Cephalopods | Octopus | Squid | Cuttlefish | Nautilus |
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What is a cephalopod?
It means "head, foot"
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What is ink?
Octopus release this to escape from predators.
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What are mollusks?
Squid are part of this classification of animals that have soft bodies and no backbone.
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What is create a flashing light?
Cuttlefish do this to stun their prey.
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What is a shell?
Nautiluses have this external item which is not shared by any of the other cephalopods.
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What is an octopus?
It has a head and eight arms.
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What are suction pads?
Octopus have these on all eight arms to hold and taste food.
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What are gills?
Squid use these to breathe in the water just like most fish.
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What is a beak?
Cuttlefish use this to tear and eat their food.
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What is false?
True or False: Like most cephalopods, the nautilius' blood is red.
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What is a nautilus?
It s a mollusk, an animal with a shell and snail like body. Also the name of Capt. Nemo's ship.
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What is a beak?
Octopus use this to tear into food.
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What is true?
True or False: Squid have 2 tentacles and eight arms.
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What is a cuttlebone?
Cuttlefish have this hard brittle internal structure which is often used for birds to keep their beaks sharp.
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What is false?
True or False: Nautiluses have suction pads on their tentacles just as an octopus does.
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What is a cuttlefish?
It has 8 arms and two tentacles the front of its body with a big mantle for a head. it performs a light show to stun its prey.
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What is true?
True or false: female octopus die shortly after giving birth.
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What are shrimp or crabs or small fish?
A type of food a squid might eat.
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What is false?
True or False: Cuttlefish have twelve tentacles.
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What is ninety?
Nautiluses can have this many tentacles.
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What is a squid?
It has tentacles attached to its head with suction pads similar to the octopus.
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What is camouflage or change color?
Octopus use ink and the ability to do this to hide from predators.
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What is true?
True or false: Squid predators include sharks and some birds.
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What are fins?
Cuttlefish use this for steering and propulsion.
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What is true?
True or False: Nautiliuses life span is about 20 years, much longer than most cephalopods.
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