WorksheetsKINGDOM ANIMALIA: PHYLUM ARTHROPODA
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What allows for the growth of arthropods?
a)
growth of the endoskeleton as the body grows
b)
Molting of the exoskeleton
c)
They don't grow
2.
What is the exoskeleton usually made up of?
a)
Chitin
b)
Bones
c)
Cuticle
d)
Carapace
3.
Which of the following does not characterize artropods?
a)
An exoskeleton
b)
An open circulatory system
c)
An incomplete digestive tract
d)
Segmentation
4.
True or False: Cephalothorax is the joining of head, thorax and abdomen.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
Characteristics of Phylum Arthopoda:
a)
segmented, coelomate, bilateral symmetry, exoskeleton, jointed appendages
b)
true segmentation, coelomate, parapodium
c)
endoskeleton, unbranced appendages, no segmentation, acoelomate
d)
3 pair of legs, 3 body segments, exoskeleton, trachae
6.
One advantage of joints is that they __.
a)
allow powerful movements.
b)
can only be used in walking.
c)
allows molting to occur.
d)
provides protection.
7.
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
8.
The exoskeleton protects and supports internal tissues and provides for __.
a)
the attachment of muscles.
b)
living under water.
c)
exchange of gases.
d)
flexibility
9.
The three body segments of an arthropods body are:
a)
Head, thorax and abdomen
b)
Head, cephalothorax and abdomen
c)
cephalothorax, appendages and abdomen
d)
Cephalothorax and abdomen
10.
Contains many lenses and enables an animal to analyze a fast-changing landscape.
a)
compound eye
b)
simple eye
c)
antennule
d)
pedipalp
11.
Has only one lens, and is used for detecting light.
a)
simple eye
b)
compound eye
c)
typanum
d)
ganglia
12.
Arthropods have an __ circulatory system.
a)
open
b)
closed
13.
Arthropods are coelomate organisms. The coelom have been replaced with
a)
lymphatic fluid
b)
blood
c)
haemocoelom
14.
Example of organism in Phylum Arthropoda is
a)
Achatina sp.
b)
Valanga sp.
c)
Asterias sp.
d)
Obelia sp.
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