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