Snail Lab – Use your snail coloring as a resource
1. Examine and describe the physical appearance of your snail.
2. The Body of a snail includes what three parts?
3. What is the purpose of the pneumostome?
3. Make an external drawing of the snail (as seen from the underside) labeling the snail foot, antennae, eyes, foot,
and pneumostome.
Mix a small amount of cornstarch and water and place it on a glass microscope slide. Observe from underneath the
snail, the feeding behavior.
4. What is a radula?
5. Describe how the radula is used in the food getting of a snail.
Once your snail is out and moving you are going to figure out a way to test its speed and strength.
6. How fast does your snail move in miles/hour. Show your work and describe how you measured its speed.
a. If you were a snail, how long would it take you to run a 26 mile marathon? Show your work.
7. How much weight can your snail pull? Describe what you did to get these results.
a. If you were a snail, how much weight could you pull? Show your work.