Phylum Arthropoda General Information

What is the exoskeleton usually made up of?

• Chitin
• Bones
• Cuticle
• Carapace

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Arthropods have this type of circulatory system:

• Square
• None
• Closed
• Open

What is molting?

• The process in which arthropods reproduce
• The process in which arthropods shed their outer covering and grow a larger one.
• The process in which larval forms develop into adult forms
• The process in which arthropods breathe

Lobster, shrimp, and crabs are examples of what group of Arthropods?

• Chilopoda
• Diplopoda
• Crustaceans
• Arachnida

The word 'arthropoda' means...

• eight foot
• jointed foot
• flexible foot
• hard foot

All arthropods have segmented bodies, jointed appendages, and ________________. 

• tails
• lungs
• wings
• an exoskelton

What symmetry to most arthropods display?

• radial
• pentaradial
• bilateral 
• asymmetry

What type of environments do arthropods live?

• Marine
• Freshwater
• Land
• All of the above

What two characteristics do all Arthropods have?

• two legs per body segment
• jointed legs and a cephalothorax
• three body segments and metamorphosis
• jointed legs and segmented bodies

Why do arthropods have to shed their exoskeletons?

• it wears out
• they don't shed
• it limits the size they can grow
• to go from water to land environments