Web Wizards - National Geographic

There are about _________________ kinds of spiders on Earth.

• 40,000

• 4,000

• 400

• 40

Spiders are not an insect.

• true

• false

A spider is an __________________, it has 8 legs.

• arachnid

• insect

Spiders make thin strands called silk that are made in the spider's

• abdomen

• spinnerets

• legs

• head

Many spiders use a _______________ to catch and eat insects and small animals.

• web

• rope

• trap

• trick

Female spiders make a silk egg sac that can hold ________________ of eggs.

• hundreds

• thousands

• millions

a feature or behavior passed down from parents

• abdomen

• arachnid

• inherited trait

• life cycle

to get rid of an old body covering and replace it with a new, slightly larger one

• abdomen

• arachnid

• molt

• spinneret

• orb web

• tangle web

• funnel web

• the net

• orb web

• tangle web

• funnel web

• the net