arthropod vocab

Question 1

arthropod

Answer 1

an inveterate animal of the large phylum

Question 2

molting

Answer 2

shed of feathers ,hair or an old shell to make way for a new growth

Question 3

pheromones

Answer 3

a chemical substance produced and released into the environment by an animal

Question 4

thorax

Answer 4

a part of the body of a mammal between the neck and the abdomen

Question 5

abdomen

Answer 5

the part of the body of a vertebrate containing the digestive organs

Question 6

cephalothorax

Answer 6

a fused head and thorax of spiders and other chelicerate arthropods

Question 7

exoskeleton

Answer 7

a rigid external covering for the body in some invertbrate aniamls

Question 8

cheliped

Answer 8

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

Question 9

malpighean tubes

Answer 9

a tubular excretory organ numbers which open into the gut in inscets and some other arthropods

Question 10

arachnid

Answer 10

an arthropd of the class arachinida such as spider or scorpion

Question 11

spiders

Answer 11

eight legged predatory arachnid with unsegmented body

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metamorphosis

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the process of transformation from immature form to adult form

Question 13

crustaceans

Answer 13

`an arthropod of the large main aquatic group crustacea

Question 14

insects

Answer 14

small arthropod animal that has six legs and generally one or two pairs of wings

Question 15

antennae

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a pair of long thin sensory appendage on the heads of insects

Question 16

scorpions

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terrestrial arachnid with lobster like pincers and poisoning skin

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swimmerets

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forked swimming limb of crustacean five pairs of which are typically attached to the abdomen

Question 18

green glands

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open at the bases of the larger antennae

Question 19

wood tick

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a widely distributed tick of western moth america that is a vector of rocky mounting spotted fever

Question 20

grasshopper

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plant eating insect with long hind legs that are used for jumping

Question 21

butterfly

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insect with two pairs of large wings that are covered with tiny scales

Question 22

housefly

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common small fly occurring worldwide

Question 23

mosquito

Answer 23

slender long legged fly with aquatic larvae

Question 24

crab

Answer 24

a crustacean with broad carapace stalked eyes and five pairs of legs

Question 25

lobster

Answer 25

large marine crustacean with cylindrical body stalked eyes