PART 1

Starfish

There exists a sea creature whose simple yet beautiful 0. __________ appearance is a cause of delight – the starfish. Their name 1. __________, starfish are not fish; they are a type of marine invertebrate, found in both shallow and deep waters. Starfish come in all shapes, sizes and colours as there are over 1800 species of them.
For protection, starfish have 2. __________ skin and sometimes long sharp spines. They also have radial symmetry, meaning 3. __________ arrangement of body parts around a central axis. Although, most commonly, starfish have five arms, there are species with up to forty, and each arm has at its 4. __________ an eye spot which can detect light and dark. The starfish also has the ability to 5. __________ lost arms, though the process takes approximately a year.
Another interesting, if somewhat 6. __________ , fact about the starfish is its method of feeding. It takes 7. __________ of its prey (often clams, mussels or small fish), slides its stomach out of its mouth, 8. __________ its prey outside the body, then slides its stomach back in.