Spider Silk Quiz

What is the main material used to make spider webs?

• Cotton

• Polyester

• Nylon

• Spider Silk

What feature of spider silk allows some spiders to glide through the air?

• Stickiness

• Lightweight

• Stretchiness

• Strength

What trait of spider silk allows the spitting spider to catch its prey?

• Lightweight

• Stretchiness

• Stickiness

• Strength

How do diving bell spiders use their silk to survive underwater?

• To build a waterproof net

• To trap insects

• To make strong webs

• To glide through the air

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What is the special trait of Darwin's bark spider silk that allows it to build large webs?

• Strength

• Stickiness

• Lightweight

• Stretchiness

What determines the different uses of spider silk?

• The spider's habitat

• The protein molecules in the silk

• The spider's color

• The spider's size

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What is the purpose of the protein molecules in spider silk?

• To provide color to the silk

• To make the silk stretchy

• To determine the silk's traits

• To make the silk sticky

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What is the function of gossamer silk?

• To glide through the air

• To build strong webs

• To spit at prey

• To trap insects

What is the trait of spider silk that allows oxygen to pass through while keeping water out?

• Stickiness

• Stretchiness

• Strength

• Lightweight

What is the main purpose of spider silk for the diving bell spider?

• To build strong webs

• To create an air-filled chamber underwater

• To glide through the air

• To trap insects