Unit 1 Science Reading
| Guiding Questions
for the Chapter 2
"With Mouth Wide Open" |
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SOAR-High Earth System Science
Unit 1 Science Reading
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| Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
Written by Mark Kurlansky Published by Penguin Books, New York, NY, 1998 These questions are taken from the readings on pages 32-35, and 43-45. |
1. What is the scientific name of cod? __________________________
2. What is the significance of the title of this Chapter,
"With Mouth Wide Open"?
3. Why does Cod fish have such white and flaky meat?
4. Why is Cod fish such a nourishing food for people?
5. The book talks a lot about 'banks', as in the Grand Banks.
What is the meaning of 'bank' as it is used in the book?
6. On the following map, show the places Cod have lived abundantly.
7. In the lifetime of a female cod she may produce
more than a hundred million eggs, but probably only two of her offspring
will live to sexual maturity. Explain this paradox.
8. What is Kurlansky's meaning when he calls 'man' and 'openmouthed'
species? (final paragraph, page 45)