Body Parts
Hunting
Kinds of Spiders
Bonus
100
How many legs does a spider have?
8
100
Name two things spiders eat?
Answers could include: insects, other spiders, fish, birds
100
What is the biggest spider in the world?
Goliath Bird-Eater Tarantula
100
What is the main way spiders help people?
They eat insects.
200
How many main body parts does a spider have? Name the body parts.
2 cephalothorax abdomen
200
Describe how Charlotte traps her prey?
She spins a web and waits for an insect to land on the sticky silk. When an insect has landed Charlotte goes to the insect and bites it and releases a substance that turns the inside of the insect into liquid. Then, when she is ready, she sucks out the inside of the insect. Yum!
200
What type of spider is Charlotte?
a barn spider
200
What do you call baby spiders?
spiderlings
300
How many knees does a spider have?
48 (6 on each leg)
300
Name one spider enemy?
Answers could include: other spiders, insects, frogs, toads, lizards, fish, snakes
300
Where does the brown recluse live?
The United States
300
What do you call the way some spiders float on a breeze?
ballooning
400
What do you call the tubes silk comes through?
spinnerets
400
Why do spiders spin webs? Name one other way spiders use their silk.
Spiders spin webs to trap their prey. Answers will vary.
400
What kind of marking does a brown recluse have on its cephalothorax?
a violin
400
Name two places where spiders can live?
Answers will vary.
500
How many eyes can spiders have?
3-8 eyes
500
Describe how spiders use their pedipalps.
They use them to hold, crush, or tear their prey.
500
What kind of webs do barn spiders weave?
an orb web
500
Spiders belong to what family?
Arachnids
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