GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT ARTHROPODS


1. The word arthropod means?


2. The 2 main characteristics of arthropods are?




3. What does it mean to be jointed ?




4. Is being jointed an advantage for these animals? Why?




5. What is an exoskeleton?


6. What purpose does it serve?



7. When arthropods grow bigger, what happens to its "shell"




8. Is there a time when an arthropod is vulnerable to
attack? When it is shedding its skin?