Earthworms (4th grade)

A ___ must consume food.

• decomposer
• consumer
• producer

A ___ produces its own food.

• decomposer
• consumer
• producer

Which of the following breaks down dead organsims?

• decomposers
• producers
• consumers

Earthworms have ___ hearts that help pump blood through their body.

• 1
• 3
• 5
• 7

The swollen part of the worm is called the ___. It signals that the worm is an adult and is able to reproduce.

• gizzard
• crop
• clitellum

Earthworm cocoons with hatch in ___ after laid.

• 2-3 weeks
• 4-5 weeks

Earthworms eggs are laid .....

• as single eggs in soil
• in a cocoon with 1-5 eggs

An earthworm has both male and female organs. It is known as a ___.

• hermaphrodite
• condaphrodite

Why do you see more worms come to the surface when there is a heavy rain?

• they love the rain
• they want to get wet
• they will suffocate if they don't

Earthworms don't have teeth to grind their food so they use another organ to do so. It is called a ___.

• crop
• gizzard
• intestine