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Arachnids

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many legs do arachnids have?

a)

four legs

b)

six legs

c)

eight legs

d)

ten legs

2.

Which of the following is NOT an arachnid?

a)

tick

b)

spider

c)

scorpion

d)

grasshopper

3.

Most spiders have:

a)

two eyes

b)

six eyes

c)

eight eyes

d)

no eyes

4.

Baby spiders are called:

a)

kids

b)

spiderlings

c)

goslings

d)

clumps

5.

Spiders are:

a)

oviparous (egg-laying)

b)

viviparous (have live babies)

6.

Arachnids have an exoskeleton (outside skeleton).

a)

true

b)

false

7.

Arachnids are:

a)

vertebrates

b)

invertebrates

8.

All spiders have:

a)

teeth

b)

antennae

c)

fangs

d)

bad attitudes

9.

Spiders use their silk for:

a)

building webs to trap food

b)

wrapping up their eggs sacs

c)

wrapping up their prey

d)

all of these

10.

All spiders have:

a)

two body parts

b)

three body parts

c)

four body parts

11.

Arachnids are mostly:

a)

carnivorous (meat-eating)

b)

herbivorous (plant-eating)

c)

omnivorous (eat both meat and plants)

12.

This spider is Australia’s most venomous. What is it?

a)

Brazilian Wandering Spider

b)

Funnel Web Spider

c)

Flower Spider

d)

Huntsman spider

13.

The arachnid family is named for Arachne, a woman who challenged the goddess Athena and was transformed into a spider. This is from:

a)

Norse mythology

b)

Greek Mythology

c)

Celtic Mythology

d)

Egyptian Mythology

14.

As spiders grow, they shed their skin. This is called:

a)

mining

b)

moulting

c)

milking

d)

misting