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Characteristics of a Thomisidae

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*Crab spider
* sits on plants
* some can change colors
*Has shorter front legs

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Characteristics of a Lycosidae

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*Wolf Spider
* carries babies on abdomen
*hunting spiders
*posterior eyes are in a box
*walks on water

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Characteristics of an Araneidae

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*Orb Web Spider
*has spiny legs
*has a globular abdomen
*verticle/orb web
*Second Largest family

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Characteristics of a Pisauridae

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*Fisher spider
*carries egg sac on fangs
*typically brown
*walks on water
*both sets of eyes are in a curved row

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Characteristics of a Salticidae

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  • Jumping spider
  • Largest spider family
    *Big anterior median eyes
    *hunting spider
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Characteristics of a Tetragnathidae

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*Long jawed spider
*long chelicerae
*long abdomen
*long fangs

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Characteristics of a Linyphiidae

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*Sheet web spider
*very small (3mm body)

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Characteristics of a Theridiidae

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*Cob web spider
*House spider
*poisonous to humans
*globular abdomen
*no spines on legs
*high abdomen

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Characteristics of a Pholcidae

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*cellar spiders
*six eyed
*maternal and paternal care
*little silk in chelicerae

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Characteristics of an Agelenidae

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  • Funnel Web spider
    *really long spinnerets
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11
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Two parts of a spider

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cephalothorax and abdomen

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12
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What is ballooning

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when baby spiders spread silk and fly in the air

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13
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What is the line spiders leave behind to keep from falling?

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Drag line

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14
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What is the name for baby spiders?

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Spiderlings

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15
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What is an exoskeleton?

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The outside skeleton of spiders

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16
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What is molting?

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When a spider sheds its skeleton

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17
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What are pedipalps for?

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Sensory for male spiders

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18
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What kingdom are spiders in?

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Animalia

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19
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What phylum are spiders in?

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Arthropoda

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20
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What class are spiders in?

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Arachnida

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21
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What order are spiders in?

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Aranae

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22
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What are apodemes?

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Where the muscles attach on a spider

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23
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What kind of appendages do spiders have?

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Jointed appendages (helps them move)

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24
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How many tagma do spiders have?

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Two

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25
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What is tagmosis?

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Segments fused into functional regions

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26
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What is a tagma

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The functional part

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27
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What are the four subphylums?

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Crustacea, Myriapoda, Hexapoda, and Chelicerata

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28
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What animals are apart of subphylum crustacea?

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Crab, Lobsters, Shrimp, Crawfish, and Rollie Pollies

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What animals are apart of subphylum myriapoda?

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Centipedes and Millipedes

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30
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What animals are apart of subphylum hexapoda?

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Insects

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31
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What are the chelicerae?

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Base and fangs

32
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What are the pedipalps for?

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Sensory and reproduction

33
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What order is the scorpion in?

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Scorpiones

34
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What order are mites in?

35
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What order are daddy long legs in?

36
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What are the two suborders?

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Libidognatha and Orthognatha

37
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What is an egg sac?

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Where baby spiders lay

38
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What is the epigynum?

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The reproduction area of female spiders

39
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What are book lungs?

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Where spiders breathe on their abdomen

40
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What is the upper part of the spider called?

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Dorsal view

41
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What is the bottom part of the spider called?

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Ventral view

42
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What are the Anterior eyes?

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The front eyes

43
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What are the Posterior eyes?

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The back eyes

44
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What are the median eyes?

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The middle eyes

45
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What are the lateral eyes?

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The outside eyes

46
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What is desicitation?

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Lost of moisture

47
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What is in the foregut?

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Esophagus and the stomach

48
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What happens in the midgut?

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Absorption occurs

49
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What kind of digestion do spiders have?

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External digestion

50
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How do spiders taste?

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With their esophagus and hairs

51
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What is used to prevent back flow?

52
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Do spiders have an open or closed circulatory system?

53
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What is the main tube in spiders?

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The Dorsal vessel

54
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What is spider blood called?

55
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What is the oxygen transport pigment?

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Hemocyanin

56
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How many book lungs do primitive spiders have?

57
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How many book lungs do advanced spiders have?

58
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What are the two parts of the Dorsal Vessel?

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Heart and Aortia

59
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Where is the hemocoel?

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In the abdomen

60
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What is the ostia?

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Holes in the tubes of the dorsal vessel

61
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How does blood flow?

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From the heart to the aorta

62
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What lets oxygen into the trachael system?

63
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How many book lungs do orthognatha have?

64
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How many book lungs do labidognatha have?

65
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Who is sperm priority in orthognatha?

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The last male

66
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Who is sperm priority in labidognatha?

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The first male

67
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What ganglion is the brain? and also above?

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Supraesophageal

68
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What ganglion is below? and in the legs?

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Subesophageal

69
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What is the top part of the cephalothorax?

70
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What is the bottom part of the cephalothorax?

71
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What is the lower lip called on the spider?

72
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What doubles as the maxilla?

73
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Which spider has six eyes?

74
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What are the pedipalps attached to?

A

The tarsus

75
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What is ballooning silk called?

76
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What is swathing?

A

How spiders wrap their prey

77
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What is the name of Charles Robert Darwin’s 1859 book?

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On the Origin of Species by means of natural selection or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life

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