Break time:Shellfish
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1. Scallops are bivalves (雙殼類動物). They are now __________ with ocean acidification, which softens their shells.
3. Lobsters are orange or red if they are cooked. They are in ______ dark in colour.
4. Living most of the time in their shells at the ______ of a river or a bay, oysters eat particles in water. Many love to eat oysters raw.
Across
2. _____ (蜆) cannot see, hear or smell because they have no eyes, ears or noses.
5. Mussels (青口) are filter feeders. Tiny plants and animals in the ocean are their ____.
6. Razor clams (蟶子) live in sand and on the ________. They can burrow in mud or sand soil at such a high speed as 1 cm a second.
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■ Glossary
acidification (n) 酸化
burrow (v) 挖洞