A Moray on the Reef: teacher key

Moray Eels, grade 7 edition, written for 7th grade. What a moray eel is, how big it grows, how it moves, senses and feeds, and how its life begins.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

What is a moray's strongest sense?
- Smell (answer)
- Hearing
- Taste
What does a moray have in its throat?
- A shell
- A second set of jaws (answer)
- A pair of fins
What is a baby moray called when it is a see-through, leaf-shaped larva?
- A cleaner shrimp
- A grouper
- A leptocephalus (answer)
Why can a moray back into a crevice easily?
- It can fly
- It can swim backward almost as well as forward (answer)
- It can walk
What does the word 'larva' mean?
- A kind of rock
- A tooth
- A young form (answer)