Is the Bermuda Triangle Really a Dangerous Place?

And Other Questions about the Ocean

From the Series Is That a Fact?

  • Interest Level: Grade 4 - Grade 6
  • Reading Level: Grade 4

Sharks can smell blood in ocean water from more than a mile away.
The moon controls the tides.
A mass of plastic as large as Texas is floating in the Pacific Ocean.
You may have heard these common sayings or beliefs before. But are they really true? Can they be proven through research? Let’s investigate seventeen statements about the ocean and find out which ones are right, which ones are wrong, and which ones stump even the experts! Find out whether sea jellies have brains. Discover whether the world’s oldest animals really live in the ocean. See if you can tell the difference between fact and fiction with Is That a Fact?

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Interest Level Grade 4 - Grade 6
Reading Level Grade 4
Genre Science
Copyright 2011
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Lerner Publications ™
Language English
Number of Pages 40
Publication Date 2011-01-01
Reading Counts! Level 4.5
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS JNF037070
Dewey 551.46
Graphics Full-color illustrations
Dimensions 7 x 10
Lexile 840
Guided Reading Level U
ATOS Reading Level 5.3
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 142794
Accelerated Reader® Points 1.0
Features Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, Index, Sidebars, Table of contents, Teaching Guides, and Websites