Crustacean Quiz

Question 1

Crustaceans grow by molting

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

Crustaceans have a hard outer covering and bilateral symmetry

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

A crabs body is divided into the cephalothorax and abdomen and they are covered by the

Accepted Answer

carapace

Question 4

All crabs begin their lives as

Accepted Answer

plankton

Question 5

Some amphipods resemble arthropods on land

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

The Largest species of shrimp is the

Accepted Answer

mantis shrimp

Question 7

The spiked tail of a horseshoe crab is called its

Accepted Answer

telson

Question 8

Horseshoe crabs have been around more that 400 million years and have not changed much

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Lobsters are only predators

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

Barnacles capture food with pairs of feathery appendages called sirri

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

A carbohydrate that varies from flexible to hard, that provides a covering but functions as a place for muscles

Accepted Answer

chitin

Question 12

Lobsters can grow back claws if lost in a fight

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

The two main parts of a crustacean are (2 answers)

Accepted Answer

abdomen, cephalothorax

Question 14

The barnacle is a plant protected by a calcium carbonate interlocking plates

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

There are two species of lobster

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

If you have movable limbs, a tough outer exoskeleton made of chitin you are an

Accepted Answer

arthropod

Question 17

Lobsters, crabs and shrimp have five pairs of legs and are called decapods

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

A lobsters blood is what color

Accepted Answer

blue

Question 19

The thorax of the lobster contains the anus and walking legs

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

The exoskeleton that covers the head and chest is called the

Accepted Answer

carapace

Question 21

The cold water relative of the copepod is

Accepted Answer

krill

Question 22

Lobsters use what appendages to be able to swim

Accepted Answer

swimmerets

Question 23

The most abundant crustacean in the ocean and the basis of all food chains is the

Accepted Answer

copepod

Question 24

What marine invertebrate resembles a small lobster

Accepted Answer

shrimp

Question 25

Spiny Lobsters have huge claws

Accepted Answer

False

Question 26

Barnacles are hermaphrodites

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

Female Lobsters release eggs immediately after fertilization

Accepted Answer

False

Question 28

Horseshoe crabs are true crabs

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

Barnacles obtain food by

Accepted Answer

filter feeding

Question 30

You can tell the sex of a crab by the shape of their abdomen

Accepted Answer

True

Crustacean Quiz

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Crustacean Quiz

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