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Chapter 2 Arthropods
Unit 4, Chapter 2 Arthropods
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the center section of an insect or other arthropod? | Thorax |
| What are arthropods with hard shells called? | Crustaceans |
| What is the shieldlike body part that covers the crustacean's cephalothorax? | Carapace |
| What is an external skeleton? | Exoskeleton |
| What is the hind segment of an insect or other arthropod called? | Abdomen |
| What is a series of changes that transform an egg into an adult called? | Metamorphosis |
| What are appendages that help a crustacean eat? | Maxillipeds |
| What is the body segment of arachnids and crustaceans that consists of the head and thorax fused together? | Cephalothorax |
| What are hard plates that form an insect's head? | Sclerites |
| What are invertebrates that have jointed appendages and an exoskeleton called? | Arthropods |
| What are arthropods with six pairs of appendages called? | Arachnids |
| What is a scientist that studies insects called? | Entomologist |
| What is it called when an arthropod floats in the air on long silk threads? | Ballooning |
| What is the tube that carries air so an insect can breathe called? | Trachea |
| The group of arthropods with the greatest number of creatures in it is... | insects |
| Arthropods live.... | in the air, under water and on land |
| Creatures with 2 pairs of antennae belong to which group of arthropods? | Crustaceans |
| Barnacles, with their hard shells, are part of what group? | Crustaceans |
| If a creature has 4 pairs of legs, 2 other pairs of appendages and 2 body segment it is most likely.... | an arachnid |
| If a creature has 3 pairs of legs, 1 pair of antennae, 3 body segments and 2 pairs of wings it is most likely... | an insect |
| All arthropods have.... | an exoskeleton |
| Describe how you would tell the difference between a centipede and a millipede. (3) | Centipedes: flat-bodied, 1 pair of legs per segment, predators, fast, can be poisonous, mostly live in tropics Millipedes: round-bodied, 2 pair of legs per segment, scavengers, slow and wavelike, mostly in dark places |
| Give 3 examples how why God made arthropods AMAZING! | (see amazing arthropods p. 239) |
| What is one advantage and disadvantage of having an exoskeleton? | advantage: protective like a suit of armor, keeps water in disadvantage: doesn't grow, vulnerable when molting |
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