Blue Crab Dissection Absent Work

Blue crabs are decopods meaning that they have ___________ appendages

• 6
• 8
• 10
• 12

Blue crabs have a broad diet which includes dead plants and animals, this means they are____________.

• scavengers
• decomposers
• carnivores
• herbivores

Crabs are __________________ which means they are related to spiders and insects.

• mollusks
• arthropods
• arachnids
• vertebrates

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The nickname for a male blue crab is _______________.

• Sook
• Sally
• Johnny
• Jimmy

Molting is when

• crabs shed their shell in order to grow
• the shell of the crab gets diseased
• female crabs grow eggs in their abdomen
• crabs lose a claw in a fight

The crab pictured is

• Male
• Female

A mature female blue crab is called a

• Suzie
• Sally
• Sook
• Sarah

A sponge crab is

• A crab that has a soft shell after molting
• A female crab with an attached egg sac
• A crab in larval form
• A dead crab

The crab pictured is

• Male
• Female

Blue crabs have a broad diet which includes dead plants and animals, this means they are____________.

• scavengers
• decomposersdecomposers
  
• carnivores
• herbivores