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Incredible Invertebrates Housel

Incredible

Invertebrates

Debra J. Housel

Teacher Created Materials

5301 Oceanus Drive

Huntington Beach, CA 92649-1030

http://www.tcmpub.com

ISBN 978-1-4333-3660-7

2012 Teacher Created Materials, Inc.

Image Credits

Cover Dwight Smith/Shutterstock; p.3 Mariusz S. Jurgielewicz/Shutterstock; p.4-5 daimblond/

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Based on writing from TIME For Kids.

TIME For Kids and the TIME For Kids logo

are registered trademarks of TIME Inc.

Used under license.

Consultants

Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D.

Kent State University

Bill Houska, D.V.M.

James K. Morrisey, D.V.M.

Publishing Credits

Dona Herweck Rice, Editor-in-Chief

Robin Erickson, Production Director

Lee Aucoin, Creative Director

Conni Medina, M.A.Ed., Editorial Director

Jamey Acosta, Editor

Heidi Kellenberger, Editor

Lexa Hoang, Designer

Lesley Palmer , Designer

Stephanie Reid, Photo Editor

Rachelle Cracchiolo, M.S.Ed., Publisher

Synched Read-Along Version by:

Triangle Interactive LLC

PO Box 573

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ISBN-13: 978-1-68444-839-5 (e-book)

Table of Contents

What Is an Invertebrate? .................................

Simple Invertebrates ......................................

Mollusks ........................................................... 16

Arthropods ....................................................... 22

Glossary ............................................................ 27

Index ................................................................. 28

What Is an Invertebrate?

Swish, squirm, wiggle. Creep, creep,

crawl. Most animals move, but many cannot

move as you do. You bend, run, hop, and climb.

Some animals swish, squirm, wiggle, creep, or

crawl. Others cant move at all! These animals are

called invertebrates (in-VUR-tuh-breyts) animals

without backbones.

blue crayfish

There are more than one million

different invertebrates.

jellyfish

snail

Invertebrates bodies are much simpler

than yours. Instead of brains, they have a bundle

of cells called a ganglia (GANG-glee-uh). This

controls their bodies just as your brain controls

yours. But since they lack brains, these animals

cannot do many of the things that you can.

Invertebrates can be found in the air, under

the water, and on land. Some are carnivores

(KAHR-nuh-vohrs). They eat other animals.

Ladybugs, for example, can eat bugs a day!

a ladybug eating aphids

Sea anemones eat other

sea animals.

Wow!

Invertebrates have rest periods,

but they never fall asleep.

Swarms of grasshoppers may

eat every green thing for miles.

Other invertebrates are herbivores

(HUR-buh-vohrs), or plant eaters. Snails,

for example, eat leaves, vegetables, and fruit.

Some invertebrates eat meat and plants.

They are omnivores (OM-nuh-vohrs).

Earthworms, for example, eat tiny pieces of

rotting plants and animals found in the soil.

This black-lip pearl oyster eats

the dead plant and animal matter

found in seawater.

earthworm

Simple Invertebrates

You have a heart, a stomach, and lungs. But not

all animals have these organs. Sponges and coral

do not.

Some invertebrates have soft bodies and a

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