Objectives:
1. Students will identify animals classified as arthropods and
echinoderms.
2. Students will be able to explain the characteristics of
arthropods and echinoderms.
3. Students will identify the differences between arthropods and
echinoderms.
Invertebrates are animals that have no backbone.
There are more than 1 million kinds of
arthropods on Earth.
An exoskeleton is a hard, outer covering.
•Made of Chiton
Molting is to leave an exoskeleton and
grow a new one.
So basically…
are invertebrates with an
exoskeleton, a segmented body,
and jointed legs.
A crustacean is an arthropod that has a hard,
exoskeleton, two pairs of antennae, and a
mouth for crunching and grinding.
Crustaceans can ________ certain parts
of their body.
A ___________ can re-grow its claws.
Most crustaceans live in ______ and get
oxygen from the water through _________.
* Centipedes and millipedes are arthropods
that have many legs.
* Have _______ pair of legs in each segment.
* Are carnivores and eat _________.
* To capture its prey, a centipede puts
. _____ into the prey’s body with its_______.
* Centipedes are found in ___________ like
under rocks and in the soil.
* Centipedes and millipedes are arthropods
that have many legs.
* Have ___ pairs of legs on each segment.
* Eat _________ and are shy animals.
* When scared, it _________________ to protect
itself.
* Do not have ________.
* Are found in __________like under rocks and in
the soil.
* All have __________ legs.
* Have a body divided into two parts:
•______________________________
•________________________________
* Spiders usually eat __________, but some spiders
eat small _______________ like hummingbirds.
* Many spiders make webs out of _________.
* Silk is _________________________________.
* Spiders catch their prey in many different ways.
* Some spiders catch their prey in ____.
* Some spiders ________ from their prey
and then ________________________.
* When spiders catch their prey, it _______ it and
_________ it.
* Spiders breathe oxygen with __________.
Dangerous Ohio Spiders
• Brown Recluse
Draw and label:
eyes, cephalothorax, Abdomen, Spinnerets
Camel Spider
• Some common Camel Spider Myths:
1. Camel spiders can move at speeds over 30 MPH,
screaming while they run.
2. Camel spiders can be as large as a frisbee.
3. Camel spiders venom is an anesthetic that numbs
their prey.
4. Camel spiders can jump three feet high.
5. Camel spiders get their name because they eat the
stomachs of camels.
6. They eat or gnaw on people while they sleep. Due
to the numbing effect of their venom, the victim is
unaware until they awake.
7. Send us your myths for inclusion here...
• THE FACTS
• Camel spiders top speed - 10 mph. Which is very fast
for a such a small creature..
• Size: Up to 8 inches, although many of our readers
report larger.
• Called camel spiders because they live in the desert.
• Camel Spiders are solpugids.. Along with spiders,
they are members of the class Arachnida. For more
camel spider pictures..
* Scorpions usually live in __________ areas.
* Most scorpions are __________________.
** Nocturnal means ____________________
* During the day, scorpions hide __________
______________________________.
* When scorpions capture prey, they _______
___________________________________.
* Ticks and mites live on _______________.
* Some ticks and mites suck juices from
____________________.
* Other ticks and mites are very tiny and live
on __________.
* Many ticks suck the blood from _________.
* Ticks can give animals ____________.
*There are more kinds of insects than there
are all other animal species all together.
* There could be _______________ times as
many insects as humans on Earth.
* Insects have a body that is divided into ____ parts.
* An insect’s body is divided into a ________,
a _____________, and a ___________ area.
* Insects have _____ legs connected to the chest part.
* Some insects’ legs are all the same size. Some insects have
one pair of legs larger than the other two pairs.
* A grasshopper has one pair of legs larger than the other
two pairs. These larger legs are used for ____________.
*Insect blood carries nutrients, but not___________,
therefore it is GREEN!
Longer back legs
* Insects eat a lot, so they grow very fast. As they
grow, insects may molt and grow new ___________,
or they may change completely.
* A huge change in appearance is called ________.
* There are two kinds of metamorphosis:
______________ and ______________.
* In complete metamorphosis, insects like
butterflies and moths have _______ stages of
development.
* The first stage makes an ________.
* During the second stage, the egg hatches and a
_________ comes out.
* A caterpillar is the larva of an insect that will
become a butterfly or a moth.
* During the third stage, a ___________ is made.
* A pupa is sometimes wrapped in a
_____________ or in a _______________.
* A cocoon is the pupa of a _____________.
A cocoon is made of ________.
* A chrysalis is the pupa of a ___________.
* In the last stage, the insect is finally an adult.
* Incomplete metamorphosis happens in
grasshoppers, termites, and dragonflies.
* In incomplete metamorphosis, young animals that
look like the ___________ hatch from eggs.
* As the young animals grow, they keep _________,
shedding their exoskeletons, and getting larger.
* Most insects live alone. But, some insects
are ___________ and cannot survive alone.
* These insects live in ______________ or hives.
* A colony is
_____________________________
_______________________________________
* An amazing example of a colony is a __________.
* A beehive is ___________________________.
* All insects must protect themselves.
* Bees and wasps have _______________ to
protect themselves.
* Many other insects use ______________.
* Camouflage allows an insect to hide by ___
_______________________________.
* Echinoderms are
__________, ________,
__________, ________,
____________, and
_____________.
* Echinoderm means
_______________. All
echinoderms have spiny skin.
•There are ______ characteristics of
echinoderms.
•All echinoderms have:
• Spiny skin
• An internal skeleton
• A five part body
• A water vascular system
• Tube feet
* All echinoderms have
__________. Some of
them have small hair-like
spines, like the starfish.
* Some echinoderms
have long spines, like the
sea urchin.
* The internal skeleton of an echinoderm
is made of _______________________.
* An echinoderm’s water vascular system is
_________________________________.
* The water vascular system also helps an
echinoderm _____.
* Echinoderms have __________.
* An echinoderm’s tube feet are used for
_________________________________.
* Starfish are also called ___________.
* Starfish have __________ arms connected
to a central body.
* On the bottom of the arms are hundreds of
___________ that look like suction cups.
* A starfish is able to
re-grow its arms.
* A starfish uses its
tube feet to move and
to open its food.
* Sea urchins have longer and sharper
________ that they use to protect
themselves.
* Some sea urchins have ________ spines.
* Sea urchins have a mouth hidden under
its body.
* A sea urchin uses its five teeth to eat
____________.
* A sea urchin is not very active. Sometimes, it
does move slowly using its __________. When
not moving it uses its feet to stick to the ocean
floor.