1. The focus of this article is on scientific classification. Who is the person that is referenced with this term?
carl linnaeus
2. How does the information on pg.4 fit with the rest of the article?
because it's in the ocean and it helps scientists finding species to classify
3. Do we need to understand about the Deep Towed Imaging System works to understand about classifying species? Why or why not?
because its important to look for new species and whats in the ocean.
4. How do the paragraph and photos on pg. 4 add interest to this article?
because it help us know what it looks like and makes the page look more exciting
5. Choose 4 of these scientific words. Copy the sentence they are in and explain their meaning/definition; retract, brittle, transmitting, pectoral, organisms, subantarctic.
Subantarctic is a region in the southern hemisphere
retract: draw or be drawn back or back in.
to send (information, sound, etc.) in the form of electrical signals to a radio, television, computer, etc.
brittle hard but liable to break easily.
Arianna you are deconstructing the text really well and thinking critically about the questions. The last part of this task is the research of a new species found in the NZ ocean. Remember 7 new species are found every two weeks which is quite astounding. I look forward to reading your research. Miss O'B
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