Arthropod vocab

Question 1

Invertebrate animal in the phylum of arthropoda

Answer 1

arthropod

Question 2

when an arthropod sheds its skin to be able to grow

Answer 2

molting

Question 3

a chemical substance produced and released into the environment by an arthropod causing a smell that effects other arthropods

Answer 3

pheromones

Question 4

midsection of the body

Answer 4

thorax

Question 5

abdomen is the posterior most of the segments

Answer 5

abdomen

Question 6

the head and the thorax fused together

Answer 6

cephalothorax

Question 7

when the skeleton is on the outside instead of the inside

Answer 7

exoskeleton

Question 8

one of the pair of legs that bears the large chelae in decapod crustaceans

Answer 8

cheliped

Question 9

tubular excretory organ

Answer 9

Malpighean tubes

Question 10

spiders, scorpions, etc…

Answer 10

Arachnid

Question 11

arachnid

Answer 11

spiders

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Metamorphosis

Question 13

crabs, lobsters, etc…

Answer 13

crustaceans

Question 14

mosquitoes, flies, dragonflies, etc…

Answer 14

insects

Question 15

a pair of long, thin sensory appendages on the heads of insects, crustaceans, and some other arthropods

Answer 15

antennae

Question 16

arachnid

Answer 16

scorpions

Question 17

forked swimming limb of a crustacean, five pairs of which are typically attached to the abdomen, like on a shrimp

Answer 17

swimmerets

Question 18

an excretory function and open at the bases of the larger antennae

Answer 18

greenglands

Question 19

arachnid

Answer 19

woodtick

Question 20

insect

Answer 20

grasshopper

Question 21

insect

Answer 21

butterfly

Question 22

insect

Answer 22

housefly

Question 23

insect

Answer 23

mosquito

Question 24

crustacean

Answer 24

crab

Question 25

crustacean

Answer 25

lobster