Online Activities: Fact? or Fiction?
Question 1
Fact A
Animal: Echinoderm Exoskeleton. This is a red heart urchin (Meoma ventricosa) a relative of sea urchins, sand dollars, and sea stars (Echinodermata). It lives in shallow waters of Florida and the Caribbean, occurring on sandy bottoms and in grass beds.
Fact B
Plant: A Lucky-Bean Seed. This is a seed of the lucky-bean palm (Palmafaba fortuna), a tropical cycad fern (Cycadidae). It lives only in rainforests of Vietnam and Cambodia, and is unusual for the remarkable sculpturing of its outer shell.
