Groups of Arthropods

Question 1

arthropod

Answer 1

• organisms that have jointed feet

Question 2

crustaceans

Answer 2

• they generally live in the ocean
• they sometimes have a shell
• they usually have an exoskeleton that is waterproof

Question 3

millipedes and centipedes

Answer 3

• they have many legs
• millipedes eat plants
• centipedes eat other insects
• they have an exoskeleton that is not waterproof

Question 4

arachnids

Answer 4

• they have eight legs and tow body sections
• they can be venomous
• some are parasites

Question 5

trilobites

Answer 5

• extinct marine arthropod
• earliest known insect/arthropod
• they had gills