As you sail through some web sites to learn about the Eastern oyster that lives in the Chesapeake Bay write answer the questions below. You will need some of this information at the end of the lesson.

1. What kind of a creature is an oyster? (Describe it.)

   
   
   
   
   

2. What is a baby oyster called? How does it end up in an oyster "bed" with other oysters?

   
   
   
   
   

3. What does an oyster eat? How does it feed?

   
   
   
   
   

4. Even if you don't want to eat an oyster why are they helpful to have around in the Bay?

   
   
   
   
   

5. List several reasons why we don't have many oysters in the Bay today. (Hint: the answer to this one is in the lesson, not at a web site.)

   
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6. Tell one other very interesting thing that you learned about Eastern oysters.