- If you were to
take a walk along the ___seashore__, you might not see a ____small_____
limpet clinging to a rock because it could be as tiny as your _______fingernail_____
.
- However, some limpets can be the size of a ___nickel___ or a quarter. Its shell will be shaped like ______pointed______ straw hat and ____colored_____ soft gray, blue, or brown. Occasionally, when the tide is _____high________, the limpet leaves its place on the rocks and goes out in ____search____ of food. It slowly ___glides____ along using its flat, ___muscular___ foot. It won't travel far, usually just a few ___inches______, or two or three feet. Limpets love to eat ____seaweed____, but they usually eat tender algae that cover stone and ___boulders______ with a slippery green film. A limpet's tongue, called a radula, is well _____adapted_____ to scraping the surface of the place where _____algae_______ grow. As the tide begins to fall, the limpet stops eating and goes back home. It usually follows the ____path____ that it took on its way out. When the limpet reaches the area where it lives, it won't _____settle______ down to rest until it has found the special _____spot________ that belongs to it. This place has marks and ____grooves______ that fit only it and no other limpet. ____Scientists___ are learning all about limpets, but there are still many _____unanswered____ questions about the tiny sea animal.
- unanswered muscular inches Scientists small seashore seaweed spot settle fingernail high boulders algae nickel pointed grooves adapted path glides colored eating