Horseshoe Crab Vocabulary

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  1. A horseshoe crab's tail is called its:

    2. Your answer:
    tempus
    tail cage
    rumpus
    telson

  2. What does the word "molt" mean?

    3. Your answer:
    move quickly
    lay eggs
    to shed fur, feathers, or shell before it is replace with new growth
    camouflage

  3. Larva are:

    4. Your answer:
    harmful bacteria that cause disease
    large shorebirds that migrate
    newborn animals that change to another form as an adult
    adult fish that lay eggs

  4. Gills are used to :

    5. Your answer:
    see
    move
    eat
    breathe

  5. What is chitin?

    6. Your answer:
    another name for the mouth
    what the crab likes to eat
    what the shell is made of
    the middle part of the body

  6. Anatomy is:

    7. Your answer:
    the study of ants
    the study of horseshoe crabs
    the study of computers
    the study of body structure

  7. What happens when blood clots?

    8. Your answer:
    It causes the heart to beat faster.
    It becomes thicker and forms a lump.
    It gets thinner.
    It changes color.

  8. What does a horseshoe crab do when it spawns?

    9. Your answer:
    camouflages itself
    lays eggs
    attacks its enemies
    hides from predators

  9. What are arthropods?

    10. Your answer:
    warm blooded animals
    invertebrates with stinging cells
    invertebrates with jointed legs
    invertebrates with a soft body prtotected by a shell

  10. What is a sanctuary?

    11. Your answer:
    a place where animals are protected
    a place where animals are hunted
    a place where animals are trained
    a place where animals are kept as pets

  11. What are chelicerae?

    12. Your answer:
    a kind of eyes on top of the shell
    claws on the legs
    teeth
    first small pincers on the cephalothorax

  12. What part of the horseshoe crab's body is the cephalothorax?

    13. Your answer:
    its last body part
    its first body part
    its middle body part
    its tail

  13. What is a predator?

    14. Your answer:
    an animal that kills other animals
    an animal that protects other animals
    an animal that looks like another animal
    an animal that is huinted by other animals

  14. What is an estuary?

    15. Your answer:
    a protected place for animals
    another name for a fresh water pond
    the place where fresh water meets salt water and mixes
    the deepest part of the ocean

  15. What does the word "biomedical" mean?

    16. Your answer:
    life science studying the prevention and treatment of diseases
    the study of doctors' biographies
    the study of dead animals
    the study of microscopic animals

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