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Understanding Hermit Crabs

Understanding Hermit Crabs

Assessment

Interactive Video

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Biology

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5th - 6th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Hard

Created by

Jennifer Brown

FREE Resource

5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What distinguishes hermit crabs from true crabs?

Hermit crabs have five pairs of legs.

Hermit crabs have a hard abdomen.

Hermit crabs belong to the group of anomurans.

Hermit crabs do not use seashells.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why do hermit crabs need to find new shells?

They lose their shells to predators.

They outgrow their current shells after molting.

Their shells dissolve in water.

They grow their own shells.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a challenge hermit crabs face during molting?

They cannot find food.

They become more vulnerable to predators.

They stop growing.

They lose their claws.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which creatures often live on hermit crab shells?

Sea anemones and rag worms

Octopuses and squids

Jellyfish and starfish

Coral and sea urchins

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where do most hermit crab species live?

In freshwater lakes

In the ocean

In deserts

In the Arctic

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