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WorksheetsArthropoda Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which is the only sessile member of the marine arthropods?
a)
Coral
b)
Sponges
c)
Anemones
d)
Barnacles
2.
What is the exoskeleton usually made up of?
a)
Chitin
b)
Bones
c)
Cuticle
d)
Carapace
3.
Arthropods have this type of circulatory system:
a)
Square
b)
None
c)
Closed
d)
Open
4.
What is molting?
a)
The process in which arthropods reproduce
b)
The process in which arthropods shed their outer covering and grow a larger one.
c)
The process in which larval forms develop into adult forms
d)
The process in which arthropods breathe
5.
Lobster, shrimp, and crabs are examples of what group of Arthropods?
a)
Chilopoda
b)
Diplopoda
c)
Crustaceans
d)
Arachnida
6.
The word 'arthropoda' means...
a)
eight foot
b)
jointed foot
c)
flexible foot
d)
hard foot
7.
All arthropods have segmented bodies, jointed appendages, and ________________.
a)
tails
b)
lungs
c)
wings
d)
an exoskelton
8.
The nickname for a male blue crab is _______________.
a)
Sook
b)
Sally
c)
Johnny
d)
Jimmy
9.
The crab pictured is
a)
Male
b)
Female
10.
A mature female blue crab is called a
a)
Suzie
b)
Sally
c)
Sook
d)
Sarah
11.
A sponge crab is
a)
A crab that has a soft shell after molting
b)
A female crab with an attached egg sac
c)
A crab in larval form
d)
A dead crab
12.
Blue crabs are decopods meaning that they have ___________ appendages
a)
6
b)
8
c)
10
d)
12
13.
This guy is in what class of the Arthropods
a)
Arachnida
b)
Merostomata
c)
Crustacea
d)
Insecta
14.
What Arthropod has the greatest biomass of any singles species on Earth.
a)
Insects
b)
Spiders
c)
Krill
d)
Crabs
15.
What symmetry to most arthropods display?
a)
radial
b)
pentaradial
c)
bilateral
d)
asymmetry
16.
The claw appendage of a blue crab is called a
a)
swimmeret
b)
chiliped
c)
carapace
d)
antennules
17.
Blue crabs are called "Callinectes Sapidus." This means
a)
beautiful savory swimmers
b)
swimmer scavengers
c)
savory ugly cannibals
d)
scavengers of the sea
18.
Notice the red tips on the claws of these crabs, making them....
a)
male
b)
female
19.
The first stage of a blue crab is....
a)
juvenile
b)
megalopa
c)
zoea
d)
chilliped
20.
After mating, female crabs migrate __________in the Chesapeake to spawn (raising and releasing eggs).
a)
towards the center
b)
south towards the mouth where its saltier
c)
north towards fresher water
d)
they don't migrate
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