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1.  What color is crab blood?

A.  red
B.  blue
C.  orange
D.  they don't have blood

2.  Crabs are NOT caught by

A.  trot lines
B.  crab pots
C.  scraping
D.  tonging

3.  Each female crab can carry up to 2 million eggs in her apron attatched to small feathery appendages called pleopods. How many of these eggs will become adult crabs?

    A.  90%
    B.  75%
    C.  25%
    D.  <1%

4.  Blue crabs do NOT have

    A.  10 legs
    B.  2 sets of antennae
    C.  teeth
    D.  eyes on stalks that can see in all directions

5.  You can tell the difference between an adult male & female crab because

A.  females are always larger than males
B.  females have an apron but males don't
C.  females have red 'painted' claws & males don't
D.  males are blue-green & females are bright red

6.  Which of the following is NOT a stage in the blue crab life cycle?

A.  B. 
C.  D. 

7.  The Latin name for the blue crab is Callinectes sapidus, which means

A.  ten legged swimmer
B.  beautiful,savory swimmer
C.  crunchy,hard shelled spider
D.  painful snapper of the Bay

8.  Blue crabs are omnivorous scavengers. Therefore, they

A. eat live animals & plants
B. eat each other
C. eat dead animals & plants
D.  all of the above

9.  When they are in their vulnerable soft-shell stage, blue crabs

A.  hide in the mud
B.  hide in underwater grass beds called S.A.V. beds
C.  hide in very deep water
D.  come up on shore to feed

10.  Which of the following is NOT a name for a blue crab?

A.  Sook
B.  Sally
C.  Minnie
D.  Jimmy


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