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| STUDY YOUR SPIDER DIAGRAM. YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO FILL IN THE BLANKS. (6 Blanks) |
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| Arthropods are identified how? | By their tough exoskeleton and segmented body.
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| What does arthropod mean? | Jointed foot
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| What are animals with out backbones called? | Invertebrates
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| What is arachnophobia? | Excessive fear of spiders!
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| Be able to name ALL 5 arachnids we studied. | Spiders, harvestmen, scorpions, ticks and mites.
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| How do you tell a spider from an insect? | Number of legs
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| How many legs does a spider have? | 8
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| How many legs does an insect have? | 6
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| Some spiders have what appear to be an extra set of legs. What are they? | Pedipalps
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| Explain how a spider eats? | It liquefies its food and then sucks the liquid out.
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| What are the 2 poisonous spiders here in the U.S.? | Brown recluse and black widow
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| Spiders produce silken threads. What are they used for? You need to know at least 4 of these. | Webs, protect young, catch food, create a home and help it move around.
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| Silk-producing organs are called: | Spinnerets
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| List the 3 different types of silk and know the information in parenthesis. | Dragline (strongest silk), Capture silk (capture prey), egg-case silk (waterproof wrapped around eggs)
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| Baby spiders are called: | spiderlings
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| How do arthropods grow? | By molting
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| What kind of webs do spiders weave? | Orb webs=composed of strands that form circles, Funnel webs=webbed sinkholes in the ground, Sheet webs=flat webs that lay across bushes.
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| Some spiders don't use webs to catch food. What methods do they use? | They hunt or ambush their prey.
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| A granddaddy longleg is not a spider, but a _________________. | Harvestman
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| Know the 2 ways a harvestman can protect itself. | It can detach its leg and it can spray a nasty-smelling fume from their body.
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| Scorpions are aggressive creatures. T or F | False ( Know how to write this in a complete sentence to make it true)
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| What is the name of the only harmful scorpion that lives in the U.S.? | Bark scorpion
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| More numerous than all the other arachnids put together are the tiny parasites called ______________. | Acarina=mites and ticks (Know scientific name also)
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| Name some specific kinds of acarina? | scabies, chiggers, mange
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| What tiny creatures eat the skin you shed everyday? | dust mites
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| What are the 2 kinds of ticks? Know how long they each feed. | Hard and soft (Hard ticks feed for several days or weeks), soft ticks (fed for several minutes to a few days)
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| What diseases are transmitted by ticks? Know at least 2 | Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, American Fever, Colorado Tick Fever, Q Fever, Encephalitis and Tick Paralysis.
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| Centipedes have between _________ & _________ feet. | 30 and a few hundred
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| Millipedes don't have anywhere near a thousand feet. T or F | True
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| Centi = | 100
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| Milli= | 1,000
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| Unlike a crab, lobster or shrimp the woodlouse is the only crustacean that is at home on land. T or F | True
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