Spider

High school (ages 12+)
Animals & Nature

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/spider

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the scientific name?Araneae
2. What is a spider and how many legs does it have?Spiders are small animals that belong to the class Arachnida. They have eight legs and are very good at hunting insects.
3. How do spiders make their webs?Spiders produce silk from special glands in their abdomen. They squeeze the silk through tiny tubes called spinnerets and can make up to seven different kinds of silk, like strong draglines and stretchy capture threads.

Chelicerae: The first pair of appendages in arachnids, typically modified into fangs used for injecting venom and manipulating prey.
Metamorphosis: A biological process by which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's body structure, such as through grub to pupa to adult.
Biomimicry: An approach to innovation that seeks sustainable solutions by emulating nature's time-tested patterns and strategies.