The CELL
Name that crustacean
Science Words for smart 6th graders
PHYLUM MOLLUSK
Invertebrates of the Sea
100

control center for the cell

nucleus

100

rides along on sea creatures and eats their parasites

cleaner shrimp

100

a plant that lives and dies in one year only

annual

100

shells are made from a tissue called_________

mantle

100

undergoes larva to polyp to medusa to an adult

jelly fish

200

instructions for the cell; located in the nucleus

chromosomes

200

attaches themselves to rocks or structures and builds a shell around them

barnacle
200
tissue that makes up the exoskeleton on an invertebrate

chitin

200

"stomach-foot"

gastropod

200

has flagella that collects food

sponge

300

protects what goes in and out

cell membrane

300

stays in soil to breathe; has seven pairs of legs

wood louse

300

chemical process where plants produce food

photosynthesis

300

"head-foot"

cephalopod

300

one celled invertebrate

protozoan

400

fluid like jelly inside the cell that everything "floats" in

cytoplasm

400

narrow little body; crusty shell; swimmerets; has gill feet for swimming, breathing, and filtering water for food

brine shrimp

400

hairs on spider to feel and projections on worms to move in dirt

setae

400

what group of mollusks are mussles, oysters, clams, scallops

bi-valves

400

has tentacles around mouth and moves around by somersaults

hydra

500

"little organs"

organelles

500

found on the Atlantic coast; blends in with the color of the sand; hunts at night

ghost crab

500

transformation that insects undergo

metamorphosis

500

another name for a sea slug

nudibranch

500

has pseudopods "false feet"

amoeba

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