17.5 study guide

Insects

A group of arthropods that have bodies divided into three parts and have 3 sets of legs. examples; house fly grasshopper and butterfly

Arachnids

A group of arthropods that includes spiders and scorpions

Exoskeleton

A hard protective covering on the outside of an invertbrate's body

Metaporphosis

A process that all insects go through as they change and develop from an egg to an adult

Centipedes

Long worm-like arthropods that are carnivores; able to move quickly

Millipeds

Long worm-like arthropods that moves slowly with multiple sets of tiny feet; eat dead and decaying plant material

which of the following organisms is not an arthropod

Starfish

which of these is not a characteristic of all arthropods

Stinging cells

Arthropoda

The phylum of invertebrates that live jointed appendages and segmented bodies covered in an exoskeleton

Crustaceans

a group of arthropods that usually live in water and have two antennae; examples lobster, crayfish, shrimp, and pill bugs

Casey found an organism that has 6 legs, 2 antennae, and three body parts . how would this organism be classified?

insect

What process allows an insect to eat different types of food and live in different environments during different stages in its life

metamorphosis