Structures
How Many?
Dinner Time
Nicknames
Facts!
100
The jointed structures in front of the crayfish that can pinch, and feed themselves.
What are pincers?
100
The number of pincers a crayfish has on its body.
What are two?
100
Name the aquatic plant the crayfish likes to eat.
What is elodea?
100
Name a crayfish nickname that has the word, "daddy" in it.
What is crawdaddy?
100

An animal that eats only animals.

What is a carnivore?

200
The structures that are the crayfish's feelers.
What are antennae?
200
The number of eyes a crayfish has on its head.
What are two?
200

Name an animal with a shell that a crayfish eats.

*Hint: we put them in our goldfish/guppy tanks

What is a snail?

200
Name a crayfish nickname that has the word, "fish" in it.
What is crawfish?
200

A community of organisms interacting with each other and with the nonliving environment.

What is an ecosystem?

300
The hair-like structures that help the crayfish sense things.
What are bristles?
300
The number of antennae a crayfish has on its head.
What are four?
300

Crayfish are omnivores. What do they eat?

What is plants and meat.

300
Name a crayfish nickname with the word "dad" in it.
What is a crawdad?
300

An organism, such as a plant or algae, that makes its own food.

What is a producer?

400
The small leg-like structures under the tail of a crayfish.
What are the swimmerets?
400
The number of walking legs a crayfish has on its body.
What are six to eight legs or three to four pairs?
400

Crayfish are scavengers. Do crayfish like to eat alive or dead plants and animals?

What are dead plants and animals?

400

A class of aquatic animals that have hard shells, jointed legs, and two pairs of pincers.

What are crustaceans?

400

An organism that breaks down plant and animal material into simple chemicals.

What is a decomposer?

500

The main body/shell of a crayfish.

What is the carapace?

500
The number of carapaces the crayfish has.
What is one?
500
A material that helps and organism grow and develop.
What is a nutrient?
500

Who has the modified swimmeret? (A female or male crayfish)

A female crayfish.

500

All of the connected and interacting food chains in an ecosystem. Arrows show the flow of matter and energy from one organism to another.

What is a food web?

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