2. The Story of the Three Whales Vocabulary Lesson Marilyn Souza Gold Oak Elementary

3. plankton ► “Sea soup” made up of tiny shrimp (krill) & tiny algae & seaweed.

4. bloom ► Large group of plankton floating on the ocean surface

5. Squid ► An ink-squirting sea animal with a tube- shaped body and ten arms with tentacles

6. herd ► A group of animals. A herd of whales is usually called a pod.

7. plunging ► Diving quickly down into the water

8. Pack-Ice ► Sea ice that forms when pieces of floating ice get crushed together.

9. surface ► 1. The top part or layer of something ► 2. To come up to the surface

10. Inuit People native to the North & Northwestern part of the Arctic & North America

11. persuade ► To convince someone to do or believe something

12. trudged ► Walked with great effort

13. plight ► A very bad situation

14. ordeal ► A very difficult and stressful time or event

15. invincible ► So strong that it can’t be beaten or broken

16. concrete torpedo ► A heavy stone or cement block used to hit something hard enough to make it break apart

17. Ice breaker Ice breaker ► A ship used to break a passage through ice

18. froth ► Bubbles that form in liquid, foam

19. waterspout ► A stream of water that shoots from a whale’s blowhole when it comes to the surface for air and exhales ► Also called a spout

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