Water Creatures

Level 1
This weeks news:
We learnt that the viperfish lives in saltwater and has
long teeth that they can stick out of their mouth. They
cannot close their mouth because of the teeth in it.
The viperfish can change colour, and can live for 50
years.

Question:
What colours do you think the viperfish can be? A
viperfish could be

Level 2
This weeks news:
We learnt that the viperfish lives in saltwater, and has
long teeth that they can stick out of their mouth. It
cannot close its mouth because the teeth in there are
too big. The viperfish can change its colour from green
to silver, black to blue. It has a long stomach and can
store a lot of food in it. It can live for 50 years.

Question: What food do you think a viperfish eats to

put in its stomach?
A viperfish puts in its stomach

Level 3

This weeks news:

We learnt that a seahorse carries its eggs in its pouch.
We also learnt that a mudskipper is a fish that lives
out of water most of the time. It lives in muddy places
that have roots, so it can hide next to the roots It has
fins which it uses to walk and hop on. A mudskipper
has a pair of eyes that stick out on top of its head so it
can see in all directions

Q: With eyes on top of its head what can the

mudskipper see?
With eyes on top of its head the mudskipper can
see.....

Level 4
This weeks news.
We learnt that the blue whale is a mammal that lives in
the ocean. It has blue grey skin which has white and
grey spots on it. It has long, thin flippers it uses to
guide itself in the water. It eats plankton and tiny
fishes in the sea. The blue whale can live up to 90
years! It is the biggest animal in the world.

We learnt that a mudskipper is a fish that lives out of

water most of the time. It lives in muddy places that
have roots, it likes living next to roots because it can
hide in them.. It has fins which it uses to walk and hop.
A mudskipper has a pair of eyes that stick out on top of
its head so it can see in all directions.

Q: Name some other animals that live in the ocean.

A ........................... lives in the ocean.