Arthropod Vocab

Question 1

an invertebrate animal of the large phylum Arthropoda, such as an insect, spider, or crustacean.

Answer 1

Arthropod

Question 2

shedding of the outer layer of skin

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Molting

Question 3

a chemical substance produced and released into the environment by an animal, especially a mammal or an insect, affecting the behavior or physiology of others of its species.

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Pheromones

Question 4

the part of the body of a mammal between the neck and the abdomen

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Thorax

Question 5

the part of the body of a vertebrate containing the digestive organs

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Abdomen

Question 6

head and thorax

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Cephalothorax

Question 7

skeleton on the outside

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Exoskeleton

Question 8

one of the pair of legs that bears the large chelae in decapod crustaceans.

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Cheliped

Question 9

a tubular excretory organ, numbers of which open into the gut in insects and some other arthropods.

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Malpighean tubes

Question 10

an arthropod of the class Arachnida, such as a spider or scorpion.

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Arachnid

Question 11

Disgusting.

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Spiders

Question 12

the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages

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Metamorphosis

Question 13

an arthropod of the large, mainly aquatic group Crustacea, such as a crab, lobster, shrimp, or barnacle.

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Crustaceans

Question 14

a small arthropod animal that has six legs and generally one or two pairs of wings

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Insects

Question 15

either of a pair of long, thin sensory appendages on the heads of insects, crustaceans, and some other arthropods

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Antennae

Question 16

a terrestrial arachnid with lobsterlike pincers and a poisonous sting at the end of its jointed tail,

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Scorpions

Question 17

a forked swimming limb of a crustacean

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Swimmerets

Question 18

one of a pair of large green glands in some crustaceans (such as crayfishes) that have an excretory function and open at the bases of the larger antennae.

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Green glands

Question 19

any of several ixodid ticks: such as. a :a widely distributed tick (Dermacentor andersonii) of western North America that is a vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. b :american dog tick

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Woodtick

Question 20

a plant-eating insect with long hind legs that are used for jumping and for producing a chirping sound. It frequents grassy places and low vegetation.

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Grasshopper

Question 21

an insect with two pairs of large wings that are covered with tiny scales,

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Butterfly

Question 22

a common small fly occurring worldwide in and around human habitation.

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Housefly

Question 23

a slender long-legged fly with aquatic larvae. The bite of the bloodsucking female can transmit a number of serious diseases including malaria and encephalitis.

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mosquito

Question 24

a crustacean with a broad carapace, stalked eyes, and five pairs of legs

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Crab

Question 25

a large marine crustacean with a cylindrical body, stalked eyes, and the first of its five pairs of limbs modified as pincers.

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Lobster