Invertebrates
Invertebrates have backbones. True/False?
A. True B. False
False
There are more species of insects than any other type of animal on the planet. True/False?
A. True B. False
True
True/False: Spiders and Insects both lay eggs and have an exoskeleton.
A. True B. False
True
True/ False: Barnacles and Roly-Polies are crustaceans, just like lobsters and crabs.
A. True B. False
True
"____________" refers to any invertebrate animals that don't have legs.
A. Snake B. Bugs C. Worm
Worm
Write down the invertebrates:
A. Crab B. Spider C. Snake
A. Crab B. Spider
All insects have ____ legs connected to their thorax.
A. 6 B. 8 C. 11
6
Arachnids like spiders have ____ legs.
A. 4 B. 8 C. 11
8
Crustaceans live throughout the world, mainly in the ________.
A. Air B. Ground C. Water
Water
What is it called when an animal sheds its shell or skin to grow bigger?
A. Peeling B. Dying C. Molting
Molting
Over ____% of all the animal species on Earth are invertebrates.
A. 2 B. 96 C. 100
96
All insects have a pair of _____________ on their head which they can feel with.
A. Antennae B. Socks C. Ears
Antennae
Unlike insects, Spiders do NOT have antenna or _________.
A. Eyes B. Fangs C. Wings
Wings
Crustaceans like crabs have a hard exoskeleton or _________.
A. Shell B. Teeth C. Eyeball
Shell
What do you call the hard outside part of insects, spiders, and crustaceans?
A. Bones B. Endoskeleton C. Exoskeleton
Exoskeleton
Invertebrates do not have any spine bones, AKA ________________.
A. Brains B. Teeth C. Vertebrae
Vertebrae
_______insects live in large groups and work together. For example: bees, ants, wasps, and termites.
A. Mean B. Social C. Communist
Social
Besides spiders, what other animals are arachnids?
A. Scorpions B. Insects C. Crabs
Scorpions
To reproduce or have babies, crustaceans _____________.
A. Lay eggs B. Lay shells C. Have live young
Lay eggs
What do you call an animal that can live inside you or suck your blood?
A. Crustacean B. Mammal C. Parasite
Parasite
Invertebrates with joints and an exoskeleton are called ________________. (like insects, spiders, and crabs)
A. Reptiles B. Bees C. Arthropods
Arthropods
The study of insects is called ____________.
A. Microbiology B. Entomology C. Arachnids
Entomology
Write down or draw a species of venomous spider that lives in Mississippi.
Black widow, wolf spider, brown recluse, yellow sac spider.
Draw or write down a crustacean.
Crab, Lobster, Shrimp, Crawfish, Rolly-Polly, Barnacle, Sand Flea.
The word ___________ comes from a Greek word meaning spider.
A. Monkey B. Venomous C. Arachnid
Arachnid