One of the longest and largest rivers in the world is called the Amazon River. It is located in South America and is approximately 6400 kilometres (kms) long. That is four times longer than the entire country of New Zealand. Wow!
Scientists believe that there are over 3000 different kinds of fish that live in the Amazon River. Now, that is a lot of fish! To learn more about fish, we went online and found some really cool facts about fish.
For this activity, we are going to provide you with five sentences about fish. Some of them are true and some are them are not. It is your job to read these ‘facts’, and decide whether they are true or false.
On your blog, write out each fact and in CAPITAL LETTERS beside the fact, write the word ‘TRUE’ if it is a true fact or ‘FALSE’ if it is not true.
True or False?
Fish Fact #1: The oldest known fish in the world is a 65 year old Australian lungfish. This fact is FALSE because the oldest fish in the world is The Greenland Shark named Hanako and Hanako can live up to 226 years old
Fish Fact #2: Sharks are the only fish that have eyelids. FALSE The only exception is a shark, which has a nictitating membrane that works something like an eyelid.
Fish Fact #3: Starfish are a type of fish. FALSE, Starfishes are not classified as a fish because it does not have gills, scales, or fins.
Fish Fact #4: Fish communicate with each other by making low-pitched sounds (moans, hisses, etc) TRUE also fish can communicate but usally they communicate with body and fin posture,
Fish Fact #5: Fish usually swim together in groups called ‘classes.’ FALSE because groups of fish is usally called a shoal or a school.
Hi Mason,
ReplyDeleteI'm Leslie and I'm a member of the Summer Learning Journey team, reading your blog from my home in Canada. It's very wintery here right now, with our yard covered in snow and the temperature around -20 C. It's chilly! I suspect that's hard for you to picture!
I'm so glad that you're participating in the Summer Learning Journey program this summer! You've worked hard at a lot of activities - well done!
I agree with your answers to the True and False questions. Some of them were a little tricky but you sorted through that. How would you feel about meeting a Greenland Shark that is potentially hundreds of years old. So hard to believe that any creature could live that long, isn't it?
I hope you're really enjoying your summer and that you'll continue to do more activities in the SLJ program. I'll look forward to reading more of your postings from my home in the little town of Almonte, Ontario.
Cheers,
Leslie