A Torpedo in Warm Seas: teacher key

Barracudas, grade 3 edition, written for 3rd grade. Learn about the great barracuda, a long silver fish. Find out what it eats, how it hunts and where it grows up.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What does a barracuda do with a small fish?
   • Cuts it in pieces
   • Swallows it whole (answer)
   • Carries it away
2. When are great barracudas most active?
   • At night
   • In the daytime (answer)
   • In winter
3. What does a great barracuda do with its eggs?
   • Does not look after them (answer)
   • Guards them
   • Buries them
4. Young barracudas grow up among mangroves and seagrass. Why does that help them?
   • They can hide there (answer)
   • They can fly there
   • It is dry there
5. What does prey mean in: it surprises its prey?
   • A song
   • An animal it hunts (answer)
   • A kind of reef

Words

• torpedo: long round shape
• ambush: wait and surprise
• prey: hunted animal
• seagrass: sea plants