Members of the ____ Subphylum, Including Spiders, Ticks, Mites, Scorpions

question 87

Multiple Choice

Members of the ____ subphylum, including spiders, ticks, mites, scorpions, and horseshoe crabs, have fanglike appendages used for biting prey and pedipalps used as grasping organs, sensory organs, or walking legs.

• A) Myriapoda
• B) Trilobita
• C) Chelicerata
• D) Hexapoda
• E) Crustacea

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Definitions:

D-Tagatose

A ketohexose sugar related to fructose that has potential health benefits and is used as a low-calorie sweetener.

Keto-Enol Tautomerization

A chemical equilibrium between a ketone and its corresponding enol (a compound with a double bond and a hydroxyl group connected to the same carbon), highlighting the mobility of hydrogen and electrons.

D-Glucose

A naturally occurring form of glucose, a simple sugar, that is widely found in nature and is a primary energy source for living organisms.

Mutarotation

Mutarotation is the process of spontaneous change in the optical rotation because of the change in the equilibrium between two anomers of a sugar in solution.