Biology I—Chapter 28         Arthropods and Echinoderms

After reading pages 715-721, I can:    (terms)

1. name the most successful phylum of animals ever to have existed.
2. give the three characteristics of arthropods.
3. contrast an exoskeleton and an endoskeleton.
4. name the protein/carbohydrate material that makes up an exoskeleton of an arthropod.
5. contrast aquatic and terrestrial organisms.
6. give the term that describes structures (such as legs and wings) that extend from the body wall.
7. describe an arthropod’s tracheal system; locate the spiracles on the body of an insect.
8. name the saclike organs that extract wastes from the blood of most arthropods.
9. contrast flexion and extension.
10. tell what happens during molting.
11. name the subphylum of arthropods that includes the crayfish and crabs.
12. give the name for the largest group of crustaceans (those with ten legs).

After reading pages 722-727, I can:     (terms)

1. give the three characteristics of the chelicerates; name the most common member of this group.
2. give an alternate name for chelicerae; describe their use.
3. give the name commonly used for the class that includes the spiders, ticks, mites, and scorpions.
4. tell which is stronger, spider silk or steel; name the organs that produce spider silk.
5. tell what is wrong when a human has chiggers or a dog has mange.
6. describe the vector and dangers of Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Lyme disease.
7. name the subphylum that contains the largest number of species in the animal kingdom; list the three characteristics of this subphylum.
8. contrast the centipedes and millipedes (state the one difference that exists between the classes).
9. list the two major characteristics of the class Insecta.
10. describe the major benefit the compound eye provides for insects.

After reading pages 728-733, I can:    (terms)

1. tell what bees combine with nectar to make honey.
2. describe metamorphosis.
3. contrast complete and incomplete metamorphosis.
4. name the immature forms that result during the stages of incomplete metamorphosis (they look somewhat like the adult throughout the process).
5. name the four stages of complete metamorphosis.
6. describe the role of pheromones in insect communication.
7. explain the concept of a "society" in certain species of insects.
8. give the grouping term that describes how insects fall into certain groups according to their function in the society.
9. describe how ants let other ants know where a source of food is located.
10. describe how bees let other bees know where a source of food is located.

After reading pages 734-738, I can:    (terms)

1. give the more accepted common name for the starfish.
2. tell what the phylum name Echinodermata means.
3. contrast the location of the oral and aboral surface of an echinoderm.
4. name the circulatory system of the echinoderms.
5. describe how the starfish eats.
6. *explain the process of regeneration.