Spider Behavior and Prey Capture

Spider Behavior and Prey Capture

Assessment

Interactive Video

Biology, Science

6th - 8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Lucas Foster

FREE Resource

The video explains how an orb web spider captures and consumes a bat. The spider creates a sticky web in the bat's flight path, causing the bat to become trapped and go into shock. The spider then examines the bat, wraps it in silk, and delivers multiple bites to ensure its demise.

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5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What strategy does the orb web spider use to catch its prey?

It uses a decoy to lure the bat.

It chases the bat in the air.

It creates a sticky trap in the bat's flight path.

It waits for the bat to land.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What happens to the bat immediately after it hits the spider's web?

It escapes quickly.

It goes into shock.

It fights off the spider.

It flies away unharmed.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the spider's initial reaction after capturing the bat?

It examines the bat.

It immediately starts eating.

It abandons the web.

It releases the bat.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does the spider ensure the bat cannot escape?

By calling other spiders.

By scaring it away.

By tying it with silk.

By letting it go.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the spider's final action to secure its meal?

It moves to another web.

It waits for the bat to die naturally.

It administers multiple bites.

It lets the bat go.