Lubina

High school (ages 12+)
Animals & Nature

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/lubina

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How heavy is Lubina?12 kilograms (26.46 pounds)
2. What is the scientific name?Dicentrarchus labrax
3. What is the geographic distribution?Eastern Atlantic Ocean (from Norway to Senegal), Mediterranean Sea, and Black Sea
4. What does a Lubina look like?A Lubina has a sleek, torpedo-shaped body that helps it swim fast. Its skin can change from silvery to greenish or brownish, letting it blend in with the sea floor.
5. Why can Lubinas hide so well?Their skin changes color to match their surroundings, and they have special camouflage that keeps them hidden from predators and prey.

Fusiform Body Shape: A streamlined, tapering body shape that minimizes hydrodynamic drag, facilitating high-speed aquatic locomotion.
Phenotypic Plasticity: The ability of an organism to change its phenotype in response to environmental changes.
Mesopredator: A mid-level predator in a food web that preys on smaller animals and is, in turn, preyed upon by larger predators.
Crypsis: The ability of an animal to avoid observation or detection by other animals, often through camouflage.