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Unit 13
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Biology
10th Grade
05/15/2011

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What is the largest phylum of animals on Earth?
Definition
Phylum Arthropd
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What are the 5 characteristics of arthropods?
Definition
1. Jointed Appendages
2. Exoskeleton
3. Segmented Body
4. Open Circulatory System
5. Central Nervous System
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What are antennae used for?
Definition
taste, touch, & smell
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What are compound eyes?
Definition
eyes with many lenses
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What are the 5 major classes in arthropoda?
Definition
1. Crustacea
2. Arachnida
3. Chilopoda
4. Diplopoda
5. Insecta
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What phylum do crayfish belong to?
Definition
arthropod
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What are chelipeds used for?
Definition
defense
Term
How many body segments do lobsters, crabs, shrimps, and crayfish have?
Definition
2
Term
What are maxilipeds used for?
Definition
put the food into the mouth
Term
What do crayfish use for respiration?
Definition
gills
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What makes up the tail in a crayfish?
Definition
telson, uropods, and swimmerettes
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How does circulation work in the crayfish?
Definition
bloods collects in space around heart, then into the heart, heart pumps blood to the rest of the body
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What filters out the waste out of the blood in crayfish?
Definition
green gland
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What antennules used for?
Definition
hearing/balance
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How do crayfish reproduce?
Definition
male transfers sperm to female using longer swimmerettes, female holds fertilized eggs with her swimmerettes until they hatch
Term
What is the body part of the crayfish that can regenerate?
Definition
chelipeds
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What class do spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks belong to?
Definition
Arachnida
Term
How many walking legs do arachnids have?
Definition
8 (4 pair)
Term
What are chelicerae?
Definition
fangs or pinchers
Term
What are the spinerettes used for in spiders?
Definition
producing silk for webs
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How many body segments do arachnids have?
Definition
2
Term
How do book lungs work?
Definition
air enters slit in abdomen, flows through lungs
Term
How do spiders eat?
Definition
paralyze prey, inject digestive juices to liquify insides of prey, sock prey into stomach and digestive gland
Term
What is the mating ritual in spiders?
Definition
male gives sperm sac to female, female may eat male after
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What class do centipedes belong to?
Definition
Chilopoda
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Are centipedes carnivores of herbivores?
Definition
carnivores
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Do centipedes have a flat or round body?
Definition
flat
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How many pair of legs are on each segment of a centipede?
Definition
1
Term
What class do millipedes belong to?
Definition
Diplopoda
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Do millipedes have a flat or round body?
Definition
round
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How many pair of legs are on each segment of a millipede?
Definition
2
Term
Are millipedes carnivores or herbivores?
Definition
herbivores
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What class do grasshoppers, flies, beetles, and butterflies belong to?
Definition
Insecta
Term
How many body segments do insects have?
Definition
3
Term
What do animals in the class insecta walk?
Definition
use 6 walking legs
Term
What are the mouthparts used for in insects?
Definition
sucking, biting, piercing
Term
What is the order food travels in insects?
Definition
esophagus, crop, gizzard, intestine, rectum, anus
Term
What is a tubular heart?
Definition
part used in insects for circulation (open circulatory system)
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What are spicules?
Definition
small holes along side of insects
Term
Do insects have a trachea?
Definition
yes
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What do the Malpighean tubules do?
Definition
remove waste from blood
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What is the Tympanum used for in insects?
Definition
hearing, detects vibrations in the air
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Do insects have same of separate sexes?
Definition
separate
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What is metamorphosis?
Definition
series of developmental changes in body form over lifetime of an organism
Term
What are the stages complete metamorphosis?
Definition
1. egg 2. larva 3. pupa 4. adult
Term
What is an example of an insect that goes through complete metamorphosis?
Definition
butterfly
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What are the stages of incomplete metamorphosis?
Definition
1. egg 2. nymph 3. adult
Term
What is an example of an insect that goes through incomplete metamorphosis?
Definition
grasshopper
Term
What is a positive impact of insects?
Definition
pollination
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What is a negative impact of insects?
Definition
destroy crops, plants, fabrics, wood
Term
Which type of symmetry do starfish have?
Definition
larva=bilateral
adult=radial
Term
What phylum do starfish belong to?
Definition
Echinodermata
Term
What is the Water Vascular System?
Definition
series of tubes which water flows through animal
Term
What are tube feet?
Definition
used to help starfish stick to surfaces
Term
Do starfish have an exoskeleton or endoskeleton?
Definition
endoskeleton
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What do starfish used to breath?
Definition
finger gills
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Do starfish have an organized circulatory system?
Definition
no
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Can starfish regenerate?
Definition
yes
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How do starfish reproduce?
Definition
sperm and eggs are released into water, eggs are fertilized, turns into a larva then an adult
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