Spiders

These are kinds of arthropods that are not insects but they are insect-eaters.

It is the class of arthropods to which spiders belong.

• Arachnida

• Insecta

• Mammalia

It is the branch of science that deals with the study of spiders.

• Entomology

• Arachnology

Spiders have ________ legs.

• six

• seven

• eight

Spiders have two distinct body regions, an abdomen and a ______________.

• thorax

• head

• cephalothorax

Spiders have __________, the sensitive hairs found all over their body.

Spiders breathe through their ________.

• book lungs

• antennae

• setae

Many young spiders leave their nest by sailing away on silk strands, a practice called __________.

• skydiving

• parachuting

• ballooning

The spider that sometimes digs a hole in the ground, lines it with silk and builds a silk trap door for it is the ________.

• funnel weaver

• trap-door spider

• black widow

The __________ is the largest spider in the world.