WorksheetsRoly Poly: Backyard Crustaceans
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 6hrs 15mins
Roly-Polies are shaped like...
Roly-Polies got their names from their adaptation of being able to protect themselves from predators by...
stretching out and looking big.
rolling up into a ball.
having hard, exoskeleton plates.
releasing a bad smelling and tasting liquid.
For one small bug, I have many different names.
The 3-dimensional shape of the rolled up pillbug is called a...
cube
pyramid
prism
sphere
A similar trait to an insect, the pillbug has 3 main body parts named:
noggin
adams apple
tummy
brain
throat
stomach
head
thorax
abdomen
skull
rib cage
pelvis
How many pairs of legs do I have?
7
14
21
24
If you could all the way around my body, how many legs do I have total?
7
14
21
24
I have a pair of feelers that are visible and they are called...
legs
feelers
antennae
walking sticks
I have a pair of feelers that are visible and they are called...
legs
feelers
antennae
walking sticks
Even though I have compound eyes, I can only detect light. Other than that I can't really see.
The people who call me "land shrimp" are really scary because...
They like to EAT me!
They like to see if I can swim.
They call me mean names like shorty!
They think I live in the water with shrimp- I don't!
I will go through ___ stages in my life cycle.
1
2
3
4
What do I have in common with a kangaroo?
I'm a good jumper.
I have really big feet.
I'm carried in my mother's pouch.
I keep warm in mother's fur.
As a youngster, my job is to eat and grow. As I outgrow my old, tight, exoskeleton I will have to _____ 5 times to be big enough to be considered an adult.
molt
shed
change clothes
One cool fact about being an arthropod is that I molt my exoskeleton in two parts! The back half falls off first and the front half falls off several days later.
Oh, yes, yes yes!
TRUE FACT
Oh, No, No No!
FALSE
I am an ISOPOD in the order of CRUSTACEANS.
I am NOT an insect.
TRUE DAT!
NAW, No Way!
All Isopods, crustacean pill bugs look the same.
Watch video before answering!
Yes, they do!
Oh, no they don't!
Newly hatched out of my egg, I look...
just like my adult mommy, only tinier.
like a completely different creature: worm-like.
What kind of music does a pill bug mommy sing to her babies?
Rock-a-bye baby
Rock & Roll
You are my sunshine.
Hokey Pokey
These cutie crustaceans, Roly Polies left the sea between 200 and 300 million years ago.
Yep
Nope
Roly Polies are the only terrestrial (land) crustaceans that have adapted to live entirely on land.
YES
LIKELY
SURE
TRUE
NO
UNLIKELY
UNSURE
FALSE
Roly Polies have gills, called _____ that are modified to work in air.
snorkals
pleopods
lungs
gilly gas
Which habitat would I survive the best within?
moist
damp
dark
cold
snowy wet
dark
hot
dry
sunny
What would be on the menu for me to eat?
dead organisms
rotting wood
decaying leaves
touch me and I'll bite your finger- yum!
What does the word INVERTEBRATE mean?
I have a backbone.
I don't have a backbone.
