Arthropods
Kingdom __________________________
Animals
Phylum ___________________________
Arthropods
Insects
Classes: ______________________
Arachnids
______________________
Crustaceans
______________________
Centipedes
______________________
Millipedes
______________________
jointed
foot
Arthropod means ________________
_______________.
Parts of the animal
legs
antennae
claws
that are jointed include ______________,
______________,
_____________,
pinchers
and ___________________.
Also, the bodies of arthropods are segmented.
Different types of arthropods have different numbers of body segments.
All arthropods have an _________________________
exoskeleton
(the outside covering)
chiton
which is made of a material called _________________.
This does not grow
with the animal, so when it becomes too small, the animal sheds its exoskeleton,
molting
which is called _________________.
The animal replaces it with a new one
soft
which is ___________
at first and takes a while to harden. Most arthropods
molt between _______
4
to ______
7
times before reaching adult size.
Arachnids
The members of this class of arthropod include ________________,
spiders
___________,
ticks
and
____________________.
scorpions
2 body parts, ____
4 pairs of legs, _____
no mandibles, and
Arachnids have ___
no antennae, but they do have ____________
____
8 simple eyes. They have _____
poison
glands
stingers
fangs
______________,
______________,
and ______________
to kill their prey.
Spiders cannot chew their food. They use their ____________
fangs
to inject
poison
paralyzes
________________
into their prey which __________________
the prey and
liquefies
then __________________
its internal organs. The spider then
sucks
____________
up the liquid. They breathe through ________________
which
spiracles
book
lungs
allow oxygen in and out of ___________
______________.
Spiders also
produce ____________
silk
which they use to make __________
webs
or to make
___________________
for their eggs.
cocoons
Spider web
Spinnerets
Ticks and mites are arachnids which are ____________________.
Mites are
parasites
dead
skin
cells
very tiny and feed on __________
__________
____________.
Ticks attach to
the skin of their host and feed on its __________________.
blood
Scorpions have a sharp stinger at the end of their ________________
abdomen
that
venom
injects _______________
into their victims which _______________
them.
paralyzes
CENTIPEDES
many
have _____________
bodies with ___________
segments.
long, flat
They have ________________,
simple ___________,
and _______
pair of
antennae
eyes
one
poisonous
jointed legs per body segment. Centipedes are __________________
and eat
animals
myriopods
other _______________.
They are in the group _____________
because they have
many legs.
MILLIPEDES are also __________________
Myriopods
because they have long bodies
segments
2 pairs of legs
with many body _________________
and legs. They have ___
rounded
per body segment, and they have ________________
bodies. They are not
__________________
and eat _________________.
poisonous
plants
CRUSTACEANS
crabs
crayfish
Examples of Crustaceans include _____________,
________________,
_______________,
________________,
__________
___________,
and
lobsters
shrimp
pill
bugs
___________
water ____________.
fleas
Crustaceans have many pairs of __________,
legs
the first of which are
claws
____________
used to hold prey. The other pairs are used for
________________
and the swimmerets are used for __________________.
walking
swimming
stoney
Barnacles are a different kind of crustacean which have ________________
shells and live attached to sea objects such as _______________
and
ships
______________.
whales
Most crustaceans live in ______________
water
and breathe
gills
2
through ________________.
They have ______
sets of ________________
antennae
unlike other arthropods.
INSECTS
This is the largest class of not just arthropods, but all complex
backbones
invertebrates (animals without ____________________).
Insects have
___
3 body parts and ___
3 pairs of jointed legs. The middle segment, called
thorax
wings
the __________________,
may have 0, 1, or 2 pairs of ______________.
They live most places on earth, including the _____________,
__________,
water
land
air
one pair of antennae.
and _________.
They have ____
Their 3 body segments are the ____________,
head
__________________,
thorax
and
_________________________.
abdomen
Arthropods
Kingdom __________________________
Phylum ___________________________
Classes: ______________________
______________________
______________________
______________________
______________________
Arthropod means ________________ _______________. Parts of the animal
that are jointed include ______________, ______________, _____________,
and ___________________. Also, the bodies of arthropods are segmented.
Different types of arthropods have different numbers of body segments.
All arthropods have an _________________________ (the outside covering)
which is made of a material called _________________. This does not grow
with the animal, so when it becomes too small, the animal sheds its exoskeleton,
which is called _________________. The animal replaces it with a new one
which is ___________ at first and takes a while to harden. Most arthropods
molt between _______ to ______ times before reaching adult size.
Arachnids
The members of this class of arthropod include ________________,
___________,
and
____________________.
Arachnids have ___ body parts, ____ pairs of legs, _____ mandibles, and
____ simple eyes. They have _____ antennae, but they do have ____________
______________, ______________, and ______________ to kill their prey.
Spiders cannot chew their food. They use their ____________ to inject
________________ into their prey which __________________ the prey and
then __________________ its internal organs. The spider then
____________ up the liquid. They breathe through ________________ which
allow oxygen in and out of ___________ ______________. Spiders also
produce ____________ which they use to make __________ or to make
___________________ for their eggs.
Spider web
Spinnerets
Ticks and mites are arachnids which are ____________________. Mites are
very tiny and feed on __________ __________ ____________. Ticks attach to
the skin of their host and feed on its __________________.
Scorpions have a sharp stinger at the end of their ________________ that
injects _______________ into their victims which _______________ them.
CENTIPEDES
have _____________ bodies with ___________ segments.
They have ________________, simple ___________, and _______ pair of
jointed legs per body segment. Centipedes are __________________ and eat
other ______________. They are in the group _____________ because they have
many legs.
MILLIPEDES are also __________________ because they have long bodies
with many body _________________ and legs. They have ___ pairs of legs
per body segment, and they have ________________ bodies. They are not
__________________ and eat _________________.
CRUSTACEANS
Examples of Crustaceans include _____________, ________________,
_______________, ________________, __________ ___________, and
___________ ____________.
Crustaceans have many pairs of __________, the first of which are
____________ used to hold prey. The other pairs are used for
________________ and the swimmerets are used for __________________.
Barnacles are a different kind of crustacean which have ________________
shells and live attached to sea objects such as _______________ and
______________. Most crustaceans live in ______________ and breathe
through ________________. They have ______ sets of ________________
unlike other arthropods.
INSECTS
This is the largest class of not just arthropods, but all complex
invertebrates (animals without ____________________). Insects have
___ body parts and ___ pairs of jointed legs. The middle segment, called
the __________________, may have 0, 1, or 2 pairs of ______________.
They live most places on earth, including the _____________, __________,
and _________. They have ____ pair of antennae.
The 3 body segments are the ______________,
__________________, and
_________________________.