Creepy Crawlies
A centipede has this many pairs of legs on most body segments.
What is one?
The process of transformation which insects undergo.
What is metamorphosis?
The smallest crab.
What is a pea crab?
When the head and thorax are joined together, the body region is called this.
What is cephalothorax?
The structure that surrounds a cell and protects it.
What is a cell membrane?
A pair of legs closest to this part of the centipede is always poisonous.
What is the mouth?
The chemical process by which a plant produces food.
What is photosynthesis?
The crab whose shell covers only the front part of its body.
What is a hermit crab?
Most crustaceans breath with these.
What are gills?
The threadlike structures in a cell that determine the characteristics of the organism and how it runs.
What are chromosomes?
Worms are not an arthropod because they does not have this.
What is an exoskeleton?
This is the green pigment that gives a green plant its color.
What is chlorophyll?
The largest crab.
What is the Japanese spider crab?
Most crustaceans have this many body regions.
What is three?
The jellylike fluid that fills a cell.
What is cytoplasm?
The stiff bristles on the body of the earthworm.
What are setae?
A plant that lives only for one season of growth.
What is an annual?
The number of legs a crab has.
What is ten?
Many crustaceans have this many legs.
What is ten?
What is the nucleus?
Earthworms enrich the soil with this.
What are castings?
The smallest green plants.
What are algae?
A semi-nocturnal crab.
What is a ghost crab?
This crustacean cements itself to an object when it's young.
What is a barnacle?
Small structures in a cell surrounded by a membrane and have specific functions.
What are organelles?
By releasing poison through the stink glands along the side of its body near its many legs this animal defends itself.
What is a millipede?
A tree with smooth, papery bark that peels off in thin layers.
What is a birch?
The group crabs belong in is this.
What is crustaceans?
The group a barnacle belongs in is this.
What is crustaceans?
* The reason cells (and not molecules and atoms) are the smallest living unit.
Why is because molecules and atoms are not alive?