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Assignment        5
Answer 1:
An arthropod can be classified as an animal which are invertebrates with segmented body with an exoskeleton and has jointed appendages. An arthropod can be terrestrial, aerial or even aquatic in nature with a cavity inside the body filled with either blood or haemolymph. Ants, bees, dragon flies happen to be the examples of arthropods. The morphological characteristics of these group of animals includes some distinct features which separates them from other animals or groups. Arthropods have jointed appendages or legs and help them to perform work functions similar to jaws, legs for walking, gills etc. like other animals. Their external exoskeleton is made up of chitinous constituents. They shed their external skeleton after regular intervals during their lifespan. Their body is distinctly divided into three segments mainly as head, thorax and abdomen. In the head they have got compound eyes for better vision and antennas as sensory organ. Another visible feature of an arthropod which separates it from other animals is that they are bilaterally symmetrical in nature which means their body can be divided into two vertical mirror images.
Insects are also classified as arthropods but they differ from other arthropods because they have six legs and has wings of two pairs at the most. Insects are the smaller sized arthropods. These distinctive features make the insects unique among all the arthropods. Insects are classified under the class insecta.
Answer 2:
Though the exterior body of the insects looks rigid and completely close but still they move and travel with the help of the muscles that connect the segments of their bodies with the exoskeleton. In this way they get the help from their muscles which lies interior to their skeleton for walking and movement. The muscular system of insects ranges from a few hundred muscles to a few thousand. The muscles are attached to their jointed limbs and other appendages for movement. In the insects underneath the hard shell of their bodies a pair of antagonistic muscles is attached across a joint in a way which could bend and straighten the limb.
Insects are blessed with few...