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Arthropods Review

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does letter A represent?
a)
cephalothorax
b)
abdomen
c)
chelicerae
d)
thorax
2.
What does letter D represent?
a)
chelicerae
b)
cheliped
c)
pedipalps
d)
thorax
3.
What does letter B represent?
a)
spinnerets
b)
abdomen
c)
chelicerae
d)
pedipalps
4.
What does letter G represent?
a)
cephalothorax
b)
abdomen
c)
trunk
d)
body
5.
What is the purpose of number 7?
a)
defense against predators
b)
transfer sperm
c)
deposit eggs
d)
manipulate silk
6.
What does number 7 represent?
a)
spinnerets
b)
capitulum
c)
ovipositor
d)
antennae
7.
What does number 6 represent?
a)
legs
b)
cheliped
c)
wings
d)
pedipalps
8.
What does number 4 represent?
a)
abdomen
b)
head
c)
thorax
d)
cephalothorax
9.
What does number 13 represent?
a)
abdomen
b)
head
c)
thorax
d)
cephalothorax
10.
What does number 9 represent?
a)
abdomen
b)
head
c)
thorax
d)
cephalothorax
11.
What does number 3 represent?
a)
compound eye
b)
complex eye
c)
simple eye
d)
ocelli
12.
What does number 5 represent?
a)
tympanic membrane
b)
thorax
c)
walking leg
d)
ocelli
13.
What does number 1 represent?
a)
antennae
b)
antennules
c)
compound eyes
d)
ocelli
14.
What do numbers 5 and 7 represent?
a)
cephalothorax
b)
abdomen
c)
trunk
d)
head
15.
What does number 8 represent?
a)
cephalothorax
b)
abdomen
c)
trunk
d)
head
16.
What does number 2 represent?
a)
walking legs
b)
antennae
c)
cheliped
d)
antennules
17.
What does number 3 represent?
a)
walking legs
b)
antennae
c)
cheliped
d)
antennules
18.
What does number 6 represent?
a)
walking legs
b)
antennae
c)
cheliped
d)
antennules
19.
What does number 1 represent?
a)
compound eyes
b)
antennae
c)
green glands
d)
antennules
20.
What does letter F represent?
a)
compound eyes
b)
simple eyes
c)
complex eyes
d)
photophores
21.
What does letter C and E represent?
a)
chelicerae
b)
pedipalps
c)
spinnerets
d)
walking legs
22.
What is the purpose of antennae?
a)
food handling
b)
sperm transfer
c)
sensory reception
d)
hearing
23.
What arthropod does not have mandibles or antennae; has chelicerae and pedipalps, 4 pairs of walking legs?
a)
insects
b)
crustaceans
c)
chelicerates
d)
trilobites
24.
What aquatic arthropod has two pairs of antennae, mandibles, and appendages for walking or swimming?
a)
insects
b)
crustaceans
c)
chelicerates
d)
trilobites
25.
What arthropod has a head, thorax, and abdomen; 3 pairs of walking legs; most have 2 pairs of wings?
a)
insects
b)
crustaceans
c)
chelicerates
d)
trilobites
26.
Hard, dorsal shield
a)
carapace
b)
plastron
c)
exoskeleton
d)
cephalothorax
27.
First pair of walking legs in decapods; can form pincers
a)
chelicerae
b)
cheliped
c)
pedipalps
d)
maxillae
28.
Leg-like feeding appendages of chelicerates
a)
chelicerae
b)
cheliped
c)
pedipalps
d)
maxillae
29.
Specialized mouthparts of chelicerates; can form fangs
a)
chelicerae
b)
cheliped
c)
pedipalps
d)
maxillae
30.
Specialized region of an arthropod's body that houses respiratory, reproductive, and digestive organs
a)
head
b)
thorax
c)
cephalothorax
d)
abdomen
31.
Fused head and body region
a)
head
b)
thorax
c)
cephalothorax
d)
abdomen
32.
drastic change in dietary needs and appearance from larval stage to adult; includes a pupal stage
a)
complete metamorphosis
b)
incomplete metamorphosis
c)
direct development
d)
paedomorphic
33.
Young develop inside the female's body nourished by the female's body
a)
oviparous
b)
ovoviparous
c)
viviparous
d)
marsupials
34.
Eggs develop inside the female's body attached to a yolk sac
a)
oviparous
b)
ovoviparous
c)
viviparous
d)
marsupials
35.
Eggs develop externally; typically without parental care
a)
oviparous
b)
ovoviparous
c)
viviparous
d)
marsupials
36.
Photoreceptors cells; sense light and dark
a)
compound eyes
b)
complex eyes
c)
ocelli
d)
simple eyes
37.
Eyes that see multiple images
a)
compound eyes
b)
complex eyes
c)
ocelli
d)
simple eyes
38.
Excretory structures of crayfish; function like our kidneys
a)
green glands
b)
maxillary glands
c)
nephridia
d)
malpighian tubules
39.
grains of sand in a crustacean's head that sense balance
a)
statocysts
b)
mechanoreceptors
c)
tympanic membrane
d)
chemoreceptors
40.
What muscles are responsible for fast movements in animals?
a)
striated muscles
b)
cardiac muscles
c)
smooth muscles
d)
visceral muscles
41.
What causes the arthropod's old exoskeleton to split along fissure lines?
a)
anger management issues
b)
enzymes
c)
increased internal pressure
d)
hormones
42.
What is responsible for dissolving the inner layer of an arthropod's old exoskeleton?
a)
enzymes
b)
stomach acids
c)
increased water absorption
d)
hormones
43.
External skeleton secreted by the cuticle; protects the soft insides of an arthropod and allows for muscle attachment
a)
cuticular exoskeleton
b)
cartilaginous endoskeleton
c)
bone endoskeleton
d)
calcium carbonate exoskeleton
44.
Which of the following is true about arthropods?
a)
They have a closed circulatory system.
b)
They have an open circulatory system.
c)
They have nephridia.
d)
They have an endoskeleton made of cartilage or bone.
45.
Flexible and movable structures that give arthropods their name; these structures are used in feeding, sensory, defense, and locomotion
a)
jointed appendages
b)
tagmata
c)
head
d)
thorax
46.
Specialized fused segments of an arthropod's body
a)
jointed appendages
b)
tagmata
c)
head
d)
thorax