Intro
What does "Podos" mean?
Foot.
What are two characteristics that arthropods have?
Exoskeleton, segmented bodies, jointed appendages, molting, and respiration.
What group are horseshoe crabs closely related to?
Arachnids.
What is the dance that bees use to communicate about food?
Waggle dance.
The word "Arthropod" originated from what language?
Greek
Why do segmented bodies help arthropods?
Helps with the movement and specialization of body parts.
How are Arthropods classified into a group?
Based on traits.
What is the pattern of bees' food dance?
Figure-eight.
What makes "Arthropods" unique?
They have a hard outer shell, called an exoskeleton, and jointed legs/
What are arthropods' jointed appendages used for?
Movement, feeding, sensing, and reproduction.
What are the three main groups of Arthropods?
Crustaceans, Arachnids, and Insects.
What are the three main castes in a beehive?
Workers, Drones, and Queen.
What does "Arthropod" mean?
Jointed foot.
Molting.
What is the habitat of Crustaceans?
Mostly aquatic (ocean and freshwater), some land-dwelling.
What are the three roles in an ant colony?
non-reproductive females (workers), males (mating with the queen), and the Queen.
Arthropods make up what percent of all known animal species?
75%
What is their exoskeleton made of?
Chitin.
What are 2 examples of arachnids?
Spiders, scorpions, ticks, and mites.
How many bees live in a highly organized hive?
Up to 70,000.