls is sometimes unfathomable.

  18. Hypothermic Vent:A crack in the ocean floor

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