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Arthropods – Chapter 28Use pages 714 – 733 to help you answer the following questions.
28-1: Introduction to Arthropods
What is an Arthropod?
1. Characteristics of arthropods:a. _____________________________b. _____________________________c. _____________________________
2. Shrimp, spiders and millipedes are all in the phylum _____________________.
3. Define exoskeleton:
4. What the purpose of the exoskeleton?
5. The word arthropod literally mean “___________ _____________”.
a. Examples of jointed appendages:_____________ and _______________
Form and Function in Arthropods
6. How do arthropods get their food?a. Herbivores:
b. Carnivores:
c. Omnivores:7. What type of circulatory system do they have? Is this the same as an
earthworm?
Growth and Development
8. Describe what happens when an arthropod becomes too big for its exoskeleton.
28-2: Group of Arthropods
9. How are arthropods classified?
10.Complete the following graphic organizer.
Group of arthropod
Antennae Body Sections Mouth Parts/Appendage
s
Crustaceans
Unbranched appendages
Crustaceans
11.Explain the function of each part:a. Cephalothorax:
b. Carapace:
c. Manible:
d. Chelipeds:
e. Swimmerets:
Spiders and Their Relatives
12.What are some examples of the subphylum Chelicerata?
13.What the difference between the chelicerae and the pedipalps?
Insects and Their Relatives
14.What is the subphylum that centipedes, millipedes and insects all belong to?
15.How is a centipede different than a millipede?
28-3: Insects
16.What are the three parts that make up an insect?a. ____________b. ____________c. ____________
17.List two examples of adaptations that insects have to respond to external stimuli.
a. ___________________________________________________b. ___________________________________________________
Adaptations for Feeding
18.Which mouth part would be best to sip nectar out of a flower?
19.Complete the Venn Diagram on Complete and Incomplete Metamorphosis. Make
sure you have at leas three things in each circle.
Complete Gradual