Arthropod Vocab

Question 1

Insects, spiders, and crustaceans belong to this group.

Answer 1

Arthropod

Question 2

In relation to this chapter, it means to shed an old shell.

Answer 2

Molting

Question 3

A chemical substance produced and released into the environment by an animal.

Answer 3

Pheromones

Question 4

The part of the body of a mammal between the head and the abdomen.

Answer 4

Thorax

Question 5

The posterior part of the body of an arthropod. Located behind the thorax.

Answer 5

Abdomen

Question 6

The fused head and thorax of spiders and other chelicerate arthropods.

Answer 6

Cephalothorax

Question 7

A rigid external covering for the body.

Answer 7

Exoskeleton

Question 8

One of the pair of legs that bears the large chelae in decapod crustaceans.

Answer 8

Cheliped

Question 9

A tubular excretory organ.

Answer 9

Malpighean Tubes

Question 10

An invertebrate animal in the phylum arthropoda. Often thought of in regard to spiders.

Answer 10

Arachnid

Question 11

An eight-legged predatory arachnid.

Answer 11

Spiders

Question 12

The process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.

Answer 12

Metamorphosis

Question 13

Crabs, lobsters, shrimp, and barnacles belong to this group.

Answer 13

Crustaceans

Question 14

These have an exoskeleton, a three-part body, three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and one pair of antennae.

Answer 14

Insects

Question 15

A pair of long, thin sensory appendages on the heads of insects.

Answer 15

Antennae

Question 16

A terrestrial arachnid with lobsterlike pincers and a poisonous sting at the end of a long, segmented tail.

Answer 16

Scorpion

Question 17

Another form of pleopod.

Answer 17

Swimmerets

Question 18

A pair of glands in some crustaceans near the base of a large antennae.

Answer 18

Green Glands

Question 19

Any of several ixodid ticks.

Answer 19

Woodtick

Question 20

A plant-eating insect with long hind legs that are used for jumping and producing a chirping sound.

Answer 20

Grasshopper

Question 21

An insect with two pairs of large wings that are covered with tiny scales and are usually brightly colored.

Answer 21

Butterfly

Question 22

A common small fly occurring worldwide in and around human habitation.

Answer 22

Housefly

Question 23

A slender long-legged fly with aquatic larvae. Feeds on blood.

Answer 23

Mosquito

Question 24

A crustacean with a broad carapace, stalking eyes, and five pairs of limbs with one pair being pincers.

Answer 24

Crab

Question 25

A large marine crustacean with a cylindrical body, stalked eyes, and the first of its five pairs of limbs modified as pincers.

Answer 25

Lobster