Arthropoda (general)
This is the characteristic that "Arthropoda" means.
What are jointed appendages/feet?
This is the number of legs all chelicerates have.
What is 8?
These are the three segments in hexapods.
What is the head, thorax, and abdomen?
This is the class (scientific name) of Myriapods that can inject venom.
What is Chilopoda?
This is what the Crustacean exoskeleton has that makes it extra tough that other Arthropods do not have.
What is calcium carbonate?
This is the type of metamorphosis that has 4 stages (egg, larvae, pupae, adult).
What is complete metamorphosis?
Spinnerets are responsible for expelling this.
What is silk?
Because most insects do not live very long, behaviors are naturally occurring. This is the term for that.
What is instinctual?
This is the type of appendages that Myriapods have that means unbranched.
What is uniramous?
These sensory cells take in information about which way the body is oriented.
What are statocysts?
This is the term for shedding the exoskeleton in order to grow.
What is ecdysis?
An example of this is with black widow spiders. Male black widow spiders are small and brown while, females are larger and have a red hourglass shape on their abdomen.
What is sexual dimorphism?
What are spiracles?
Aside from the head and next three segments, diplopods have this many pairs of legs on each body segment.
What is 2 pairs?
These organisms are in the class Malacostraca and may be small but can form swarms large enough so that whales get full.
What are krill? Or what is the order Euphausiacea?
This is the carbohydrate that makes up arthropod exoskeleton.
What is chitin?
Horseshoe Crabs is a misnomer for this group of chelicerates. Although they have adaptations to marine environments, these are some features that make them chelicerates and not crustaceans.
What are having 8 legs? What are having chelicerae?
This is the term for aquatic nymphs during incomplete metamorphosis.
What are naiads?
This is a way that centipedes avoid being eaten by predators.
What is having false antennae? Or what is having venomous fangs/claws?
Also known as swimmeret, these appendages on the underside of the abdomen help with anything from swimming mainly and reproduction when the animal is mature.
What are pleopods?
This is the main advantage of metamorphosis.
What is the adult and young utilizing different resources?
This is a small group of chelicerates known mainly for their ability to shoot acid when threatened.
What are vinegaroons?
This type of camouflage is very impressive and allows many Hexapods to hide from their predators. Some examples are looking like leaves, sticks, flowers, large predator eyes, etc.
What is mimicry?
Lots of Arthropods have this feature that allows offspring the best chance at survival. An example is with sea monkeys when the small ponds and puddles they live in dry up.
What is egg or embryonic dormancy?