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ch. 28 Arthropods
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Biology
9th Grade
03/28/2008

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Term
appendage
Definition
a sructure that extends from the body like a leg or an arm or a wing.
Term
exoskeletons
Definition
a hard outer covering of protein and chitin. It must molt or shed for a new one as the critter grows.
Term
3 body segments
Definition
head, thorax, and abdomen
Term
Phylum Arthropoda
Definition
spiders, ticks, scorpions, milli& centipedes, insects, horseshoe crabs, crabs, lobsters, shrimp, crawfish, barnicles, pill bugs
Term
Horseshoe crabs
Definition
Mereistomata - a living fossil which hasn't changed for 500 million years
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Crustaceans
Definition
crabs, lobsters, shrimp, crawfish, pill bugs
Term
Arachnids
Definition
spiders - 4 pairs of legs and 2 body segments, produce silk but not all do webs. Two are poisonous black widow and brown recluse.
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Ticks
Definition
arachnids that are parasites and spread Lymes disease.
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