Arthropod 101
The hard outer covering of all Arthropods.
What is an EXOSKELETON?
Insects all have this many body segments.
What is 3
When you get a sunburn, you might be compared to this very large Crustacean with large front claws.
What is a lobster
Arachnids include scorpions, ticks, mites and this example who many have a fear of.
What is spider
The type of symmetry shown by Arthropods
What is bilateral symmetry
They may have only 2, or maybe 3 or possibly many more, but all Arthropod bodies contain these.
What are Body Segments
Insects all have this many legs, more than humans, but less than arachnids and crustaceans!
What is 6 legs.
Crustaceans only have 2 body segments. An abdomen, and a combined head and 2nd segment called this.
What is cephalothorax
This common arthropod feature is actually missing in Arachnids.
What are antennae
Grasshoppers and Bumble bees belong to this Arthropod Class.
What is insects.
Legs, Antennae, Wings, and Mouthparts of Arthropods can all be jointed and share this name.
what are Appendages
Insects were the first organism to perform this amazing action.
What is flying
What is 10
The number of legs Arachnids have.
What is 8
If a new Arthropod species is discovered that is lacking antennae, contains 2 body segments and 8 legs, which class would you classify it in?
What is an Arachnid
Insects have 2, Arachnids have none, and Crustaceans have 4!
What are Antennae.
The body segment in insects where all legs are attached.
What is the Thorax
The number of antennae crustaceans have differs from other Arthropods, like Insects. Insects have 2, Crustaceans have???
What is 4
Some arachnids like spiders have specialized appendages that make webs called this.
What is spinnerets
The life cycle of complete Metamorphosis
What is egg, larva, pupa, adult?
The exoskeleton of all Arthropods is made out of this, the same material as a Fungi's cell wall and human finger nails!
What is Chitin
An insect that lives in a 3 caste society with workers, drones, and a queen.
What is the honeybee?
Scorpions and lobsters are both crustaceans, both eat with their chelicerae, both have pincers to hold their prey but the scorpion has this in its tail?
What is poision
This arachnid can potentially transmit Lyme Disease
Insects were the first organism to preform this amazing action.
What is fly