Arthropods

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Invertebrate animal that have an exoskeleton, segmented body, and paired jointed appendages. Includes insects, arachnids, & crustaceans.

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Arthropod

Question 2

The shedding of old feathers, skins, or shell to make room for new growth

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Molting

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Chemical substance produced and released into the environment by an animal, especially a mammal or an insect, affecting the behavior or physiology of others of its species.

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Pheromones

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Middle section of the body of an insect, between the head and the abdomen, bearing the legs and wings.

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Thorax

Question 5

Segments of an insect’s body behind the thorax.

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Abdomen

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

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Cephalothorax

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Rigid external covering for the body in some invertebrate animals, especially arthropods, providing both support and protection.

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Exoskeleton

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

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Cheliped

Question 9

Slender tubes normally found in the posterior regions of arthropod alimentary canals.

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Malpighean tubes

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Arthropod of the class Arachnida, such as a spider or scorpion.

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Arachnid

Question 11

in an insect or amphibian, the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.

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Metamorphosis

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Large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, woodlice, and barnacles.

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Crustaceans

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Insects or Insecta are hexapod invertebrates and the largest group within the arthropod phylum.

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Insects

Question 14

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

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Antennae

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One of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans, such as shrimp & lobsters. They function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming. Also called pleopod

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Swimmerets

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One of a pair of large green glands in some crustaceans (such as crayfishes) that have an excretory function and open at the bases of the larger antennae.

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Green Glands

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Woodtick

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Arachnid

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Grasshopper

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Insecta

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Butterfly

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Insecta

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Housefly

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Insecta

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Mosquito

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Insecta

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Crab

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Malacostracans

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Lobster

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Makacostracans

Question 24

Spiders

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Arachnid

Question 25

Scorpion

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Arachnid