As You Rest on a Rock in a Subalpine Meadow

question 30

Multiple Choice

As you rest on a rock in a subalpine meadow in Olympic National Park,you see a small,hard-bodied animal next to your rock.On closer examination,you see that it has a hard,jointed exoskeleton and four pairs of jointed legs.It is a(n)

• A) mollusk.
• B) annelid.
• C) arthropod.
• D) insect.
• E) arthropod and an insect.

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