Scorpion

High school (ages 12+)
Animals & Nature

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/scorpion

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the scientific name?Order Scorpiones
2. What is the habitat?Diverse terrestrial environments globally, including deserts, grasslands, forests, and mountains
3. What are scorpions and why do they glow under blacklights?Scorpions are eight‑legged hunters that have been on Earth for over 430 million years. They glow under blacklights because of a natural fluorescence in their bodies.
4. How have scorpions survived for so long?Scorpions have a tough exoskeleton that protects them from drying out and damage. They also have book lungs for breathing on land and a venomous stinger that helps them catch prey and defend themselves.

Arthropod: An invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton, a segmented body, and jointed appendages.
Book Lungs: Respiratory organs found in scorpions and some other arachnids, consisting of stacked plates.
Viviparous: Giving birth to live young that have developed inside the body of the mother.