RESPIRATION
What is the main breathing organ spiders use?
Book lungs
Instead of red blood, spiders have this fluid flowing inside their body.
Hemolymph
Spiders inject this into prey using their fangs to paralyze it.
Venom
These organs clean the blood and produce waste inside the abdomen.
Malpighian tubules
Spiders reproduce in this way, meaning a male and female are both needed.
Sexually
What are the tiny tubes inside a spider that carry air around the body?
Tracheae
This is the color spider blood turns when it is carrying oxygen.
Blue
Unlike most animals, spiders digest their food here before eating it.
Outside the body
Instead of liquid waste, spider waste comes out as this
A dry white paste
Before mating, the male does this to show the female he is not prey.
A courtship dance or display
What are the small holes on the outside of a spider that let air in?
Spiracles
Spider blood gets its blue color from this copper based substance.
Hemocyanin
After digesting prey outside, the spider does this to take the food in.
Sucks up the liquid
Spiders produce dry waste to save this, which is hard to find on land.
Water
The male uses these special parts near his mouth to pass his cells to the female.
Pedipalps
Because spiders live on land, they do not have these, which fish use to breathe.
Gills
Spiders have this type of circulatory system where blood flows freely inside the body.
Open circulatory system
Spiders only eat other animals, so their diet is described as this.
Carnivorous
These glands near the spider's legs also help remove waste.
Coxal glands
The female lays her eggs inside this protective silk structure.
An egg sac
Spiders breathe slowly because they have a low version of this, meaning they do not use much energy.
Metabolic rate
his organ squeezes to push hemolymph around the body. It runs along the abdomen.
The heart
Spiders use this to trap prey but it is not part of digesting food.
Silk
The spider's outer shell is waxy for this reason.
To stop water escaping from the body
his type of spider is known for carrying its babies on its back.
Wolf spider