Inside the Moray's World: teacher key

Moray Eels, grade 9 edition, written for 9th grade. Where the moray eel fits among the eels, where it lives, how it moves and eats, and how it hunts with a partner.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. Who was the first to video the moray's double jaws in action?
   • Rita Mehta (answer)
   • Redouan Bshary
   • Peter Wainwright
2. What do cleaner shrimps do for a green moray?
   • Carry it
   • Feed it
   • Clean it (answer)
3. What happens when a grouper shakes its head in front of a resting giant moray?
   • The moray leaves its crevice and swims through the reef with the grouper (answer)
   • The moray swims away alone
   • The grouper hides in the crevice
4. A moray cannot use strong suction. What does it have in its throat?
   • A hard shell
   • A second set of jaws (answer)
   • A pair of large fins
5. What is a moray larva?
   • A type of tooth
   • A see-through, leaf-shaped young moray (answer)
   • A kind of reef rock

Words

• crevice: narrow crack
• suction: pulling force
• larva: young form
• anguilliform: eel-like swimming