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Crustaceans flashcard set featuring lobsters, crabs, shrimp, and krill for Grade 5 science.
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This 18-card flashcard set covers crustacean biology and facts for fifth graders, including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, krill, and hermit crabs. Cards address anatomy (chelipeds, swimmerets, exoskeletons), habitats, diet, and behaviors like the Christmas Island crab migration and symbiotic relationships. Use it for science vocabulary review, lesson reinforcement, or test preparation in a unit on marine animals or arthropods.

Subject:
Science
Topic:
Animals
Grade Level:
5th Grade
Updated November 2024

Terms in This Set

  • Examples of crustaceans
  • When a lobster sheds its exoskeleton
  • Crustacians that are decapods like shrimp, crabs, and lobsters, have how many legs?
  • Chelipeds
  • Swimmerets
  • The muscle part of a lobster
  • What do lobsters eat?
  • Where do crayfish live?
  • Where do lobsters live?
  • What crustacean does NOT have swimmerets?
  • Why a hermit crab needs to find a shell to live in
  • Where near Australia do more than 100 million crabs show travel from forest to ocean to release eggs around Christmastime when there is not much difference between high and low tide?
  • How do fish and shrimp have a symbiotic relationship?
  • How big is a full size krill?
  • Krill swim together in a group called what?
  • How do barnacles stick?
  • How many eyes and legs does a crab have?
  • What does a horseshoe crab's tail used for?

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