Name _________________________

The Slithering, Quivering, Invertebrates
Scavenger Hunt

Introduction:

You are going deep-sea diving to hunt down some facts about invertebrates.  When you have gathered all your information, you will use it to create a project to share your information with your fellow divers.
Process:
Scavenger Hunt Questions:
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/porifera/poriferalh.html

1.  What is the scientific family name of fresh water sponges?

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2.  Explain how sponges obtain food and oxygen.
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3.  The volume of water passing through a sponge can be enormous, up to ________________ times its volume in 24 hours.

4.  Explain how sponges can be carnivorous.

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 http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/ps_sponges.html

5.  Where are carnivorous sponges found? ________________________

6.  What do you find the most interesting fact you learned from this site?

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http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/cnidaria/cnidaria.html

7.  Cnidaria is the name for a group of invertebrates. List two members of this group.

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8.  What does cnidos mean in Greek?  ________________________________

9.  What characterizes (What are they like?) Cnidarians?

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10. Describe cnidarians.

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 http://www.aqua.org/animals/species/jellies.html

11. What is the scientific name for jellyfish?

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12. List three results of a jellyfish sting.
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13. Describe the size range of jellyfish.
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http://discovery.com/area/nature/jellyfish/jellyfish2.html

14. Click on All Jellyfish Slide Show. Draw one of the Jellyfish shown and label it with its name.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap26.html

15. What is the scientific name of the broadfish tape worms?

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16. When one eats raw or under cooked fish containing these tape worms, what are some of the symptoms a person might exhibit?
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17. Where in the U.S. can fish be found containing these worms? The east coast?
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18.  In 1980 three physicians ended up with these fish tapeworms. What did they eat that contained the worms?
    Sushi (a raw fish dish) What kind of fish had they eaten?
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/squid.html

Click on Come See For Yourself.  Next, click on Compare the Giant Squid with Another Large Squid.

Then, Click on The World’s Biggest Vertebrate.

19. What is the world’s largest invertebrate?

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20. How big does the giant squid get?
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21. Giant squids live mostly at what depths?
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http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/echinodermata/echinodermata.html

22. List 3 kinds of echinodemata.

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23. Click on the starfish in blue letters. What is the scientific name for starfish?
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24. How do starfish move?  ______________________

25. What do starfish eat?   ______________________
 


Barbara Jones, Technology Integration Specialist
Revised 7/29/01
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