Squid Quiz

Cephalopods

• Animals that have a shell.

• Ocean-dwelling mollusks whose foot is adapted to form tentacles around its mouth.

• Fish that live in the sea.

• Reptiles that live in the ocean.

Cephalopods are the only animals with a _________________

• Internal skeleton

• Three-chambered heart

• Gills

• Closed circulatory system

How does squid obtain food?

• They use their eyes to detect prey, and then swim toward it.

• They use their tentacles to capture prey, and then swallow whole.

• They are carnivores and use tentacles, beak, and radula

• They use their beak to break open shells, and then suck out the contents.

What does a squid's nervous system consist of?

• Long tentacles, sharp beak, and complicated digestive system.

• Keen hearing, advanced sense of smell, and advanced swimming skills.

• Highly developed sense of touch and specialized ink sack

• Large eyes, excellent vision, complex brain, and complex nervous system

How do squids move?

• They move by crawling on the ocean floor.

• They swim by jet propulsion (water goes in the mantle, and out of the siphon)

• They move by using their tentacles to propel themselves.

• They move by using their fins to glide through the water

What is the life cycle of a squid?

• Egg, larva, adult.

• Squids take 2 years to fully mature and then survive for another 10-12 years,

• Egg, larva, juvenile, adult.

• They hatch, mature, mate, the female lays the fertilized eggs, and then she dies.

What does a squid's arm do?

• Propel the squid through the water.

• Grip food to bring the food toward the squid's mouth.

• Detect changes in light and dark.

• Sense the presence of other organisms.

What does squid testis do?

• Sperm production.

• Regulate body temperature.

• Assist in digestion.

• Provide camouflage.

What does a squid's pen tip do?

• Helps the squid swim faster.

• Stores ink for defense.

• Enhances the squids vision.

• Protects inside organs.