Name
Date
Compare the Creatures
READING A
VENN DIAGRAM
Arthropods are the most common creatures on Earth. Read about two arthropods in
the Venn diagram below. Then answer the questions.
Shrimp
It lives in oceans and
lakes.
It has five pairs of
legs.
It is a crustacean
(kruh-stay-shun).
Its body has two
main sections, or
parts.
Both
They belong to a
group of animals called
arthropods. Arthropods
are the most common
creatures on Earth.
They have an exoskeleton, or
outside skeleton.
They do not have a
backbone.
Cricket
It lives on land.
It has three pairs of
legs.
It is an insect.
Its body has three
main sections.
They have
antennas.
1. What is one way that a shrimp is the
4. Some people call crickets “land shrimp.”
same as a cricket?
What do you think is the reason for
that?
2. What is one way that a shrimp is
different from a cricket?
3. True or false: Crickets have five pairs of
legs.
© 2012 TIME For Kids, timeforkids.com, Edition 3–4. This page may be photocopied for use with students. • Vol. 3, No. 7 • October 26, 2012
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