Chapter 28:
Arthropods
Practice Test
1.
Arthropods have structures that extend from the body and are adapted to sensing, walking, feeding and mating. These structures are called __________.
a.
feet
b.
appendages
c.
antennae
d.
claws
Hint
2.
The first invertebrates to evolve jointed appendages were __________.
a.
mollusks
b.
insects
c.
crustaceans
d.
arthropods
Hint
3.
The success of arthropods can be attributed in part to the presence of __________.
a.
exoskeletons
b.
temperate climates
c.
the best genes
d.
antennae
Hint
4.
Arthropod exoskeletons are made of protein and _________.
a.
bone
b.
calcium
c.
chitin
d.
cartilage
Hint
5.
Appendages used by some arthropods for smell and touch are called _________.
a.
claws
b.
swimmerets
c.
mandibles
d.
antennae
Hint
6.
For breathing, most spiders have __________.
a.
book lungs
b.
tracheal tubes
c.
chelicerae
d.
gills
Hint
7.
The jaws of arthropods are called __________.
a.
maxilla
b.
chelicerae
c.
pedipalps
d.
mandibles
Hint
8.
For feeding, the house fly has __________.
a.
needlelike mouthparts
b.
a rolled-up sucking tube
c.
claws
d.
a spongelike tongue
Hint
9.
In arthropods, muscles are attached to __________.
a.
the exoskeleton
b.
bones
c.
the endoskeleton
d.
one side of a joint
Hint
10.
A form of asexual reproduction in which an organism develops from an unfertilized egg is called _________.
a.
budding
b.
parthenogenesis
c.
external fertilization
d.
regeneration
Hint
11.
Which group of arthropods is extinct?
a.
trilobites
b.
spiders
c.
insects
d.
crustaceans
Hint
12.
In spiders, the first pair of appendages is called the __________.
a.
mandibles
b.
jaws
c.
chelicerae
d.
legs
Hint
13.
A shiny black spider with a red, hourglass-shaped spot on the underside is called a __________.
a.
garden spider
b.
black widow
c.
brown recluse
d.
tick
Hint
14.
__________ are close relatives of spiders.
a.
Ticks and mites
b.
Insects
c.
Crabs
d.
Centipedes
Hint
15.
A __________ is an arthropod considered to be a living fossil because it has not changed for 500 million years.
a.
crab
b.
trilobite
c.
horseshoe crab
d.
scorpion
Hint
