810-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 13, 2000 jCj-ds i%prne% SEEKBFIND FIND THESE WORDS IN THE PUZZLE BELOW. BORING HUMDRUM SLOW DRAGGY INACTIVE SLUGGISH DULL MODERATE TEDIOUS GRADUAL MONOTONOUS TIRESOME THE WORDS READ UP DOWN AND ACROSS. D O /M | > k ll XIS ONV 338H1 A3MSNV G T W P U W V E N D /fl Start Here SECRET COPK What travels around the world but stays in a corner? 20| 9I 8 1121131 201 26 241 12 13 2oTT >W^S< S ( 3 ) Z /9® 1 M ( 9 ) K —7 /w ** \^X4 Color in each space that contains a letter. u o b&j t"*** *Jil I f **..•?* I*- *w-j TICo TAC Squiggly, 4 Wiggly Worms 1(1 Evei notice how you find worms in the yard attei it rains'? When you dig in the dirt you might run into them, too. But did you know they're good tor more than fish bait 9 They actually make the dirt good tor growing healthy plants and food by increasing the amount of water and air that gets into soil They break down leaves and grass so plants can use them, and they leave behind castings, which make a great fertilizer It's haid to tell one end liom anothet when you see a woim Even though they don't have a head like other animals, they have a head end, called the antenor Then tail end is called the postenoi At the liont end, the piostomium, a flap ol skin, hangs ovei the woim's mouth to keep out stuff the woim doesn’t like In between the ends, woims’ bodies have a lot ol rings called segments A lull-giown woim has 120 to 170 segments Worms also have a band around their bodies called the clitellum The chtellum helps form cocoons, and baby worms hatch from the cocoons Worms move with the help ot their muscles Circular muscles tighten to make their bodies long and thin, which moves the front end forward Then long muscles squeeze together to move the icai end oflhc body toward the liont end Even though woims have five heaits, they don't have lungs Instead they bicalhe thiough then skin In ordci for oxygen to get in though, then skin has to stay wet But too much watei can drown them To Icam mote about woims, visit the Web site www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/worms/index.html. Worms like to eat: Fiuit and vegetable peelings Cereals Coin meal Crushed eggshells Coffee giounds Tea bags Newspapei Worms don't like; Meat or chicken Animal bones Cheese Mayonnaise Greasy food Slick, colored paper Worm Facts • Earthworms came to the United States in plants that Pilgrims brought • Worms have no arms, legs or eyes. • There are about 2,700 kinds ot worms. • The longest earthworm ever found was 22 feet long • If it's cut off, a worm can grow a new tail However, a worm can't grow a new head • There can be mote than 1 million worms in one acre of land. • Baby worms are smaller than a piece of nee when they hatch. • If exposed to light for too long, worms become paralyzed. • Each day, a worm can eat its weight. 11 1 II I o n a s T)/ |X* /^7> Isu '-'IT/ (G
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