Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is false?

  1. Slit sense organs enable spiders to detect ground vibrations produced by approaching prey.

  2. Among arthropods, the greatest visual acuity is found in the predaceous mantis shrimp.

  3. The sensory nerve endings are lodged in cuticular hair.

  4. The arthropod nervous system consists of a dorsal brain and a ventral, ganglionated longitudinal nerve cord.
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Explanation

This is false. Slit sense organs enable spiders to detect web vibrations produced by trapped insects and they permit scorpions to detect ground vibrations produced by approaching prey.

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