Crayfish Vocabulary Review
Game
Try to figure out which science
vocabulary word matches the
definition that is given.
An example of a crustacean
Crayfish
a gas most creatures need to
live
oxygen
the parts of a crayfish’s body
used for breathing
Gills
an animal that does NOT
have a backbone
Invertebrate
baby crayfish
Instars
the front part of a crayfish’s
body
cephalothorax
leg-like parts under a
crayfish’s abdomen
Swimmerets
eyes made up of many small
eyes
Compound eyes
animals with hard outer shells such
as a crayfish, lobster, crab, and
shrimp
Crustaceans
the back part of a crayfish’s body
abdomen
a crayfish’s hard outer shell
exoskeleton
the feelers on a crayfish’s head
antennas
a female crayfish with eggs glued
to her body
in berry
shedding an old shell to make
way for a new shell
molting