1. Hermit Crabs By: Miss Ruhlen

2. Vocabulary • antennae Antennae are thin feelers found on the heads of some animals that help them touch and smell.

3. Vocabulary • nocturnal Nocturnal means active at night rather than during the day.

4. Vocabulary • scavenger Scavengers are animals that find and eat scraps of garbage or animals that are already dead.

5. Vocabulary • exoskeleton An exoskeleton is a hard external skeleton that covers the body of some invertebrates.

6. Vocabulary • molt To molt is to to shed an outer covering such as skin, hair, feathers, or a shell before replacing it with a new layer.

7. Vocabulary • colony A colony is a group of animals that live together.

8. Vocabulary • tidal pool A tidal pool is a pool of water that remains on a coastline after the tide becomes lower.

9. Vocabulary • larvae Baby animals who go through major body changes before they look like adult members of their kind.