Creepy-Crawlies
Insects and spiders are two examples of this?
arthropods
A spider's web is made of __________________.
silk
The top part of the insect where its antennas are located.
the head
The tube that a butterfly uses to suck up its food.
Spiders are examples of ______________.
arachnids
What is the largest group of arthropods?
Insects
There are three ways that spiders often catch food. Name two of them.
Hunting, trapping, and web building.
The bottom part of the spider where digestion takes place.
abdomen
The hard outer covering of an insect.
The exoskeleton
Spiders have _____________legs.
8 or 4 sets of legs
People should care for and protect insects like honey bees, because they help __________________ the plants on the earth.
pollinate
________________ and __________________ are examples of venomous spiders.
black widows and brown recluses
The top part of the spider where the legs are located.
cephalothorax
In an insect, digestion occurs in what section of its body?
abdomen
Insects have _____________ legs.
6 or 3 sets of legs
A ________________has a backbone.
vertabrate
The silk that a spider produces comes from the _________________ on their abdomen.
spinnerets
The middle part of the insect, where the legs are located.
the thorax
When an arthropod outgrows its exoskeleton, it must _______________.
molt
Some insects live in groups called_______________.
colonies
An insect becomes an adult through a process called___________________.
metamorphosis
Spiders use their _________________ to hold and envenomate theor prey.
pedipalps
the abdomen
________________ is the knowledge or skill an animal is born with.
instinct
________________ metamorphosis has 3 steps, egg, nymph, and adult.
incomplete metamorphosis