arthropod features
the middle body region
what is the thorax
the three main body areas?
what is thorax ,head and abdomen.
pollinate most flowering plants, including human food crops.
what is bees.
trilobites were early arthropods.
fossil records
process by which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of sugar
what is photosynthesis
structures that grow and extend from animal body
what is appendages
have long tube for drawing nectar from flowers.
butterflies
human parasites.
what is lice and bloodsucking flies
had large number of identical segments.
what is early arthropod
plants and meat and includes protein, grains, and produce
what is crickets food source
the exoskeleton is made of
what is chitin
can pierce prey or plants to feed on juices.
mosquitoes
can carry plagues.
fleas
have evolved fewer segments but more specialized appendages
what is present-day arthropod
leaves by digesting them with enzymes prior to eating, much as they do with meat
what is spider food source
the mouth part of most arthropods
what is mandibles
can cut animal skin or plants tissue to reach the nutrients inside
the mandibles of beetles
carry typhoid fever
house flies
live in water and land habitats, feeding on algae, decaying matter and soil animals
what are tardigrades
network of links in a food web starting from producer organisms and ending at an apex predator species
what is the food chain
the folded walls increase the surface area for exchanging gases
what is book lungs
a series of major changes from changes from a larva form to an adult form.
metamorphosis
destroy crops
what is grasshopper and boll weevils
evidence suggest that arthropod possible share a common ancestors with trilobites and tardigrades
is this false
the mouth part most of arthropods have
mandibles