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Animal Behavior - Pill Bug Lab Background

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Ottawa High School Curriculum 2019 Biology textbook McDougal Littell ed 2008

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Class Period

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3.

Select the correct "Family" scientific classication for pill bugs.

A Crustacea

B Arthropods

C Armadillidiidae

D Animalia

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4.

Pill bugs are the only Crustacea animal that lives on land.

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5.

Provide one example given in your background reading of another species that belong to Crustacea. Type only one example and be sure to spell it correctly to receive credit.

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6.

Pill bugs use their ___________ to breathe.

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7.

Select the one attribute that isn't a part of a pill bugs preferred habitat.

A cool

B damp

C dry

D decaying vegetation

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8.

Pillbugs have two parts: head and abdomen.

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9.

Select the correct appendages that are located on the head of a pill bug.

A 2 eyes

B 2 antennae

C 2 eyes and 2 antennae

D 2 eyes, 2 antennae, and a mouth

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10.

The pill bug's thorax has ______ scaly segments, each containing _ pair of legs.

A 7.....2

B 7.....1

C 6.....2

D 6.....1

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11.

The life cycle of a pill bug includes complete metamorphosis.

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About how many times with a pill bug molt during growth and development to a full sized adult?

A 2 to 3 times

B 3 to 4 times

C 4 to 5 times

D 5 to 7 times

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13.

Isopods eat lots of things, including decaying vegetation. This makes them very important in the cycling of matter in ecosystems.

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14.

The average life span for a pill bug is.....

A 1 year.

B 2 years.

C 3 years.

D 4 years.

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15.

Pill bugs are a food source for a lot of invetebrates and vertebrate animals. This makes them very important in an ecosystem's food web.

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16.

Select the statement that is incorrect about pill bugs.

A Pill bugs do not spread diseases.

B Pill bugs don't contaminate foods if they walk on it.

C Pill bugs are a nuisance pest and gardeners use various methods to kill them when they are found in the yard or garden.

D Children like to play with them.

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17.

Female pill bugs can lay as many as _______________ eggs at one time.

A 50

B 100

C 150

D 200

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18.

Baby pill bugs are cared for by their mother for about ___________ before they go off on their own.

A 1 week

B 2 weeks

C 3 weeks

D 4 weeks

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19.

Select the color that best represents baby pill bugs.

A Much lighter than their parent.

B The same color as their parent.

C Much darker than their parent.

D Babies are translucent so they can hide better when they little.

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20.

Examine one of your pill bugs using the hand microscope. Look for copulatory organs located on the first 2 appendages of the abdomen. If you have them, then your pill bug would be .....

A a female.

B a male.

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21.

Examine one of your pill bugs using the hand microscope.
If there was a brood pouch located under the thorax, then your pill bug would be ......

A a female.

B a male.

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22.

Pill bugs and sow bugs are different in the way that they react to a threat. Pill bugs _ and Sow Bugs ___.

A roll up in a ball........run for their life

B run for their life........roll up in a ball

C spit water at a predator.....roll up as a ball

D roll up as a ball.......spits water at a predator

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23.

Based on the difference in escape behavior in the previous question, determine whether you have a pill bug or sow bug for a specimen in this lab.

A only pill bugs

B only sow bugs

C pill bugs and sow bugs