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ORGANISM TREASURE HUNT

ORGANISM A Giant Millipede Archispirostreptus spp. 
  1. Observe your organism.

    2. Some bioluminescent and some are blind

    Some secrete harmful substances that can burn your skin and stay there for up to 14 months

    Some live with army ants – clean out the nests and when the colony moves the millipedes go with them

  2. What is the kingdom, phylum, and if possible, the class of your organism?

    3. Kingdom Animalia

    Phylum Arthropoda

    Subphylum Uniramia

    Class Diplopoda

  3. Name 4 characteristics about the group that your organism is in.

    4. Body is made of

    good sense of smell and poor vision

    herbivores

  4. How many legs does your organism have?

    5. Less than 1000

    Usually 47 to 197 legs

    This millipede has approximately 64 segments (256 legs)

  5. What happens when the organism is threatened?

    6. sprays hydrocyanic acid

    (Exposure to large amounts of all forms of cyanide for a short time can harm the brain, lungs, and heart, and cause coma and death. Exposure to large amounts of hydrogen cyanide can result in asphyxia, weakness, headache, confusion, nausea, and vomiting. The health effects of all forms of cyanide are similar when large amounts are eaten, drunk, breathed, or touched. The first symptoms of cyanide poisoning are rapid, deep breathing and shortness of breath, followed by convulsions and loss of consciousness. In cases of acute cyanide poisoning, death is extremely rapid. Skin contact with hydrogen cyanide can produce skin irritation and sores. The primary organs affected by exposure to hydrogen cyanide are the central nervous system, liver, kidneys, and cardiovascular system.)

    coils when threatened

  6. What does your organism eat?

    7. herbivore

    usually eat dead or decaying plant matter

    sometimes will eat living plants

    usually nocturnal

     

     

     

     

  7. Draw and label your organism on the side or another piece of paper.

ORGANISM B Cricket Acheta domesticus,
  1. Observe your organism.

    2. The word "cricket" comes from a French word, criquer, meaning 'little creaker.' The Dutch call the insect a krekel, while in China it is known as kwo kwo.

    * Cricket breeding and fighting was once a popular pastime in China. In fact, crickets are partially to blame for the decline of the South Song dynasty; the last premier, Jia Sidao, supposedly neglected important affairs of state to watch his fighting crickets!

  2. What is the kingdom, phylum, and if possible, the class of your organism?

    3. Kingdom Animalia

    Phylum Arthropoda

    Class Insecta

    Order Orthoptera

  3. Name 4 characteristics about the group that your organism is in.

    4. Jointed appendages

    Exoskeleton

    6 legs

    1 pair antennae

    Omnivores and scavengers

    Incomplete metamorphosis

    Make noises by rubbing leg on wing casings on abdomen

  4. How many legs does your organism have?

    5. 6

  5. Identify the following part
  1. Draw and label your organism

 

 

 

 

ORGANISM C – Cockroaches

 

  1. Observe your organism.
  2. What is the kingdom, phylum, and if possible, the class of your organism?

    3.  

     

     

    Kinggom Animalia

    Phylum Arthropoda

    Class Insecta

  3. Name 4 characteristics about the group that your organism is in.

    4. 6 legs

    exoskeleton

    1 pair of antennae

    spiracles help to obtain air

    compound eyes

  4. How many legs does your organism have?

    5. 6

  5. Identify the following parts:
  1. Draw and label your organism see above

Interesting facts:

Madagascar hissing cockroaches hiss by pushing air through spiracles

Males will ram into each other with their forns and push each other with abdomens. Larger males usually win

Cockroaches can tolerate a MUCH higher dose of radiation—they can survive through a nuclear war

The largest roach is 6 inches long with a one foot wingspan

Cockroach can sense minute changes in air flow because they have cerci on two legs

Cockroaches often cause allergies and asthma for people

Incomplete Metamorphosis

 

ORGANISM D Hermit Crabs
  1. Observe your organism.

  2. What is the kingdom, phylum, and if possible, the class of your organism?

    3. Kingdom Animalia

    Phylum Arthropoda

    Subphylum Crustacea

    Class Crustacea

    Order Decapoda

  3. Name 4 characteristics about the group that your organism is in.

    4. Cephalothorax and abdomen

    Exoskelton

    chelipeds

    compound eye

    carpace

  4. How many legs does your organism have?

    5. 8 legs and two claws

  5. What happens when the organism is threatened?

    6. Goes inside shell

  6. What does your organism eat?

    7. Mud, sand, coral polyps, snails

  7. Identify the following:

a. Hard exoskeleton (CaCO3)
    1. Chlipeds

c. Carpace
    1. Cephalothorax and abdomen
    2. Antenna

8) Draw and label your organism

Interesting fact – they drink by dipping their claws in water and lifting out drops of water to their gills and mouth

ORGANISM E Tarantula
  1. Observe your organism.

    2. Biggest of all spiders

    Eats insects, rodents, birds, etc.

    Bites like a bee sting

  2. What is the kingdom, phylum, and if possible, the class of your organism?

    3. Kingdom Animalia

    Phylum chelicerata

    Class Arachnida

  3. Name 4 characteristics about the group that your organism is in.

    4. kills prey with poison glands

    cephalothorax and abdomen

    8 simple eyes

    spiracles – book lungs – trachea

    coxal glands remove waste

    spinnerets

  4. How many legs does your organism have?

    5. 8

  5. Identify the following parts
  1. Draw and label your organism