Arthropods/Small Crustaceans Question Preview (ID: 45611)


This Review Game Will Be Reviewing General Characteristics Of Arthropods And Then Focusing On Small Crustaceans. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

What must an arthropod do in order to crack open its old exoskeleton?
a) It needs to bust through using its legs in order to get out of the exoskeleton.
b) It needs to take on water to make its body swell in order to split open one side of the exoskeleton.
c) It doesn’t have to do anything for the old exoskeleton just melts away.
d) It needs to release excess water then drill a hole in order to escape from its old exoskeleton.

What shrimp-like crustacean has a laterally compressed body and can reach about 1 cm in length?
a) Amphipods
b) Isopods
c) Krill
d) Copepods

What is the purpose of the overlapping plates of barnacles?
a) They close tightly during high tide to prevent themselves from drowning.
b) They close tightly during breeding season to protect its larvae from predators.
c) The close tightly during low tide to retain moisture and keep the animal from drying out.
d) The close tightly during the day for they are noctural animals.

What type of symmetry do arthropods have?
a) Radial
b) Bilateral
c) Penta-radial
d) No symmetry

What is the process of shedding an exoskeleton and replacing it with a new one?
a) Shedding
b) Excretion
c) Molting
d) Peeling

Which of the following statements does not describe the function of the exoskeleton?
a) Provides protection
b) Provides a place of attachment for their muscles.
c) Prevents them from drying out.
d) Provides flexibility

The exoskeleton is composed of
a) Silica
b) Glucose
c) Chitin
d) Iron

Shrimp, lobsters, barnacles and crabs are examples of organisms that belong to what phylum?
a) Arthropoda
b) Crustacea
c) Mollusca
d) Decapoda

Filter feeding whales rely heavily on this type of crustacean as a food source?
a) Krill
b) Copepods
c) Amphipods
d) Grass shrimp

The artropod that lives as an encrusting organism is the
a) Barnacle
b) Lobster
c) Hermit crab
d) Copepod

Barnacles use feather-like appendages called _________ to capture food.
a) Siphons
b) Cilia
c) Cirri
d) Maxillipeds

What shrimp-like crustacean has a ventrally compressed body and can reach about 1 cm in length?
a) Amphipod
b) Isopod
c) Krill
d) Copepod

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