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Arthropods
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
04/10/2013

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Cambrian
Definition
Prehistoric time period of oldest arthropod fossil
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Marine arthropods – trilobites and sea scorpions
Definition
Most of the arthropod fossil record is made of
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Permian
Definition
Prehistoric period when insects began moving on land
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Permian Extinction
Definition
Prehistoric time period when trilobites went extinct
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Crustaceans
Definition
Current dominant marine group of arthropods
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Protein and Chitin
Definition
Components of exoskeleton
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Molting
Definition
Ecdysis
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Ecdysis
Definition
Process arthropods must undergo to grow
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TRUE
Definition
Arthropods have more specialized segments than annelids
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TRUE
Definition
Arthropods do not have septa like annelids
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Jointed
Definition
All arthropods have ________ appendages
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TRUE
Definition
Arthropods are highly cephalized
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Open
Definition
Most arthropods have an ______ circulatory system
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Gas exchange
Definition
Thick exoskeleton is not permeable to
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Gills
Definition
Aquatic arthropods have this for gas exchange
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Tracheal system
Definition
Arthropod system used for gas exchange
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Book lungs
Definition
What spiders have for gas exchange
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Spiracles
Definition
Holes of the tracheal system that lead to the outside
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Molecular tree
Definition
Arthropod tree based on morphology did not match
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Clade
Definition
Insects (Hexapoda) and crustaceans make up a
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Clade
Definition
Chelicerates and myriapods make up a
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Chelicerae
Definition
Jaws with fangs
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Tagmata
Definition
Functional group of segments in arthropods
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Subphylum Trilobita
Definition
Extinct trilobites subphylum
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Subphylum Chelicerata
Definition
Sea scorpions, horseshoe crabs, scorpions, spiders, mites and ticks subphylum
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Extinct euryterids
Definition
Sea scorpions class
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Class Merostomata
Definition
Horseshoe crab class
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Horshoe crabs
Definition
"living fossils" changed since Triassic
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Horshoe crabs
Definition
Blood component used in medical field
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Class Pycnoponida
Definition
Sea spiders class
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Class Arachnida
Definition
Scorpions, spiders, ticks and mites class
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Pedicel
Definition
What joins the two body regions of Arachnida
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Six
Definition
Number of Arachnida pairs of appendages
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Order Araneae
Definition
Spiders Order
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Spinnerets
Definition
Abdominal organs in spiders ot spin webs
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Silk
Definition
liquefied protein produced by silk glands
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Malpighian tubules
Definition
Organs used in waste secretion that evolved independently in spiders and insects
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Order Scorpiones
Definition
Scorpion Order
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Scorpions
Definition
Hypothesized as first arthropod to invade land
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Order Acari
Definition
Tick and Mites Order
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Ticks
Definition
Blood sucking vertebrate parasites
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Ticks
Definition
2nd to mosquitoes as disease vectors
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Mites
Definition
Free living and parasitic on vertebrates and invertebrates
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Subphylum Myriapoda
Definition
Centipede and millipede subphylum
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Class Diplopoda
Definition
Millipede class
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Two pairs
Definition
Number of pairs of legs per segment of millipede
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Class Chilopoda
Definition
Centipede class
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One pair
Definition
Number of pairs of legs per segment of centipede
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Centipedes
Definition
Fast moving predators with poison fangs and one pair of walking legs per segment
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Subphylum Hexapoda
Definition
Insects Subphylum
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Six
Definition
Number of legs in Hexapoda
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Class Insecta
Definition
Insect class
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Insects (Hexapoda)
Definition
More than 1/2 species on Earth are
Term
Permian
Definition
Prehistoric time period when insects diversified
Term
Flowering plants (insects came before flowers)
Definition
What is NOT a key to the diversification of insects in Permian?
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cuticle
Definition
Wings are an extension of what
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Subphylum Crustacea
Definition
Lobster, crabs, shrimps, copepods, barnacles, etc
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