Chapter 2 Review

Question 1

The knowledge or skills that an animal is born with are called ____.

Answer 1

instincts

Question 2

Insects and spiders are two common kinds of ___.

Answer 2

arthropods

Question 3

Insects become adults through a change in form called ___.

Answer 3

metamorphosis

Question 4

Some insects, such as ants, live together in a group called a ___.

Answer 4

colony

Question 5

A spider’s web is made of ___.

Answer 5

silk

Question 6

True or False

Arthropods have jointed legs

Answer 6

true

Question 7

True or False

All insects have chewing mouthparts

Answer 7

false

Question 8

True or False

Hunting and trapping are two ways spiders may get food.

Answer 8

true

Question 9

True or False

Spiders eat insects

Answer 9

true

Question 10

True or False

Both spiders and insects have antennae

Answer 10

false

Question 11

True or False

Black widow and brown recluse spiders are poisonous

Answer 11

true

Question 12

Animals without backbones are called ___.

Answer 12

invertebrates

Question 13

The hard outside covering of an arthropod is its ____.

Answer 13

exoskeleton

Question 14

The largest group of arthropods is ___.

Answer 14

insects

Question 15

The three body parts of an insect are the ______.

Answer 15

head, thorax, and abdomen

Question 16

What are types of protection that insects have?

Answer 16

exoskeleton, camouflage, tasting bitter, smelling bad, mimicry, speed, stinging and biting

Question 17

How are spiders different than insects?

Answer 17

spiders only have 2 body sections, has 8 legs instead of 6, and does not have antennae or wings

Question 18

Label stages of incomplete metamorphosis of grasshopper

Answer 18

egg - nymph - adult

Question 19

Label stages of complete metamorphosis of a butterfly

Answer 19

egg- larva- pupa - adult