Is Lydia the Atlantic great white shark pregnant?

            Scientists studying Lydia, the first great white shark to be seen crossing from one side of the Atlantic to the other, believe she may be pregnant.

            Lydia was tagged off the Florida coast last year, allowing scientists to follow her movements via satellite.  At the weekend she crossed the boundary between the east and west Atlantic ocean.

            Chris Fischer is studying the shark. He told the BBC Lydia is heading to the Mediterranean sea to give birth.

            Since she was tagged in March 2013 the great white has travelled more than 30,500 kilometres or 19,000 miles.

True or false?

1. Lydia is being tracked from space.

2. Lydia is in the Mediterranean.

3. Lydia is a female shark.

4. Lydia has given birth.

5. Scientists are able to follow the shark.

6. Lydia was in the middle of the Atlantic at the weekend.

7. The shark is travelling from the Mediterranean to Florida.

8. Great white sharks cannot travel long distances.

Match the words below to their definitions

believe / boundary / movements / pregnant / assessment / satellite / tagged                     

                       

changes of position

piece of equipment in space that travels around the earth

think something is true

when an animal is carrying unborn children inside it

when something is attached to an animal so that people know where it is

where two different areas meet

Which word or phrase means the same as the one in italics?

1. studying

a) the same as ignoring

b) the same as examining

c) the same as helping

2. allowing

a) the same as stopping

b) the same as letting

c) the same as asking

3. travelled

a) the same as rested

b) the same as journeyed

c) the same as returned

4. via

a) the same as past

b) the same as before

c) the same as using

KEY

True or false

1. True

2. False

3. True

4. False

5. True

6. True

7. False

8. False

Vocabulary

believe              think something is true

boundary          where two different areas meet

movements       changes of position

pregnant           when an animal is carrying unborn children inside it

satellite            piece of equipment in space that travels around the earth

tagged              when something is attached to an animal so that people know where it is

Which word or phrase means the same as the one in italics?

1. b) the same as examining

2. b) the same as letting

3. b) the same as journeyed

4. c) the same as using