Worksheet 13-3 Arthropods

Name _____________________________ HR __________ Score __________

1. There are more than a ___________________ different species of arthropods.

2. What is the largest group of animals?

3. The word arthropod means:

4. Name 4 possible appendages that arthropods may have:

A.
B.
C.
D.

5. What type of symmetry do arthropods have?

6. Most arthropods reproduce ___________________________.

7. Arthropod bodies are divided into _______________________________.

8. What is an exoskeleton?

9. Define “molting”:

10. More species of _______________________ exist than all other animal groups combined.

11. There are more than _____________________ species of insects.

12. Identify the 3 major body regions of an insect:

A.
B.
C.

13. An insect head has a pair of _____________________________.

14. What are the two types of eyes that insects have:
A.
B.

15. How many pairs of legs do insects have?

16. What is the total number of legs that insects have?

17. How many pairs of wings do insects have?

18. What type of circulatory system do insects have?

19. How do insects get their oxygen?

20. Define “metamorphosis”:

21. What are the stages of incomplete metamorphosis?

A.
B.
C.

22. What are the stages of complete metamorphosis?

A.
B.
C.
D.

23. Name 4 examples of Arachnids:

A.
B.
C.
D.

24. How many body regions do arachnids have?

25. What are the body regions of an arachnid called:

A.
B.

26. Name 2 diseases that are carried by ticks:

A.
B.

27. ______________________ have 2 pairs of legs per segment.

28. _______________________ have 1 pair of legs per segment.

29. Name 6 crustaceans:

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.

30. How many antennae and mandibles do crustaceans have?

31. Name 2 ways that arthropods are valuable to humans or the environment:
A.
B.