An invertebrate that has an external skeleton, a segmented body, and jointed appendages is called
What is an Arthropod?
About 70% of all arthropods belong to the class of insects
What is 90%?
The tiny hairs on a spider's body that are very sensitive to vibrations are called
What are setae?
Spiders breathe by means of this
What are book lungs?
Known for the dark violin-shaped mark on its body
What is the brown recluse?
The tough material from which the external skeleton is made of is called
What is chitin?
Mange is a parasite that causes scabies in humans
What is a mite?
Scientists who study insects
What are entomologists?
Young spiders leave the nest by sailing away on silk strands, a practice known as
What is ballooning?
This arachnid has a tail with a poisonous, needlelike point on the end
What is a scorpion?
Most insects undergo a transformation in appearance known as
What is metamorphosis?
The tubelike structures with which spiders squirt out long, this streams of liquid silk are called spiracles
What are spinnerets?
The process of arranging animals or other things into groups
What is classification?
The spider that makes a net small enough to hold between its legs is known as
What is the ogre-faced spider?
An animal that is active at night
What is nocturnal?
The process in which an insect sheds its external skeleton is called
What is molting?
An insect's spiracles help it to feel, hear, and taste
What are antennae?
The stage of incomplete metamorphosis
What are egg, nymph, and adult?
The spider that sometimes digs a hole in the ground, lines it with silk, and builds a silk door is known as
What is the trap-door spider?
The largest spider in the world
What is a tarantula?
a useful arachnid with one body section; eight legs, and an appetite for plant lice and other insect pests is called
What is a harvestman?
The scientific name of an animal uses both the genus and the family names
What is the species?
An insect resting in a chrysalis or cocoon
What is a pupa?
The spider that weaves a sheet web on a small portion of the ground is known as
What is the platform spider?
Scientists use these familiar languages to classify animals
What are Greek and Latin?