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Question 1: How many spiders are there worlwide? a)4.000; b)14,000; c)40.000. Question 2: Spiders were one of the first predators on land – long before Tyrannosaurus rex. a)True or b)false? Question 3: A spider has a)6 legs; b)8 legs; c)2 body segments (cephalothorax and abdomen); d)3 body segments (head, thorax and abdomen); e)sometimes wings; f)never any wings. Question 4: Most spiders have 8 simple eyes, some have no eyes. They will notice if something moves nearby but they often cannot see shapes very well. a)True or b)false? Question 5: A spider can sense a flying insect with its hairs. a)True or b)false? Question 6: A spider has organs on its feet that can smell and taste things when they walk over them? a)True or b)false? Question 7: A spider spins silk from dozens of tiny nozzles underneath its abdomen. It can make different types of silk, sticky, stretchy, fluffy and strong. Spider silk can be stronger than a)hair; b)wool; c)steel? Question 8: An orb spider’s web can contain more than a)10 feet; b)50 feet or c)100 feet of silk thread? Question 9: The true Tarantula spider is found in a)Europe or the b)South American rainforest ? Question 10: Can you identify the different types of spiders? Garden Orbweb Spider, Flower Spider (Crab spider), Trapdoor, Blackhead Jumping Spider. A 

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Answers: 1c 2a 3b),c),f) 4a) 5a) 6a) 7a),b),c) 8c) 9a) Years ago only one type of wolf spiders were called Lycosa tarantula. They occur in Taranto, a city in Italy. But nowadays the name is used for all big hairy spiders. 10)A, Blackheaded Jumping Spider; B, Trapdoor spider; C, Flower Spider; D, Garden Orbweb Spider