Learning Sheet 2.1 octopuses

The children are at the zoo. Inside a big building, there are many tanks with octopuses. The children are completing an information report about the octopus. Help them fill in the report.

Octopuses Octopuses are soft and cute. They have big round heads, big eyes, and long tentacles. Unlike bears, they do not have 1. ______ on their tentacles. Although baby bears are called 2._______, baby octopuses do not have a special name. Would you like to know some 3. _________ facts about octopuses? Take the quiz below. claws cubs danger plenty adult bare camouflage draw fond of weighs

An octopus can be as long as a ten- metre yacht. True or false? True. There are about three hundred kinds of octopuses. Some are large and some are small. The largest is the North Pacific Octopus. The 4. _____ is about ten metres long and 5. _______ about one hundred kilograms. claws cubs danger plenty adult bare camouflage draw fond of weighs

All octopuses are brown and white in colour. True or false? False. It is difficult to say what colour an octopus is because it can change its colour. Octopuses do not want to 6. ______ attention to themselves. They use this ability to 7. __________ themselves when they are in 8. __________. claws cubs danger plenty adult bare camouflage draw fond of weighs

Octopuses like to eat crabs. True or false? True. Octopuses are 9. ___________ crabs. They can chase small crabs into tiny cracks and catch them with their long tentacles. In the sea, there are 10. __________ of crabs to eat. claws cubs danger plenty adult bare camouflage draw fond of weighs