Vocab
A large group of Arthropods that includes krill and barnacles
Crustaceans
Arthropods are ______ blooded
Cold
What is the main difference between insects and crustaceans?
Insects only have 1 pair of antennae while crustaceans have 2
List 4 different arachnids
Spiders
Ticks
Mites
Scorpions
A bees brain is the size of this
Sesame seed
Shedding an outer layer to allow a new layer to grow
Molting
About ____ % of all the animals in the world are arthropods
75%
90%
85%
65%
85%
True or False: Crawdads can live in fresh water and oceans?
If False, which body of water are they found?
False. Fresh water
True or false:
All blackwidows have a red hour glass.
If false, who has it?
False, the female
The average bee produces how much honey in it's life time?
1/2 teaspoon
1 tablespoon
1/8 teaspoon
1/12 teaspoon
1/12 teaspoon in its lifetime
Definition of Arthropod, including HAS and DOESNT have in the definition!
Any member of the phylum Arthropoda- the largest phylum in the animal kingdom. Has an exoskeleton and joined body parts. Doesn't have a vertebrate (backbone)
What are the 4 groups included in this phylum
Insects
Arachnids (spiders)
Myriapods (centipedes and milipeds)
Crustaceans
What crustacean uses its legs for eating instead of walking?
Barnacles
Name 3 reasons why spiders don't get stuck in their own webs
Spiders carefully tiptoe across
Spider legs have fine hairs the lessen the contact with the sticky web
Not all silk is sticky
Spiders may have a chemical coating that keeps them from being stuck on the web
Spiders are good groomers and staying clean helps
A male bee that has big eyes, no stinger, mates with the queen
Drone bee
A hexagonal beeswax chamber used for raising eggs and large and also for storing honey
Cell
Name the differences between Insects and arachnids
Insects have 6 legs and 3 main parts
Arachnids have 8 legs 2 main parts
Which crustacean is prayed on by ants, centipedes, spiders, birds, and frogs?
Roly polies
What color are black widow baby spiders?
Tan, yellow, brown, or white
Has thin smooth bodies with long legs.
Builds their hives above ground with cells open
Can be aggressive
Pollinates, but does not make honey
Paper Wasps
The study of insects
Entomology
List all FOUR similarities between insects and arachnids.
*all 4 needed for correct answer
Both are cold blooded
Both have exoskeleton
Both are invertebrates
Both can make silk threads
Name 4 of the 8 parts of a crayfish
Antennae
Compound eyes
Walking legs
Claws
Antennules
Head
Thorax
Abdomen
What are 2 things that humans have used spider silk for?
Capes and violin strings
Name 3 similarities between honeybees and wasps
Two pairs of wings
Yellow with black stripes
Lives in hives or combs