Sea Anemones

by Jody S. Rake

Overview

Readers will learn just how amazing sea anemones can be. The many species of this ocean invertebrate may not look like other undersea animals, but they have some amazing adaptations and behaviors that help them survive. Without faces, limbs, bones, blood, or a brain, sea anemones have incredible ways eating, moving, reproducing, and defending themselves.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781515721390
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	08/01/2016
Series:	Faceless, Spineless, and Brainless Ocean Animals
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	8.12(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.31(d)
Lexile:	550L (what's this?)
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

About the Author

Jody Sullivan Rake specializes in writing about any and all animals. After earning a zoology degree from San Francisco State University, she became an educator and science writer at SeaWorld in San Diego. She still lives in San Diego.

Table of Contents

Life without Bones 4

A Sea of Anemones 6

Pretty as a Flower 8

Bring on the Sting 10

Sticking Around 12

The Nerve Net 14

Enemies of Anemones 16

Sea Anemone Life Cycle 18

Amazing But True! 20

Sea Anemone Facts 21

Glossary 22

Read More 23

Internet Sites 23

Critical Thinking Using the Common Core 24

Index 24

Interviews

Takes a high-interest approach to the study of ocean invertebrates by focusing on their unique characteristics and abilities Hits key curriculum points including, adaptations, behavior, reproduction, variation of species, consumption, and defense Includes a diagram with labeled parts of each creature and basic facts about that organism