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This is how they grow.
The old exoskeleton splits, then the body expands rapidly before the new exoskeleton hardens.
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How molting of exoskeleton necessary for arthropod growth accomplished?
The exoskelton of an arthropod is hard, and thus cannot accomodate growth. So an arthropod must periodically replace it.
What are the features of a arthropod?
exoskeleton, chitin, molting
Molting refers to the shedding of which important arthropod part?
the outter skin. as the arthropod grows, the outter skin doesn't grow with it. than it gets rid of it by molting!
Why is molting beneficial?
Molting is beneficial because the arthropod has less protection from danger than it does with its new skeleton has hardened.
What is the process called when arthropods have an exoskeleton which they shed as they grow?
Arthropods molt (moult) in a process called ecdysis. It is necessary for growth because of the inflexibility of the exoskeleton. The old shell remnants are called exuviae. Note that the term 'anthropod' should not be confused with 'arthropod'; anthropods are humans or humanoids and do not moult in the canonic sense.
What is the name of the process in which an arthropod sheds is exoskeleton and forms a new one?
Molting
What is the name the process in which an arthropod sheds its exoskeleton and forms a new ine?
Molting
Why is ecdysis necessary?
Ecdysis is when an arthropod molts its exoskeleton. Molting is necessary. The arthropod exoskeleton is inflexible, so, for it to grow larger, arthropods must molt.
What is the name of the process in which an arthropod sheds it's exoskeleton and forms a new one?
Molting
An arthropod is vulnerable to predators during the molting period because?
Its new exoskeleton is soft.
What process does an arthropod sheds its exoskeleton to grow a new one?
an arthropod sheds it old exoskeleton when it has grown to a point where it needs a larger exoskeleton. This process is called ecdysis.
Arthropods periodically shed and discard their exoskeletons as they grow in a process called?
The act of moulting (molting) the Arthropod exoskeleton is called ecdysis.
