Smells Fishy
Who am I?
Toss Up
Insects
Spiders & Crustaceans
100

Name for fish eggs

Roe

100

I am the largest known fish.

Whale shark

100

The exoskeleton of an arthropod is made up of this.

Chitin
100

This group forms the largest class in the animal kingdom and the largest group of arthropods.

Insects

100

Spiders, ticks, scorpions, and daddy long legs are classified as in this order of Arthropods.

Arachnida (Arachnids)

200
What is egg laying by fish called?

Spawning

200

I am a male in a colony of bees.

Drone

200

How many chambers does a fish’s heart have?

Two

200

The wings of an insect are attached to this body segment.

Thorax

200

The name for the hard outer shell of a crustacean that covers the gills and protects the internal organs.

Carapace

300

What organ allows a fish to sense faint vibrations and pressure changes in the water?

Lateral line

300

I am a fast-moving arthropod that typically has 30-50 legs and has only one pair of legs on each of my body segments.

Centipede

300

A faceted eye composed of many independent lenses and “retinas”

Compound eye

300

An immature form of an insect that looks much like an adult but has different body proportions and lacks wings.

Nymph

300

What is the front body segment of a spider called?

Cephalothorax

400

These are vane-like projections from the front of the fish’s gill arches that protect the gills by straining debris from the water.

Gill rakers

400

I am an insect with piercing-sucking mouthparts and half-wing design.

Bug

400

What is the scientific term for a fish’s gill cover?

Operculum

400

The portion of an insect’s body that contains the heart and much of the digestive, respiratory, and excretory systems.

Abdomen

400

The abdominal appendages of crustaceans are called this.

Swimmerets

500
The name for the median fin on the top of the fish’s body.

Dorsal fin

500

I am an unusual cartilaginous fish that lacks jaws, but I am not a lamphrey.

Hagfish

500

What group of odd-looking cartilaginous fish have gill covers?

Chimaeras

500

A newly hatched treehopper resembles an adult but is smaller and lacks wings. With every molt, the treehopper grows closer to the adult size and shape. It gains wings in the final molt. What kind of metamorphosis does the treehopper undergo?

Incomplete Metamorphosis

500

The name for the leg-like appendages on either side of a spider’s mouth with which it handles its food.

Pedipalps