Parts
Habitat
Adaptations
Food Chain
Misc.
100
The crayfish has two of these that it uses to catch its food.
What is pincers?
100
How many species of crayfish are their in PA?
What is 12?
100
Crayfish use these to breath.
gills
100
Crayfish can be used for bait to catch what?
bass and trout
100
What is the maximum number of crayfish you are allowed to catch in a year?
no limit
200
This is the armorlike structure that helps protect the crayfish.
What is carapace?
200
This body of water is were crayfish make their home.
What is pond/creek/river.
200
How are the eyes of a crayfish structured to help it see in many directions?
they are on movable stalks
200
Crayfish are omnivores. This means they feed on ....
plants and animals
200
You need this to catch and keep crayfish
fishing license for those 16 or older
300
This means that the crayfish can grow back a body part if it gets hurt or injured.
What is regeneration?
300
Crayfish hide under these.
Rocks
300
These sense prey and predators
What are antennaes?
300
Crayfish are also ........... this means they eat dead aquatic animals.
What is scavenger
300
When is crayfish season?
ALL YEAR!
400
The crayfish have 5 pairs of these to help it move?
What are jointed legs?
400
If you are storing a crayfish, what should you include in its habitat?
cooler, wet grass or aquatic plants
400
Crayfish can change this to blend into their environment.
What is color?
400
Name one animal that eats crayfish.
HUMANS!
400
What is the daily limit for combined fishbait species?
50
500
This is the type of skeleton a crayfish has.
What is exoskeleton?
500
This species of crayfish is the most common in PA.
Eastern crayfish or Appalachian brook crayfish
500
How do crayfish identify one another and signal mating?
The emit chemical clues.
500
This is an invasive crayfish species that came from the Midwest states.
What is Rusty crayfish?
500
How does a crayfish get a new shell?
it molts or sheds the one it has. IT DOES NOT GROW!
M
e
n
u