Cephalopods
These are the two body parts for which a cephalopod is named.
What is head and foot?
This is the internal shell of a cuttlefish.
What is a cuttlebone?
An octopus may turn this color when angry.
What is red?
This is how many times most squids reproduce in their lifetime.
What is 1?
Cephalopods tear prey and inject poisonous ink with this body part.
What is a beak?
Squids shoot this liquid to escape danger.
What is ink?
This is the plural spelling of octopus.
What is o-c-t-o-p-u-s-e-s?
This is how many plates on one fourth of a chiton.
What is 2?
This is the method than cephalopods use to be nektonic.
What is jet propulsion?
Cuttlefish are this because they are nighttime hunters.
What is nocturnal?
This cephalopod has the most arms - between 38 and 90.
What is a nautilus?
The arms of a giant male squid can be as long as 30 feet, which is this many yards.
What is 10?
A cephalopod is a type of mollusk. Name the other two types.
What are gastropods and bivalves?
Squids swim in a group called this.
What is a shoal?
The bite of this Australian octopus can be fatal to humans.
What is a blue-ringed octopus?
This is how many squids it would take to equal the number of arms of 5 octopuses.
What is 4?
Cephalopods use these cells to camouflage themselves.
What are chromatophores?
Some squids are nearly invisible to predators because of this glowing ability.
What is bioluminescence?
You have one but can't see what's in it. An octopus doesn't have one and sees everything.
What is a blind spot?
An octopus with 20 suckers in each row of his arms would have this many total suckers.
What is 320?