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Scuba Diving (Tom Greve)

Scuba Diving (Tom Greve)

Explore the deep blue sea in Scuba Diving (Tom Greve). This exciting book teaches kids how people breathe underwater using special tanks. Readers will discover colorful fish, coral reefs, and ocean life. The amazing photos and easy words make learning very fun. It is a perfect read for children who love the ocean.

Lexile: 1040L

Quiz

Question 1: What does "scuba" stand for?

Self-Contained Underwater Buoyancy ApparatusSelf-Compressed Underwater Bag of AirSelf-Compressed Underwater Breathable AirSelf-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

Question 2: What important thing did Jacques Cousteau do in the 1940s?

invented the Aqua-Lunginvented the term "scuba"invented a diving helmet with air pumped from the surfaceformed the Professional Association of Diving Instructors

Question 3: How might a scuba diver let another diver know that they are "ok" or that they are running low on air?

by taking out their mouth piecehand signalsdivers cannot communicateby going to the surface

Question 4: What do divers wear on their feet?

leather bootsaqua flippersregulatorsfins

Question 5: "Like astronauts exploring the moon." What type of sentence is this?

onomatopoeiaalliterationa similea metaphor

Question 6: "Scuba diving is like traveling to another world right here on planet Earth." What type of word is the word "is"?

a verban adjectivean adverba preposition

Quiz

Question 1: What is the minimum age for a PADI student?

8 years old15 years old10 years old12 years old

Question 2: Why do snorkelers wear fins?

to move quicklyto move smoothlyto protect their feetto swim without splashing

Question 3: What is the most likely reason that scuba divers should never dive alone?

In the case of an emergency each diver will have someone there to help them.Divers who dive alone tend to get lost and disoriented easily.Dangerous underwater creatures are less likely to attack two divers at the same time.If a diver is seriously injured their partner will be able to tell people what happened.

Question 4: Which sentence from the text best describes the main idea of this chapter?

"Scuba diving does bring an element of danger.""After all, breathing air underwater does not come naturally for human beings.""Learning to dive.""The snorkel allows breathing underwater."

Question 5: Which of the following words from the text is a compound word?

underwaterequipmentcomfortablefreedom

Question 6: "After all, breathing air underwater does not come naturally for human beings." In this sentence what type of word is "naturally"?

an adjectivean adverba verba preposition

Quiz

Question 1: How do divers who are young or small carry the 40-pound equipment?

Underwater pressure pushes the equipment away from the diver's body.There is no gravity to pull it downwards underwater.They dive with someone who can hold it for them.The equipment becomes almost weightless underwater.

Question 2: What is the international symbol or flag for 'Caution: Divers Underwater'?

a vertical white stripe across a red fielda diagonal white stripe across a red fielda horizontal white stripe across a red fielda white circle on a white field

Question 3: Which sentence best describes coral reefs?

Coral reefs are diverse underwater ecosystems.Coral reefs contain colorful rocks and stones.Most coral reefs are too deep for scuba divers.Coral reefs mainly contain fossilized plants and animals.

Question 4: "When divers enter the water, they first must remember to breathe!" What is the punctuation mark ending this sentence?

a proclamation marka statement markan exclamation marka question mark

Question 5: Why is the Great Barrier Reef written with capital letters?

it is a verbit is a proper nounit is an adverbit is an adjective

Question 6: Which of the following words is an antonym of "compressed"?

developedlengthenedreducedexpanded

Quiz

Question 1: Why is it unsafe to dive deeper than 130 feet?

the air supply will run out too quickly to return to the surfacebuoyancy vests stop working in very deep waterthe water pressure becomes too dangerousthe diver's air tanks will not work properly

Question 2: How many people become PADI certified in scuba diving each year?

900 00090 000950 0009 000

Question 3: What is the most likely reason that so many people undertake PADI certified courses in scuba diving each year?

compressed air tanks can only be purchased by PADI certified diversa new certificate must be earned before taking each diveit is illegal to dive without taking part in a PADI certified coursewithout proper training scuba diving can be very dangerous

Question 4: What is the main purpose of this chapter?

to entertainto instructto informto express an opinion

Question 5: What is the root word of "certified"?

certaincertificatecertifycertifiable

Question 6: Which answer best describes the words "too" and "to"?

synonymssimilesmetaphorshomophones

Tag(s):Action Sports

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