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Bio I - Ch 24 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Typical primitive arthropods such as trilobites had bodies that were composed of | many segments. |
| What does molting enable arthropods to do? | to grow |
| The trachea of grasshoppers are filled with | air. |
| Which of the following habitats do arthropods occupy? [sea, land, air] | all of the above |
| An arthropod is vulnerable to predators during the molting period because | its new exoskeleton is soft. |
| Which of the following invertebrates is NOT a crustacean? [horseshoe crab, fiddler crab, barnacle, crayfish] | horseshoe crab |
| The body of an insect is divided into | head, a thorax, and an abdomen. |
| When threatened, pill bugs | curl into a ball. |
| An example of an arachnid is a | spider. |
| Which insect is NOT classified in the same order as the others? [ants, crickets, bees, wasps] | crickets |
| The easiest way to tell whether an arthropod is an insect or a spider is to | count its legs. |
| The respiratory organ in terrestrial arachnids is the | book lung. |
| How many pairs of legs are there on most body segments of a centipede? | one |
| The following is NOT a likely reason for the evolutionary success of insects? | Insects as a group are not very diverse because there are relatively few species. [Because insects have lots of species!] |
| The compound eyes of insects | are made of many lenses. |
| Which appendages are found in insects but not in arachnids? | wings |
| Which arthropod does NOT belong with the others?[isopod, barnacle, shrimp, copepod] | shrimp |
| Which modern | day arthropods are most similar to fossil trilobites? |
| Which of the following insect orders has the greatest number of species? [Coleoptera (bettles), Diptera (flies, mosquitoes), Isoptera (termites), Lepidoptera (moths, butterflies)] | Coleoptera (beetles) |
| In a crayfish, the chelicerae bite and grind food. _________________________. | False , mandibles |
| Entomology is the field of biology devoted to classifying and understanding the biology of crustaceans. _________________________ | False, insects |
| In arthropods, ganglia are located along the _________________________. | Nerve cord |
| Arthropods must undergo periods of ____________________ because their skeletons cannot grow. | molting |
| Insects have three pairs of ____________________. | legs |
| Most ____________________ have one or two pairs of wings attached to the thorax. | insects |
| Lobsters, shrimp, and crabs are members of a group of crustaceans known as ____________________. | decapods |
| An immature grasshopper resembles an adult grasshopper but does not have wings. Therefore, grasshoppers undergo ____________________ metamorphosis. | incomplete |
| In arachnids, the head and the thorax are fused, forming the ____________________. | cephalothorax |
| Arthropods vary in the number and structure of their body segments and jointed ___________________. | appendages |
| During the transition between the larval and adult stages, an insect with complete metamorphosis becomes a(n) ____________________ | pupa |
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