Mollusk Discovery          Name ______________  Period ___

Use Mollusks at Enchanted Learning (www.enchantedlearning.com), reference books, your science textbook, or the pictures to help you answer the questions. 

Bivalves

• List five key words that describe this organism
  (for example: does it have a shell, foot, special feature, etc.)
  
  
  
  
  

• What does this scallop eat? 
  
  
  
  
• What eats the scallop?
  
  
  

• Give an example of an unusual or interesting trait that the scallop possesses.
  (think about defense, coloring etc.)
  
  
  

• How does the scallop move?
  

• List five key words that describe this clam.
  (for example: does it have a shell, foot, special feature, etc.)
  
  
  
  
  
• What does this clam eat? 
  
  
  
  
• What eats the clam?
  
  
  
  
• Give an example of an unusual or interesting trait that the clam possesses
  (think about defense, coloring etc.)
  
  
  
  
  
  
• How does the clam move?
  
  
  
  
  
  

Gastropods (Univalves)

• List five key words that describe this conch.
  (for example: does it have a shell, foot, special feature, etc.)
  
  
  
  
  
• What does this conch eat? 
  
  
  
  
• What eats the conch?
  
  
  
  
• Give an example of an unusual or interesting trait that the conch possesses
  (think about defense, coloring etc.)
  
  
  
  
  
  
• How does the conch move?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Gastropod (Univalve)

  

• List five key words that describe this snail.
  (for example: does it have a shell, foot, special feature, etc.)
  
  
  
  
  
• What does this snail eat? 
  
  
  
  
• What eats the snail?
  
  
  
  
• Give an example of an unusual or interesting trait that the snail possesses
  (think about defense, coloring etc.)
  
  
  
  
  
  
• How does the snail move?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Cephalopods

  

• List five key words that describe this octopus.
  (for example: does it have a shell, foot, special feature, etc.)
  
  
  
  
  
• What does this octopus eat? 
  
  
  
  
• What eats the octopus?
  
  
  
  
• Give an example of an unusual or interesting trait that the octopus possesses
  (think about defense, coloring etc.)
  
  
  
  
  
  
• How does the octopus move?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Cephalopods
  
  
  
• List five key words that describe this cuttlefish.
  (for example: does it have a shell, foot, special feature, etc.)
  
  
  
  
  
• What does this cuttlefish eat? 
  
  
  
  
• What eats the cuttlefish?
  
  
  
  
• Give an example of an unusual or interesting trait that the cuttlefish possesses
  (think about defense, coloring etc.)
  
  
  
  
  
  
• How does the cuttlefish move?
  
  
  

   

  
  
  
  
  
   

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  Gastropod

   
  

• List five key words that describe this limpet.
  (for example: does it have a shell, foot, special feature, etc.)
  
  
  
  
  
• What does this limpet eat? 
  
  
  
  
• What eats the limpet?
  
  
  
  
• Give an example of an unusual or interesting trait that the limpet possesses
  (think about defense, coloring etc.)
  
  
  
  
  
  
• How does the limpet move?