Grade 4 -- Wordly Wise Lesson 7

There are many kinds of octopuses in the world. A map of the many oceans where they are found shows how widely they are _____.

• distributed

• shallow

• flexible

• instant

Octopuses hardly ever venture into deep water. They prefer to stay in _____ water, not far from shore.

• alter

• shallow

• surroundings

• keen

An octopus has no skeleton. This makes it possible for the octopus to squeeze its _____ body into all kinds of narrow spaces.

• confuse

• eject

• flexible

• scurry

One of the ways an octopus protects itself is by changing color. It can do this in an _____.

• equipped

• victim

• embrace

• instant

The octopus is able to _____ its color to make itself harder to be seen.

• limp

• alter

• seize

• embrace

The octopus can change quickly from brown to green to gray. It does this to match the color of its _____.

• distributed

• flexible

• alter

• surroundings

Sharks and other large fish hunt octopuses. However, the octopus has an extremely _____ sense of danger and will often escape.

• keen

• eject

• equipped

• embrace

A shark closing in on an octopus may not get the meal it seeks. The octopus has several different ways to _____ the attacker.

• scurry

• confuse

• victim

• seize

The octopus has several good ways of defending itself against an attack. One way is to _____ a black liquid that makes the water cloudy and the octopus difficult to see.

• distributed

• flexible

• instant

• eject

Crabs and other small creatures on the ocean floor are in danger if an octopus is near. If a crab sees an octopus coming after it, the crab will _____ away to try to hide.

• victim

• flexible

• scurry

• shallow