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Crayfish

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The process of shedding and replacing the exoskeleton of a crayfish.
a)
regeneration
b)
respiration
c)
hibernating
d)
molting
2.
The process of re-growing lost body parts such as pincers and walking legs.
a)
hibernation
b)
regeneration
c)
molting
d)
respiration
3.

Crayfish are able to stay out of water for short periods of time?

a)

They can go for long periods without breathing

b)

They have both lungs and gills

c)

They have lungs to breath air

d)

Their gills remain wet, they can breathe oxygen from the air

4.

In a scientific experiment, what is the variable?

a)

the observation

b)

the conclusion

c)

the thing that is changed

d)

the hypothesis

5.

When an animal's body temperature changes with the temperature around it.

a)

Sensing

b)

Cold Blooded

c)

Warm Blooded

d)

Exothermic

6.

Crayfish appendages near the mouth that help to circulate water over the gills.

a)

Swimmerets

b)

Maxillae

c)

Antennae

d)

Maxilliped

7.

The smaller sensory appendages on the head of the crayfish. This is part #2

a)

rostrum

b)

antennae

c)

antennules

d)

cephlothorax

8.

The section of the crayfish between the thorax and telson tail made up of (6) flexible parts. This is part #7

a)

swimmerets

b)

cephlothorax

c)

abdomen

d)

head

9.

What does Humane Treatment mean?

a)

Treating objects like they are human

b)

Treating a living thing in a way that keeps it from suffering

c)

Being human

d)

An organism that has human characteristics

10.

In order to survive crayfish need?

a)

sunlight, soil and air

b)

sunlight, food and water

c)

food, water and air

d)

heat, water and soil

11.

In the Behavior 101 lab, what were the strongest senses of the crayfish?

a)

Sight and Touch

b)

Sight and Hearing

c)

Touch and Hearing

d)

Touch and Taste

12.

In the Behavior 101 lab, what was the control in the experiment?

a)

Poking the crayfish with a pencil

b)

Leaving the crayfish alone and observing its natural behavior

c)

Raising the pincers

d)

Clapping our hands

13.

Which crayfish trait is acquired, not inherited?.

a)

Having only one pincer

b)

Having swimmerets

c)

Being male or female

d)

Having eyes on stalks

14.

What does humane treatment mean?

a)

treat objects like they are human

b)

treating a living thing in a way to keep it from suffering

c)

an organism has human characteristics

d)

being human

e)

treating objects like they are human

15.

Which trait is NOT one children can inherit from their parents?

a)

Playing a musical instrument

b)

Attached or dangle ear lobes

c)

Left or right thumbed

d)

Tongue rolling

16.

The fire alarm goes off during class and the students line up and begin to walk outside. What is the stimulus?

a)

Lining up at the door

b)

Fire alarm going off

c)

The students walking outside

d)

The students beginning to talk

17.

In the Behavior 101 lab, the student touched the crayfish gently with the eraser of a pencil. The crayfish tucked its Telson Tail and flexed its abdomen to move backward quickly. What is the stimulus?

a)

The crayfish moving backward quickly

b)

Touching the crayfish with an eraser to a pencil

c)

The crayfish flexing its abdomen

d)

The crayfish tucking its Telson Tail

18.
Small appendages on the underside of the crayfish's abdomen.
a)
pincers
b)
mandibles
c)
scavenger
d)
swimmerets
19.

Large claws used to catch prey, tear food apart and during mating?

a)

walking legs

b)

pincers

c)

swimmerets

d)

cephlothorax

20.

Which of the following is NOT a classroom rule for how crayfish should be treated?

a)

Ask your teacher before handling the crayfish

b)

Treat crayfish humanely

c)

Always sit with your friends when working with the crayfish

d)

Wash your hands after working with the crayfish

21.

Large sensory appendages used as feelers on the head of a crustacean. Part #1

a)

Maxillae

b)

Swimmerets

c)

Antennas

d)

Maxilliped

22.

The middle region of the body between the head and abdomen? Part #

a)

Rostrum

b)

Uropods

c)

Swimmerets

d)

Thorax

23.

feet"the small appendages that help the crayfish move food into the mouth and move oxygen over the gills.

a)

Antenna

b)

Maxilliped

c)

Swimmerets

d)

Maxillae