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1.

LOBSTERS

Lobsters are a kind of ocean creature called crustaceans. Crabs and shrimp are crustaceans too. Lobsters, and most other crustaceans are found throughout the world’s oceans, often under rocks or in cracks on the sea floor. Lobsters have five pairs of legs, three of which are claws. The front claws, sometimes called pincers, are larger than the others. Scientists believe lobsters can live up to 70 years! People love to eat lobsters! The state of Maine is famous for the lobsters found along its Atlantic coast. Here, lobsters are often served with melted butter, corn on the cob, and French fries. Did you know that lobsters only turn red after they are cooked? In the wild they can be grayish, yellow, green, blue or multi-colored.

Question:

WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IS CORRECT?

a)

Lobsters aren't usually eaten by people

b)

Lobsters have three pairs of claws

c)

Lobsters live only in the Atlantic Ocean

d)

Lobsters are related to fish and sharks

2.

LOBSTERS

Lobsters are a kind of ocean creature called crustaceans. Crabs and shrimp are crustaceans too. Lobsters, and most other crustaceans are found throughout the world’s oceans, often under rocks or in cracks on the sea floor. Lobsters have five pairs of legs, three of which are claws. The front claws, sometimes called pincers, are larger than the others. Scientists believe lobsters can live up to 70 years! People love to eat lobsters! The state of Maine is famous for the lobsters found along its Atlantic coast. Here, lobsters are often served with melted butter, corn on the cob, and French fries. Did you know that lobsters only turn red after they are cooked? In the wild they can be grayish, yellow, green, blue or multi-colored.

Question:

WHAT ARE PINCERS ACCORDING TO THE PASSAGE?

a)

Small claws toward the back of the lobster

b)

Large claws at the front of the lobster

c)

Another name for the lobster's shell

d)

The passage doesn't say anything about it

3.

LOBSTERS

Lobsters are a kind of ocean creature called crustaceans. Crabs and shrimp are crustaceans too. Lobsters, and most other crustaceans are found throughout the world’s oceans, often under rocks or in cracks on the sea floor. Lobsters have five pairs of legs, three of which are claws. The front claws, sometimes called pincers, are larger than the others. Scientists believe lobsters can live up to 70 years! People love to eat lobsters! The state of Maine is famous for the lobsters found along its Atlantic coast. Here, lobsters are often served with melted butter, corn on the cob, and French fries. Did you know that lobsters only turn red after they are cooked? In the wild they can be grayish, yellow, green, blue or multi-colored.

Question:

WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS IS CORRECT?

a)

Lobsters aren't usually eaten by people

b)

Lobsters have three pairs of claws

c)

Lobsters live only in the Atlantic Ocean

d)

Lobsters are related to fish and sharks

4.

LOBSTERS

Lobsters are a kind of ocean creature called crustaceans. Crabs and shrimp are crustaceans too. Lobsters, and most other crustaceans are found throughout the world’s oceans, often under rocks or in cracks on the sea floor. Lobsters have five pairs of legs, three of which are claws. The front claws, sometimes called pincers, are larger than the others. Scientists believe lobsters can live up to 70 years! People love to eat lobsters! The state of Maine is famous for the lobsters found along its Atlantic coast. Here, lobsters are often served with melted butter, corn on the cob, and French fries. Did you know that lobsters only turn red after they are cooked? In the wild they can be grayish, yellow, green, blue or multi-colored.

Question:

WHICH STATEMENT BELOW IS NOT TRUE ABOUT LOBSTERS?

a)

They're related to shrimp

b)

They're found on the ocean floor

c)

They are red in the wild

d)

They can live to be 70 years old

5.

WHICH QUESTION BELOW IS ANSWERED IN THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE?

“Lobsters are a kind of ocean creature called crustaceans. Crabs and shrimp are crustaceans too. Lobsters, and most other crustaceans are found throughout the world’s oceans, often under rocks or in cracks on the sea floor.”

a)

Where are lobsters found?

b)

What do people eat with lobsters?

c)

What colors are lobsters in the wild?

d)

How long can a lobster live?

6.

Water-safety training happened here

a)

Off the coast of Prince Edward Island

b)

Lake Huron

c)

Cape Cod, Massachusetts

d)

Long Island Sound

7.

Two reasons why the lobster populations have been declining.

a)

over-fishing and diseases

b)

over-fishing and migration changes

c)

diseases and climate change

d)

climate change and genetic mutations

8.

The main duty of the high school volunteers was to

a)

tag any lobster caught with a GPS band

b)

make sure female lobsters that were caught were returned to sea

c)

make sure no male lobsters were kept

d)

weigh and measure only female lobsters that were caught

9.

Lobster larvae look identical to adult lobsters, only much smaller.

a)

false

b)

true

c)

cannot be determined from article

10.

Shedding of the exoskeleton is also known as

a)

budding

b)

conjugation

c)

metamorphosis

d)

molting

11.

It is legal to catch AND keep juvenile lobsters.

a)

true

b)

false

12.

Another cause of declining lobster population is due to

a)

loss of habitat

b)

climate change

c)

disruption of the food chain

d)

water pollution

13.

According to the article, shell disease is caused by

a)

viruses entering the pores of the exoskeleton

b)

parasitic worm larvae entering the pores of the exoskeleton

c)

bacteria entering the pores of the exoskeleton

d)

protozoans entering the pores of the exoskeleton

14.

Declining lobster populations could lead to which of the following situations?

a)

economic problems for the fishing and food industries

b)

disruption in the ecosystem of the sea bed

c)

a rapid increase of the lobsters' prey

d)

all of these

15.

Female lobsters become mature enough to lay eggs at around the same time as when they reach the legal-to-catch size in Connecticut.

a)

true

b)

false

16.

Student volunteers do this to female lobsters to indicate it is illegal to catch, sell, or buy these lobsters.

a)

put a yellow band around one of their chelipeds

b)

paint the carapace with a harmless yellow water paint

c)

insert a microchip in their tail that links with a GPS unit

d)

cut a V-shaped notch in their tail

17.

Which of the following would be required of the student volunteers while doing their work?

a)

Knowing that female swimmerets are feathery and their tails are wider.

b)

proper safe handling of lobsters

c)

water survival training

d)

all of these would need to be learned

18.

Lobster fishers who participate in this program get paid for any female lobsters that are notched and returned to sea.

a)

false

b)

true

19.

According to the article, female lobsters can lay anywhere from 8,000 to 100,000 eggs.

a)

true

b)

false

20.

The title, "Lobsters In A Pinch," means that

a)

lobsters can pinch people using their chelipeds

b)

lobsters are almost extinct

c)

lobsters are facing problems

d)

lobsters are being pinched by lobster fishers

21.

Blue crabs are decopods meaning that they have ___________ appendages

a)

6

b)

8

c)

10

d)

12

22.

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

a)

scavengers

b)

decomposers

c)

carnivores

d)

herbivores

23.

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

a)

mollusks

b)

arthropods

c)

arachnids

d)

vertebrates

blue Lobster

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 31mins

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