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Artropods

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the ancestor of arthropods?

a)

Birds

b)

Segmented worms

c)

Sea Sponges

d)

Symmetrical Folictricals

2.

Which is the correct description of an arthropod's body?

a)

A furry coat with large fangs

b)

An interior skeleton with leathery skin

c)

Two or more separate segments that have a hard outer cover with appendages

d)

An eight legged animal with mandibals

3.

Which three characteristics do arthropods have

a)

Fur, Eyes, and Paws

b)

Jointed segments, an exoskeleton, and body cavities

c)

Claws, Leathery Skin, and Gills

d)

Eat, Breath, and Sleep

4.

What is an exoskeleton?

a)

A hard exterior shell

b)

Thick fur

c)

A skeleton's Ex

d)

The bone underneath your chin

5.

What is molting?

a)

Melting with an "o"

b)

The shedding of an exoskeleton

c)

When an arthropod loses it's legs

d)

A way to make chocolate

6.

How do exoskeletons help the arthropod?

a)

It is used for mating

b)

It helps them hibernate

c)

It looks cool

d)

It acts as protection for the arthropod

7.

Why do arthropods molt?

a)

It happens for no reason

b)

The females don't like the one that they had

c)

The exoskeleton doesn't grow with the arthropod

d)

They are done hibernating

8.

Which of these is an arthropod?

a)

Scropion

b)

Dog

c)

Aligator

d)

Bee

9.
What type of environments do arthropods live?
a)
Marine
b)
Freshwater
c)
Land
d)
All of the above
10.
Spiders, ticks, scorpions all belong to...
a)
Crustacean
b)
Arachanids
c)
Chilopoda
d)
Insecta
11.
What type of symmetry do Arthropods have?
a)
Radial
b)
Bilateral
c)
Asymmetrical
12.
Lobster, shrimp, and crabs are examples of what group of Arthropods?
a)
Chilopoda
b)
Diplopoda
c)
Crustaceans
d)
Arachnida
13.
The hard, flexible exoskeleton of arthropods is made of a substance called ________.
a)
Polycarbonate
b)
Calcium
c)
Nacre
d)
Chitin
14.

Molting is dangerous business since:

a)

it has to occur at the right time

b)

at that time they are vulnerable to predators

c)

it takes a very long time to occur

d)

it releases scents to the water predators can follow easily

15.

Pinchers are called the:

a)

swimmeretts

b)

thorax

c)

chelipeds

d)

mandibles

16.

Decapods have this many legs

a)

4

b)

6

c)

8

d)

10

17.

Barnacles are arthropods that are:

a)

Sessil

b)

Microscopic

c)

Not benthic

d)

Toxic when eaten

18.
What type of circulatory system do Arthropods have?
a)
closed
b)
open
19.
Centipedes are an example of what group of Arthropods?
a)
Chilopoda
b)
Mammalia
c)
Arachnida
d)
Birds
20.
Arachnids are the largest class in the animal kingdom.
a)
true
b)
false