rockpool creatures
6 free practice questions with explanations
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rockpool creatures: example questions & answers
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Which seashore creature has ten legs, including two big pincers at the front?
- AA seahorse
- BA jellyfish
- CA snail
- DA crab✓
Answer: A crab has ten legs, and the front two have pincers for grabbing food.
What shape is a starfish?
- AA long straight line
- BA perfect ball
- CLike a star with arms✓
- DA square box
Answer: A starfish is named after its star shape, usually with five arms.
If a starfish loses one of its arms, what amazing thing can happen?
- AIt can grow a new one✓
- BIt disappears
- CIt turns into a crab
- DIt grows wings
Answer: A starfish can slowly regrow an arm it has lost, which is a special superpower.
How does a crab usually move along the sand?
- ABy rolling like a ball
- BSideways✓
- CBy flying
- DBy hopping like a frog
Answer: Crabs are famous for scuttling sideways across the sand.
What is a rockpool?
- AA swimming pool at a hotel
- BA pool of milk
- CA little pool of seawater left among the rocks when the tide goes out✓
- DA puddle of rain on a road
Answer: When the sea goes out, water is left trapped in dips in the rocks, making rockpools.
Which soft, wobbly sea creature has long tentacles that can sting?
- AA jellyfish✓
- BA seashell
- CA starfish
- DA crab
Answer: A jellyfish is soft and wobbly with trailing tentacles that can sting, so we look but do not touch.