#1. The chief U.S. lobster fishing area is:

Alaska

Florida

Maine

#2. Lobsters are usually around 8 inches long when they are caught. They can grow as long as:

18 inches

42 inches

6 feet

#3. They can weigh up to 45 pounds. When caught, most weigh around:

8 ounces

1 lb

5 lbs

#4. Female lobsters are called:

Hens

Queens

Cows

#5. Male lobsters are called:

Stags

Bulls

Cocks

#6. The blood of a lobster is:

Clear

Blue

Red

#7. A baby lobster looks like its parents:

When it hatches

About 3 weeks after hatching

About a year after hatching

#8. In the 5 to 7 years it takes a lobster to grow to legal size, it will have molted about ___ times:

10

25

100

#9. When molting the lobster removes its old shell by:

Scraping against rocks

Cracking it with its claws

Softening it with body secretions and then cracking it by expanding its muscles

#10. How much does a lobster grow each time it sheds its shell?

5%

10%

20%

#11. After molting, it takes 6-8 weeks for the new shell to harden, during this time the lobster:

Hide among the rocks at the bottom for protection

Shows off its new shell to its friends

Hibernates

#12. Most live lobsters are greenish-brown to black in color because of many different color pigments. Why do they turn red when they are cooked?

Just like us, the lobsters shell flushes with heat

Cooking masks the color pigments and the red background pigment shows

Boiling washes off the dirt and seas salt exposing the true red color

#13. What does a lobster use to locate food?

Ears

Eyes

"Smells", using the tiny hairs covering its antennae

#14. What are "culls"?

Lobsters that have lost 1 or both claws

Lobsters that are underweight

Ugly-looking lobsters

#15. The lobster has 2 large claws. The club claw is larger than the other and is used for crushing. The smaller one, called the quick claw, has sharp, tooth-like projections and is used for seizing and tearing prey. The club claw is always:

On the right side

On the left side

Either side

#16. What happens when lobster loses a claw?

It teams up with other culls and they can hunt in packs

It regenerates a new one in 3 to 4 molts

It becomes smaller due to being a less efficient hunter.

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