Life Science: Animal Diversity, Book C

Section 3: Arthropods

Self-Check Quiz-Eng.

1.
How are arthropods like annelids?
A)Both have an exoskeleton.
B)Both have setae.
C)Both have jointed appendages.
D)Both have segmented bodies.
2.
An arthropod's old exoskeleton is shed and replaced by a new one in a process called __________.
A)molting
B)mimicry
C)digestion
D)metamorphosis
3.
Which one of the following is a characteristic of insects that can be used to distinguish them from other arthropods?
A)They have an exoskeleton.
B)They can fly.
C)They have eight legs.
D)They have long bodies with many segments.
4.
What are the stages of development in complete metamorphosis?
A)egg, nymph, and adult
B)egg, worm, adult
C)egg, birth, larva, insect
D)egg, larvae, pupa, and adult
5.
While on a picnic, you avoid an insect with yellow and black stripes. Later, you discover the insect was a harmless fly. What self-defense does this fly use?
A)camouflage
B)poisonous sting
C)foul odor
D)mimicry
6.
Which one of the following is an example of an arachnid?
A)grasshopper
B)scorpion
C)bee
D)crab
7.
What do millipedes feed on?
A)snails and slugs
B)soil
C)plants and decaying material
D)blood
8.
Crabs and water fleas are examples of __________.
A)insects
B)arachnids
C)centipedes
D)crustaceans
9.
Swimmerets help some crustaceans, like crabs, take in dissolved oxygen by forcing the water over __________.
A)book lungs
B)feathery gills
C)spiracles
D)moist skin
10.
Why would agriculture be impossible without arthropods?
A)They help return nitrogen to the soil.
B)They aerate the soil.
C)Insect pests feed on cultivated crops.
D)Insects pollinate crops.
11.
Which of the following groups would you expect to have the best-preserved fossils?
A)insects
B)earthworms
C)slugs
D)leeches
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