Observing God's World Test 3

Question 1

an invertebrate that has an external skeleton, a segmented body, and jointed appendages

Answer 1

arthropod

Question 2

the tough material from which the external skeleton is made

Answer 2

chitin

Question 3

a transformation in appearance which most insects to through

Answer 3

metamorphosis

Question 4

the process in which an insect sheds its external skeleton

Answer 4

molting

Question 5

an animal that is active at night

Answer 5

nocturnal animal

Question 6

the tiny sensitive hairs on a spider’s body

Answer 6

setae

Question 7

scientists who study insects

Answer 7

entomologists

Question 8

the process of arranging animals or other things into groups according to their similarities

Answer 8

classification

Question 9

the percent of arthropods that belong to the class of insects

Answer 9

90%

Question 10

the number of distinct body regions of an insect

Answer 10

three

Question 11

the tublike structures with which spiders squirt out long, thin streams of liquid silk

Answer 11

spinnerets

Question 12

helps the insect feel, hear, and taste

Answer 12

antennae

Question 13

the number of pairs of jointed legs that an insect has

Answer 13

three

Question 14

the name of the insect when it is resting in its chrysalis or cocoon

Answer 14

pupa

Question 15

the stages of incomplete metamorphosis

Answer 15

egg, nymph, and adult

Question 16

the two classification names that are used in an animal’s scientific name

Answer 16

genus and species

Question 17

useful arachnid with one body section; eight long, scrawny legs; and an appetite for plant lice and other insect pests

Answer 17

daddy longlegs

Question 18

a parasite that may cause mange in animals or scabies in humans

Answer 18

mite

Question 19

an arachnid that has a long tail with a poisonous, needlelike point on the end

Answer 19

scorpion

Question 20

order name of the beetle

Answer 20

coleoptera

Question 21

order of the true bug

Answer 21

Hemiptera

Question 22

order of the social insect

Answer 22

Hymenoptera

Question 23

order of the butterfly

Answer 23

Lepidoptera

Question 24

order of the moth

Answer 24

Lepidoptera

Question 25

order of the dragonfly

Answer 25

Odonata

Question 26

order of the fly

Answer 26

Diptera

Question 27

number of legs of a spider

Answer 27

eight

Question 28

the two distinct body regions of a spider

Answer 28

abdomen and cephalothorax

Question 29

the means by which spiders breathe

Answer 29

book lungs

Question 30

the practice of young spiders leaving the nest by sailing away on silk strands

Answer 30

ballooning

Question 31

the spider that weaves a sheet web on a small portion of the ground

Answer 31

platform spider

Question 32

the spider that makes a net small enough to hold between its legs

Answer 32

ogre-faced spider

Question 33

the spider that sometimes digs a hole in the ground, lines it with silk, and builds a trap door for it

Answer 33

trap-door spider

Question 34

the spider that spends its entire life underwater

Answer 34

water spider

Question 35

the spider that is the largest in the world

Answer 35

tarantula

Question 36

the very poisonous spider with a dark violin-shaped mark on its body

Answer 36

brown recluse