Phylum Arthropoda: General Characters and Example, Multiple Choice questions: NEET

 


🌑Defination

🔴Arthropods have segmented bodies, jointed appendages and chitinous exoskeleton.

🔴This is the largest phylum of Animalia which includes insects. Over two-thirds of all named species on earth are arthropods


🌑General features

🔴They have organ-system level of organisation with bilaterally symmetrical, triploblastic, segmented and coelomate animals. 

 🔴The body of arthropods is covered by chitinous exoskeleton. 

🔴The body consists of head, thorax and abdomen and in some head is joint with thorax called cephalothorax.

🔴They have jointed appendages. 

🔴Respiratory organs are gills, book gills, book lungs or tracheal system



🔴Circulatory system is of open type. Sensory organs like antennae and  eyes which can  be compound and simple.

🔴Statocysts or balancing organs are present in aquatic arthropods . 

🔴Excretion takes place through malpighian tubules

🔴They are mostly dioecious. Fertilisation is usually internal. They are mostly oviparous. Development may be direct or indirect.

🔴Economically important insects  are :
         Apis or Honey bee  
        Bombyx or  Silkworm                Laccifer or  Lac insect

🔴Some Arthropods are vector of diseases. Anopheles, Culex and Aedes are vectors of Malaria , Filaria and Dengue respectively.

🌑Examples of Arthropoda  

🟡 Locusta

🔴Locusta is a Gregarious pest. It become more active and take unusual flight during high temperature.

🔴It is herbivores with large wing and body colour is yellow or brown.

🔴It has six jointed legs and Short antennae.

🔴It can change body color and shape when it move to gregarious phase.

🔴It follows various stages in its life cycle when it convert from larval to adult.

🔴It has well developed nervous system or brain when it attains the gregarious phase.

 🟡Limulus 

🔴It is also called as king crab and it is a Living fossil.

🔴It is marine and body is divided into cephalothorax and abdomen.

🔴Cephalothorax is broad and covered by the horse shoe carpacae.

🔴Abdomen has sex segments and bear six pairs of appendages.

🔴First segment of abdomen bear genital pore and other five pairs have book gills for respiration.

🔴Coxal glands is present for Excretion.

🔴Development is indirect with Trilobite larva.

🟡Paleomon 

🔴It is also called as Prawn. Body is divided into cephalothorax , abdomen and tail.

🔴Adult stage is dark red or orange red but it's young stage is green or brown.

🔴It has five pairs of walking leg in head and five pairs of swarming leg on abdomen .

🔴The body of Prawn is covered by chitinous exoskeleton.

🔴Carapace covers cephalothorax  completely.

🔴Telson is a tail fin that bear anus.

🔴Uropods are last segment that help in movements.

 


1. Arthropoda is largest phylum because it covers what proportion of species in world.

A. Two - third
B. One - third
C. half
D. One and half 
Answer : C  

2. Which one of following features is not  present  in members of Arthropoda.
A. Triploblastic
B. Bilateral symmetrical 
C. Organ system level of organisation 
D. Metameric segmentation 
Answer : D 

3. Match the list 
A. Apis       1. Honey bee
B.Laccifer  2. Silk worm
C.Bombyx 3. Lac insect         D.Anopheles  4. Malaria              
           A       B       C      D
A.        1        3        2      4
B.        1        2        4      3
C.        2        1        3      4
D.        3        1       4       2
Answer : A                                                    

4. Which one of following features is not  present  in members of Arthropoda.
A. The body of arthropods is covered by chitinous exoskeleton. 
B. The body consists of head, thorax and abdomen.  
C. Circulatory system is of closed type.
D. They have jointed appendages and segmented body.
Answer : C     

5. Consider the following Respiratory organ of Arthropods and select the correct code: 
1. Tracheal  system 
2. Paired   ganglion  
3. Book gill
4. Book lung
5. Gills
A. 1, 2, 3 and 4
B. 1, 2, 3 and 5
C. 1, 3, 4 and 5
D. 2, 3, 4 and 5
Answer : C  

6. Consider the following respiratory organ of Arthropods and select the correct code: 
1. Tracheal  system 
2. Paired   ganglion  
3. Book gill
4. Book lung
5. Gills
A. 1, 2, 3 and 4
B. 1, 2, 3 and 5
C. 1, 3, 4 and 5
D. 2, 3, 4 and 5
Answer : C  

4. Which one of following features is  present  in members of Arthropoda.
A. Antennae are sense organ in Arthropoda. 
B. The body consists of head, thorax and abdomen.  
C. Circulatory system is of closed type.
D. They have jointed appendages and segmented body.
Answer : C  

5.Which of following characteristics is present in Arthropods.
ASimple eyes & Compound eye.
B. Excretion by flame cells.
C. Closed circulatory system. 
D. Respiration through body general surface.
Answer : A 

6. Statocysts in aquatic arthropods  is meant for  
A. Osmoregulation and Excretion.
B. Balancing and Equilibrium 
C. Respiration and gaseous Exchange 
D. To capture the prey 
Answer : B .

7. Which of the following is Excretory organ in Arthropods.
A. Proboscis glands 
B. Nephredia
C. Excretory pore
D. Malpighian tubule
Answer : D 

8. Which of the following Arthropod is Gregarious pest.
A. Limulus.             B. Apis 
C. Locusta.          D. Aedes
Answer : C 

9. Which of the following Arthropod is / are vector of Disease.
A. Anopheles.       
B. Aedes 
C. Culex.       
D. All of the above
Answer : D 

10. Which one of following statement is not  correct for the members of Arthropoda.
A. They are Dioecious.
B. Eye are simple and compound.  
C. Development may be direct or indirect.
D. Fertilisation in External.
Answer : D  

11. Consider the following features  of Arthropods and select the correct code: 
1. Dioecious 
2. Oviparous  
3. Development is Direct
4. Development is indirect
A.  2, 3 and 4
B.  1, 3 and 4
C.  1, 2, 3 and 4
D.  2, 3, and 4
Answer : C  

12. Which of the following Arthropod is living fossil.
A. Limulus or King Crab          B. Sacculina or Hermit Crab
C. Paleomon or Prawn         
D. Laccifer or lac insect
Answer : A 

13Identify the following Arthropods.
                       A

                           B
A. Locusta and Prawn
B. Prawn  and Locusta
C. Scorpion and Cockroach
D. Cockroach and Scorpion 
Answer : B

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