Name
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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:
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Below each web site address
you will find questions. Click on the addresses and then answer the
questions.
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After you have gathered all
the information, you use it to create something you can use to help others
learn more about invertebrates.
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?
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25. What do starfish eat?
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Barbara Jones, Technology
Integration Specialist
Revised 7/29/01
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