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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 2022
© 2022 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 38, No. 27
What is a sea star and what is it not?
A starfish is not a fish at all. Many marine
biologists want to change its name to a
sea star, because most of them look like
stars. Sea stars are echinoderms
(eh-keen-oh-durmz)—animals that
lack a back bone.
he ocean is full of amazing creatures, and one
that is unique is the sea star or starfish. It is a
sea creature, but it lives close to the shore.
Sometimes they are washed up on the
beach or stranded
in a tide pool,
giving people
a chance to see
this mysterious
creature up
close.
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Sea stars have arms but no legs.
Their arms are called rays. Some
sea stars have five rays, some have
six, ten or twenty.
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Sea stars have no eyes, no ears,
no nose. They do have a ______
on their underside. To eat, a sea
star ________ on top of, and
slowly wraps its ______ around
its food.
Sea stars have feet but
no toes. If you look on the
bottom of a sea star’s ray,
you will see rows of soft
tentacles called tube feet.
The sea star slowly
creeps along on
these feet.
Sea stars don’t have
skeletons. Their spiny,
tough skin gives them
their shape and
protects them.
One thing sea stars like to eat is clams.
Once one has wrapped its rays around a
clam ______, its hundreds of tentacles
________ to the shell and hang onto it as
it pulls and pulls until the shell opens.
As soon as it opens just a little, the sea
star ________ its stomach out of its body
and into the shell and __________ the
clam. This can take an hour or two.
Do the math to match each
sea star to its name.
These sea stars swiped
some of the words from
paragraphs at left. Write
in each word where
it belongs.
25 = chocolate chip star
22 = sun star
48 = candy cane star
18 = basket star
27 = cushion star
12 = fat star
32 = comb sea star
16 = sunflower sea star
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How many sea stars can
you find on this page in
30 seconds? Now have
a friend try. Who found
the most?
Standards Link: Reading
Comprehension: Follow simple
written directions.
You can create a new
creature from the
parts of creatures
pictured in today’s
newspaper. Cut out
different parts of
different people and
animals found in
today’s newspaper.
Use these to create a
new creature. Give
your creature a name.
Make up things about
it, such as what it eats
and where it lives.
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Standards Link: Reading
Comprehension: Follow simple
written directions.
Standards Link: Life Science: Students know examples of diverse life forms in different environments; physical structure or behavior may improve an organism’s chance for survival.
TECHNOLOGY
SOLUTIONS
There are more than
3,600 different kinds
of sea stars. They
come in lots of
different colors and
shapes. Some sea
stars are colored to
match the surfaces
on which they live.
This camouflage
helps them hide from
predators.
How many sea stars
are hidden here?
Standards Link: Life Science: Animals have structures that serve different functions.
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